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February 25, 2008
Hawaii inmates on lockdown in AZ private prison
Hawai'i inmates at the Red Rock Correctional Center in Arizona have been locked down for 10 days during a top-to-bottom shakedown of the prison prompted by two recent drug overdoses of Alaska inmates, according to the Hawai'i Department of Public Safety. About 65 Hawai'i inmates are housed at the private prison, but are kept separate from the Alaska prisoners, said Public Safety Deputy Director Tommy Johnson.
Teams provided by prison owner Corrections Corporation of America used drug dogs as part of the search of all staff, program, recreational, medical, kitchen and living areas. Investigators discovered three grams of black tar heroin and a list detailing prices within the prison for cigarettes, marijuana and other drugs, Johnson said.
LINK - HonoluluAdvertiser.com
February 11, 2008
Connecticut: “One Empty Prison Wing”
State officials are courting trouble if they don't do something soon to alleviate prison crowding. The prison population is expected to top a record 20,000 any day now. Thirteen of the state's 18 prisons and jails have more inmates than beds. The official estimate of the overflow of inmates sleeping on gymnasium floors and cafeterias is 649 and rising. […] Connecticut is not the only state struggling with prison crowding. In California, Republican Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger recently proposed early releases for more than 22,000 inmates in a move to cut the prison budget by $1.1 billion. Opening the emergency wing at Cheshire would buy time for Connecticut to come up with its own solutions…
LINK - Courant.com
January 30, 2008
Pop-Up “Insta Prisons” for Hawaii?
State prison officials hope to use federal money to build new tentlike structures to house up to 448 prison inmates on Maui, Kaua'i and the Big Island to ease overcrowding in state prisons and jails. The housing would be 7,064-square-foot "Sprung Instant Structures" made from a membrane stretched over an aluminum skeleton. Each structure could house up to 64 inmates, according to a letter from Gov. Linda Lingle to federal authorities…
LINK - HonoluluAdvertiser.com
