Corrections Grants News and Articles

• Health center gets $1M to help incarcerated people in N.J. prepare for reentry

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  CAMcare will use its federal grant to focus on managing chronic conditions, reducing the risk of drug overdoses and addressing mental health

• New $15M medical wing at Md. detention center to improve inmate care, reduce expenses

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  With 13 wards and advanced healthcare spaces, the new medical unit at Frederick County Adult Detention Center aims to reduce hospital transports and increase efficiency

• Pa. county gets $350K grant to help with housing for the formerly incarcerated

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  The grant money will also go to evidence-based initiatives to help reduce recidivism in county jails, Allegheny County officials said

• N.M. county jail, youth detention facility get $3M grant to hire new COs

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  The Metropolitan Detention Center will use the funds to unfreeze and try to fill 21 full-time corrections officer positions

• Okla. jail to hire peer support, employment specialists with state grant

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  Grand Mental Health will supply the Rogers County Sheriff's Department with two specialists to assist inmates with mental health issue

• N.C. jail awarded $473K grant to fund substance abuse disorder treatment for inmates

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  The funds will help establish an initiative known as a Medication-Assisted Treatment plan at the Rockingham County Detention Facility

• 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

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