Surprise cancellation of a legislative hearing on Alaska prison deaths exposes fissures in the House | #alaska | #politics
Barbed wire fencing surrounds Goose Creek Correctional Center on Tuesday, Aug. 29, 2023 outside of Wasilla. (Loren Holmes / ADN) On Tuesday, the Alaska House Community and Regional Affairs Committee was scheduled to hear a presentation by the American Civil Liberties Union of Alaska about a record-breaking run of deaths in state prisons and jails. […]
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Sanders vs. Arkansas Board of Corrections: Legal tensions rise over authority issues
Sanders vs. Arkansas Board of Corrections: Legal tensions rise over authority issues | KATVPlease ensure Javascript is enabled for purposes ofwebsite accessibility Fri, 12 Jan 2024 15:25:21 GMT (1705073121595) 19eea99bbb4f7d90521f9904d62df1d502d2a5b7 8d110d3d21a6ad02355b23061e4ddf5f15ece284 Fallback Presentation. Using deprecated PresentationRouter. Click Here For This Articles Original Source.
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Arkansas will add more state prison beds despite officials’ fears about understaffing
LITTLE ROCK (KATV) — Arkansas Gov. Sarah Huckabee Sanders’ administration has taken action to reduce overcrowding at state prisons by adding hundreds of new beds, going over the heads of corrections officials who had said staffing shortages would make it unsafe to add so many new prisoners all at once. The extra space is needed, […]
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Governor Sanders, Arkansas leaders call on Board of Corrections to open bed space
Governor Sanders, Arkansas leaders call on Board of Corrections to open bed space | KATVPlease ensure Javascript is enabled for purposes ofwebsite accessibility Fri, 17 Nov 2023 21:02:16 GMT (1700254936880) 6791766af41e710e4b2f28893ca799d8ba95d809 fae0b8cf13d31cc0333befed8702566d78ef17a8 Fallback Presentation. Using deprecated PresentationRouter. Click Here For This Articles Original Source.
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