Corrections Grants News and Articles

• All state corrections officers in N.H. issued body cameras

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  COs must wear the cameras while on duty and activate them during incidents such as entering a housing unit or while escorting inmates in handcuffs or shackles

• 'Unconventional college students': How 12 maximum-security Conn. prisoners earned college degrees

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  Through a $1.5 million grant, incarcerated students at MacDougall-Walker Correctional Institute can take classes, such as philosophy, criminal justice, mathematics and more

• College programs slowly coming into prisons after Pell Grants made available to incarcerated students

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  Pell Grants were officially restored for incarcerated students in 2023, following a nearly 30-year ban that prohibited most incarcerated students from receiving the aid

• NYC awarded $100K grant to boost plant-based culinary skills in correctional facilities

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  A five-week training course and certification process will be created to train kitchen staff at Rikers Island and two juvenile justice centers

• Ga. college receives funds for prison education program

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  The expansion will allow about 200 incarcerated students to participate each year, increase class offerings from two to eight and strengthen the Prison Education Ambassador Program for Morehouse students

• NYC DOC receives $180K grant for staff wellness

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  "Heroes work at the New York City Department of Correction, but the truth is, heroes need help, too,” Commissioner Lynelle Maginley-Liddie said

• Mass. sheriff's office awarded $30K for jail-based drug treatment programs

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• NYDOC receives grant to improve services for high-risk individuals and reduce recidivism

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  The $498,500 grant will be used toward re-entry services and initiatives; these programs target underlying systems that cause criminal behavior which can have an impact on recidivism rates

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