As the legislature starves state services, conditions at state prisons offer a stark illustration of how underfunding is taking a toll.
The Gazette: With jails overcrowding, Gov. Jared Polis asks for new prisons as state faces $1.5 billion shortfall
With jails overcrowding, Gov. Jared Polis asks for new prisons as state faces $1.5 billion shortfall
Yahoo: Exclusive-State prisons grew deadlier and more violent amid guard shortage, review finds
WASHINGTON, Feb 4 (Reuters) - State prisons in the United States became more violent and nearly 50% deadlier over the past five years as authorities struggled to keep enough guards on the job, ...
Exclusive-State prisons grew deadlier and more violent amid guard shortage, review finds
NewsWest 9: Federal trial over lack of air conditioning in state prisons begins in Austin
Federal trial over lack of air conditioning in state prisons begins in Austin
SFGate: Calmatters: California Prisons Have Life-Saving Addiction Treatment. Doctors Say The Parole Board Is Undermining It
Calmatters: California Prisons Have Life-Saving Addiction Treatment. Doctors Say The Parole Board Is Undermining It
Yahoo: Reform advocates, Assembly GOP demand different solutions to problematic state prisons
Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. ALBANY — There’s one thing that the state’s Republican legislators and prison reform advocates can agree on: Something needs to ...
Reuters: Exclusive: State prisons grew deadlier and more violent amid guard shortage, review finds
Exclusive: State prisons grew deadlier and more violent amid guard shortage, review finds
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