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Resolution to Rename Facility: The Texas Department of Criminal Justice Administrative Headquarters in Huntsville is in a complex known as the BOT for its previous owner, Brown Oil Tools, a subsidiary of Baker Hughes Company. The facility was purchased from Brown Oil Tools in 1989 and converted into the executive administration headquarters, along with several other divisions of the agency. The TDCJ Administrative Headquarters will now be known as the Brad Livingston Complex in recognition of the agency’s former executive director.
Michigan Department of Corrections announces new technology Initiative Lansing, MI -- The Michigan Department of Corrections (MDOC), announced today a new initiative that will further Michigan’s efforts to improve record-low recidivism rates through advancements in outcome-based decision-making. MDOC has partnered with California-based Recidiviz to identify, scale, and sustain strategies driving successful results for individuals in prison and on supervision. “This partnership builds on the hard work of MDOC staff to power initiatives that provide job and skills training to incarcerated people and those under supervision, keeping them out of prisons and supporting their transition back to society,” MDOC Director Heidi Washington said. “With this new technology, we can improve public safety, better the lives of incarcerated people and their families, and enhance economic outcomes in Michigan.” Arkansas Department of Corrections’ Website Wins International AwardThe Arkansas Department of Corrections (DOC) has received an international award’s highest honor for its newly designed website. Chosen among 5,000 entries worldwide, doc.arkansas.gov was recognized with the Award of Excellence in the Government Website category at the 2021 Communicator Awards. “We are honored to be recognized for our redesigned website, which continues to be instrumental in telling our stories and enhances our ability to be transparent,” said Solomon Graves, Department of Corrections Secretary. “The website allows us to successfully improve the efficiency of our services and underscores our focus on public safety and transparency.” From LA jail, two inmates pioneer care for mentally ill peersWith more than 5,000 inmates struggling with mental health issues, the Los Angeles County jail is the largest jail system in the United States. It also holds another unofficial title: the nation’s largest mental health institution. That jail population has more than doubled in the past 10 years, with the imposing Twin Towers facility for men in downtown Los Angeles now devoted almost entirely to mental health inmates under “moderate” or “high” observation. Bruce Hodges Named Warden at Tyrrell Prison Work Farm |
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RALEIGH - The Division of Adult Correction and Juvenile Justice has named Bruce Hodges as the new warden of the Tyrrell Prison Work Farm in Columbia. Hodges had been Prisons’ Program Development Coordinator and Project Manager in Raleigh since 2019. |
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Edward Basden Named Warden at New Hanover Correctional Center |
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RALEIGH - The Division of Adult Correction and Juvenile Justice has named Edward Basden as the new warden at the New Hanover Correctional Center in Wilmington. Basden had been the associate warden of custody at the prison since 2017. |
Oregon corrections director honored with Michael Francke Career Achievement Award
Oregon Department of Corrections Director Colette Peters has been honored with the Michael Francke Career Achievement Award from the Correctional Leaders Association.
The association is dedicated to promoting, supporting and advancing the profession of corrections. Its members and associates lead more than 400,000 correctional professionals and 8 million inmates, probationers and parolees. The association presented the award to Peters during an online meeting on Thursday, Dec. 17.
The award is named after the late director of the Oregon corrections department who was murdered outside his office in Salem on Jan. 17, 1989. It was created to recognize a member who has given outstanding service to their agency or agencies in honor and memory of Francke.
PRESS RELEASE: Secretary Sinclair Receives National Corrections Award
Washington State Department of Corrections, Secretary Stephen Sinclair (pdf), is the 2020 recipient of the Clements Award, presented by the national Correctional Leaders Association (CLA). Sinclair received the award during the association’s All Directors Virtual Symposium on Dec. 17, 2020.
The Clements Award honors the memory of Tom Clements, Executive Director of the Colorado Department of Corrections. On March 19, 2013, Clements was killed outside his home by a parolee.
Governor Whitmer Signs Bipartisan “Clean Slate” Criminal Justice Reform Bills Expanding Opportunities for Expungement, Breaking Barriers to Employment and Housing Opportunities
Hundreds of thousands of Michiganders could be eligible to have their records expunged after governor signs bills
DETROIT, Mich. -- Today, Governor Gretchen Whitmer signed bipartisan House Bills 4980-4985 and 5120 reforming Michigan’s criminal expungement laws making it easier for people who have committed certain felonies and misdemeanors to have their record expunged. Changes in the bills include allowing a person to set aside one or more marijuana offenses if the offense would not have been a crime if committed after December 6, 2018 when recreational marijuana use by adults became legal in the state, due to the referendum that voters approved to legalize marijuana in 2018. During her 2018 campaign for governor, Governor Whitmer made expungement for marijuana convictions one of her key priorities, and today she is following through on that promise.
Michigan Department of Corrections Launches Video Visitation Pilot
Lansing, Mich. – The Michigan Department of Corrections has launched a new video visitation pilot to offer an avenue for those incarcerated and their families to safely connect during the pandemic
