NEWS
News From the Department of Corrections
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2020
December
December 14, 2020- State prison inmate dies
December 11, 2020- State prison inmate dies
November
November 28, 2020- Minimum-secuity state prison inmates placed on escape status
November 23, 2020- Inmate Rodger Martin dies
November 19, 2020- PUBLIC NOTICE OF HIGH RISK INMATE RELEASE
November 17, 2020- Inmate Earl Brown dies
November 9, 2020- Inmate John Rose dies
November 8, 2020- Inmate Ivan Good Plume in custody
November 7,2020- Inmate placed on escape status
November 6, 2020- Inmate placed on escape status
November 4, 2020- Inmate Mark Johnson dies
October
October 30, 2020- Inmate Curtis Schnellbach dies
October 29, 2020- Inmate Taksim Neziroski placed on escape status
October 22, 2020- Update on mass testing in DOC facilities
October 16, 2020- Update on mass testing in DOC facilities
October 15, 2020- Inmate Kevan Whiteman back in custody
October 10, 2020- Fire damages Penitentiary Carpentry Shop
October 1, 2020- Third mass testing conducted of Women's Prison inmates
September
September 25, 2020- Second mass testing conducted of Women's Prison inmates
September 12, 2020- Inmate Clarence Ferris placed on escape status
September 4, 2020- Three inmates placed on escape status
August
August 21, 2020- Inmate Cornell Miles back in custody
August 19, 2020- Inmate Philomene Boneshirt is back in custody
August 17, 2020- State Prison Inmate Larry Faller Dies
August 14, 2020- Inmate Cornell Miles placed on escape status
June
June 1, 2020 State Prison Inmate Lorenzo Benallie Dies
April
April 24, 2020 Darren Berg named Women's Prison Warden
April 17, 2020 Inmate Sylvia Red Leaf in Custody
April 3, 2020 Inmate producing utility personal protective equipment for correctional, medical staff
March
March 25, 2020 Three additional female inmates in custody
March 24, 2020 Three inmates in custody
March 24, 2020 Search underway for female minimum-security inmates
March 5, 2020 Inmate Ira Wright Back in Custody
February
February 12, 2020 Staff Member at State Penitentiary Assaulted by Inmate
February 3, 2020 Inmate David Stansbury Death
January
January 22, 2020 Inmate David Iron Cloud Placed on Esape Status
January 14, 2020 Inmate Richard Barela Back in Custody
January 3, 2020 Inmate Daniel Ducret death
January 3, 2020 Inmate Richard Barela Placed on Escape Status