What’s the newest way to get drugs into prison? Put a stamp on them and send it. Of course, you’ll have to soak the paper and envelope in liquid narcotics, first. Stephen Montemayor with the Star Tribune has the full story on[...]
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North Dakota’s Top Correction Officer Learns from Norwegian Example
It’s not often you’ll find a ‘Mother Jones’ article referenced on The Minot Voice. The reporting there makes many North Dakotan’s angry because we quickly draw adversarial lines opposed to their editorial positions. But occasionally, they cover a story that’s worthy of[...]
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ND’s top correction officer looks to Norway for new solutions to old problems
In our country and more and more in our state, we put people in jail. For a long time, we’ve viewed incarceration as the only solution to the problem of criminal activity and recidivism. But is it? More importantly, is there a[...]
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Part II: Inside the jail where inmate’s fate was sealed
Kim Fundingsland takes us into the Ward County Jail and the culture that existed there before the Dustin Irwin tragedy and now after the reforms have been and are being put into place. Learning from this mistake is the perhaps the least[...]
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Minot Daily Digs in Deep on Dustin Irwin Story
Kim Fundingsland with the Minot Daily News provides the first installment in some local investigative journalism on the Dustin Irwin tragedy. Irwin was an inmate at the Ward County Jail in 2014; he died shortly after being transferred to the custody of[...]
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Commissioners Tour Improvements in Ward County Jail
Last fall, the state Department of Corrections found Ward County jail in non-compliance of several standards required to house inmates. Recently, County Commissioners got a tour of the building that outlined many steps that are being taken to bring the facility into[...]
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Ward County Sheriff’s Department Reports on Changes
Ward County Jail has had the company of an official from the State Corrections Department as it works to improve conditions and operation of the facility. One of the issues being addressed is getting the jail staffed properly and making sure those[...]
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Ward County Sheriff’s Department Pushes Jail Expansion
Ward County Sheriff Captain Bob Barnard was on the service club circuit Monday with the Sertoma Club explaining the need for additional expansion at the Ward County Jail. [...]Read More... from Ward County Sheriff’s Department Pushes Jail Expansion
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Sheriff’s Department Making Changes
According to a state official, changes imposed by the State Department of Corrections are well underway at the Ward County Jail. [...]Read More... from Sheriff’s Department Making Changes
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Rugby Correctional Facility Completes Security Updates
Following a couple inmate escapes, the Heart of America Correctional Facility has updated policies and procedures to improve jail operations. [...]Read More... from Rugby Correctional Facility Completes Security Updates
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County Board Discusses Report on Inmate Death
Procedures will be changing at the Ward County Jail, and the Sheriffs Department will have to provide twice monthly progress reports to the County Commission. [...]Read More... from County Board Discusses Report on Inmate Death
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Investigation Into Ward County Jail Inmate Death
A preliminary report on the incident calls the jail’s supervision of the inmate ‘grossly inadequate.’ New staff have been hired and the jail population has been reduced as a result. Full story from KX News. [...]Read More... from Investigation Into Ward County[...]
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Jail Expansion Vote Set for
The price tag is $41 million… in return we’ll get expansion and renovations to the existing Ward County jail just east of the Court House. The expansion would add more than a hundred beds. [...]Read More... from Jail Expansion Vote Set for