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Scoop - A new specialist reintegration unit opened today at Rimutaka Prison will help prisoners re-adjust to life in the community, Corrections Minister Damien O Connor said. Mr O Connor said the 60-bed unit, the first of its kind in New Zealand, will

Broin ethanol plans still not delivered to county officials
Bluffton News-Banner - Received a follow-up request from Community Corrections Director Blake Poindexter for additional space for his department. Another one to three part-time employees will be added in March for the growing program, which already is in a space

Budget cut faces county
Herald and News - Five departments - juvenile services, the district attorney, the sheriff's office, community corrections and justice court - are interrelated and comprise 67 percent of the general fund. Cuts in any of those departments will affect the other four.

Watson's dedication to youth remembered
Parsons Sun - She also devoted her time to serving on boards that served troubled youth, such as the Juvenile Justice Authority board and the Southeast Community Corrections board. Her heart was not just with the children of the community, but with adults as well.

Detention facility staffer's letter adds to controversy
Brainerd Dispatch - Turmoil continues at the juvenile detention facility in Brainerd. A letter to Michael Kafka, Central Minnesota Community Corrections executive director, was forwarded last week to commissioners in Aitkin, Crow Wing and Morrison counties. In the

Officials query Yengeni's parole
Independent Online - The officers, who did not wish to be named, said normal practice would have been for prison officials to have taken him from Malmesbury Prison to the Cape Town Community Corrections Centre (Commcor) office, from where his family could have fetched him