Community Corrections news: - Warren County moves to enlarge jail

Warren County moves to enlarge jail
Cincinnati Enquirer - A Band-Aid would be putting 50 people in community corrections immediately. We re looking at freeing up a couple hundred beds over the next few years, he said. We think these temporary fixes would last up to 20 years. Finding a solution to

Oakland jail panel votes to disband
Detroit News - He thinks the county's community corrections committee is the appropriate body to take over the council's work. But Bullard disagrees. He said the corrections advisory council has other duties besides dealing with jail overcrowding. And there's work

With little fanfare, groups of quiet warriors are busy battling
Greeley Tribune - Community corrections / social work Dave Zobeck disarms potential gangsters with something most people couldn t resist: ice cream. Zobeck, a probation officer for 14 years who now works for himself and contracts with the city of Greeley for

Audit Finds Multiple Abuses in Immigration Jails
Inter Press Service - Its position is that "taxpayers can enjoy significant savings by utilising public-private correctional partnerships to design, finance, build, and operate prisons, jails, community corrections facilities, and juvenile justice programmes." It denies