Some recent Corrections News

 From KSTP- 

Lawsuit: Man died after Eagan police, Dakota County jail staff mistook stroke for intoxication

From a CO standpoint if an arresting agency brings in a person on suspected DWI and that person has difficulty standing and talking that's par for the course. Generally a nurse at some point looks at that person. The lawsuit alleges the staff was indifferent. Let's see where this goes. Full Story

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Inmate's death at Minnesota prison investigated as possible homicide

The inmate died after a fight with his cellmate, according to the Minnesota Department of Corrections.

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HCSO hires 99 Detention Deputies!

 

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A record-setting swearing-in ceremony for the Hennepin County Sheriff’s Office is leading to a fully staffed agency and a major slowdown of millions spent to move inmates due to staffing struggles at the jail. 

On Tuesday night, 28 licensed deputies and 99 detention deputies were sworn in by Sheriff Dawanna Witt — she said during the ceremony that brings the agency to 900 personnel. 

“There were a lot of people who thought that we couldn’t get to this point,” Sheriff Witt told 5 EYEWITNESS NEWS. “Here we are, fully staffed with still room to grow.”

The agency’s staffing shortage in the jail created unique challenges, including the relocation of hundreds of inmates to other jails.

RELATED: Hennepin County Jail overcrowded, 180 inmates to be moved

Former CO pushes to get cell phone jammers in prisons

NBC News is reporting that a CO shot six times is pushing to get cell phone jammers in prisons.

Robert Johnson was a corrections officer whose job it was to prevent inmates from smuggling cellphones, drugs and other contraband into one of South Carolina’s most violent prisons.

But then came the morning of March 5, 2010.

Johnson was inside his home, preparing to head into work at the Lee Correctional Institution, when a hitman kicked in his front door and shot him six times in the chest and stomach.

Miraculously, Johnson survived. He hoped to return to work after multiple surgeries, but it eventually became clear to him that the damage to his body was too extensive.

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Male inmate in MN women's prison assaults female inmate!

Time and time again this keeps happening. I wonder if there's a way to avoid this? Hmmm

According to Reduxx  (Full story in link)

Reduxx has learned that a man with multiple convictions for domestic assault has been quietly transferred into a women’s prison in Minnesota, where he has been accused of attacking a female inmate. Nathan Trevon Jones, 24, who calls himself “Natalia,” is a repeat offender who was most recently convicted of assault in the fifth degree, and was placed in Minnesota’s only female prison, MCF Shakopee, earlier this year.

Hennepin County to open new Juvenile Center

 KSTP is reporting that

Juvenile crime in Hennepin County, similar to most other metro counties, is witnessing an increase in juvenile crime.

Hennepin County Commissioner Jeffrey Lunde told 5 EYEWITNESS NEWS the county is on schedule to open a new facility for juveniles in South Minneapolis by the end of the year.

Lunde said the $20-million renovation project will have between 14 and 16 beds with specific goals.

“You know we’ve been waiting for beds all over the state, right? So, this allows us to bring kids in —stabilize them and find out kind of what their acute needs are,” said Lunde.

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Great Alpha News interview on DOC Prison Policies

 

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CO shanked at MCF Rush City!

 

Alpha news is reporting one CO was shanked and 3 others also injured.

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