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Tennessee Prison Commissioner Resigns After Murderer Christa Pike Survives Double Dose of Lethal InjectionTennessee Department of Correction Commissioner Frank Strada resigned from his post Saturday, a few days after murderer Christa Pike survived two doses of lethal injection and is still alive at a hospital. The post Tennessee Prison Commissioner Resigns After Murderer Christa Pike Survives Double Dose of Lethal Injection appeared first on Breitbart .
Supreme Court Denies Arizona’s Bid to Delay Start of Takeover of Healthcare in State PrisonsPHOENIX (AP) — The U.S. Supreme Court has rejected Arizona's eleventh-hour bid to block the upcoming start of a court-ordered takeover of healthcare operations in its prisons after the state was found to have provided constitutionally inadequate care to incarcerated people and dragged its feet for over a decade in making required improvements. Justice…
Trump asks Supreme Court to suspend transgender medical care in federal prisonsBy John Fritze, CNN (CNN) — President Donald Trump’s administration urged the Supreme Court on Monday to allow federal prison officials to deny certain types of medical care for transgender inmates, such as surgeries – putting another culture war issue on the high court’s burgeoning fast-track docket. The Bureau of Prisons policy that began early
Pennsylvania taxpayers deserve accountability for soaring state prison drug costs [opinion]By Michael Ohler Pennsylvania State Corrections Officers Association Five years ago, the Pennsylvania Department of Corrections spent less than $25,000 a month on Suboxone (used to treat opioid addiction) for inmates. Today, taxpayers are footing a bill of more than $3 million every month — nearly $37 million a year. That’s an increase of…
Michigan prisons leader defends oversight of women’s prison after 3 deathsBy JANELLE D. JAMES/Bridge Michigan The embattled director of the Michigan Department of Corrections is defending conditions inside the state prisons. Heidi Washington, who is facing calls for removal over treatment of female prisoners, on Thursday wrote a letter to US Rep. Debbie Dingell claiming that her department “has established itself as a national…