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New Zealand's Department of Corrections is conducting 'assurance checks' on its staff following a series of media articles by RNZ that raised allegations against five senior department members.
A federal magistrate ordered that the D.C. Department of Corrections explain why it had placed Cole Tomas Allen, a suspect in the Correspondents’ Dinner shooting, in especially restrictive conditions. A generic update from the same outlet also covered the story.
A Chinese man arrested last week in Pattaya with a large cache of military-grade weapons was admitted to the hospital due to an overdose of his own medication, according to the Department of Corrections.
Illinois lawmakers have questioned the Department of Corrections following an audit that revealed dozens of failures within the state's correctional system.
Betty Broderick, who was convicted of the 1989 murders of her ex-husband and his new wife, has died at the age of 78. The California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation confirmed her death on Friday morning.
Coroners in New Zealand report that more than a dozen individuals released from prison have died by suspected suicide since 2023. The Department of Corrections does not officially record these numbers, with parolees suggesting it is to avoid negative perception.