Under the program, inmates are freed from prison as long as they have a job, and they are required to report regularly to correctional officials.

On 31 March 1989, correctional officials released him to a halfway house citing good behaviour, with full parole to begin that June.

New York correctional officials said the state's recidivism rate among boot camp graduates was better than the national average.

Repeat offenders total 14 percent, compared with 20 percent among those who served prison sentences for similar crimes, correctional officials said.

Male correctional officials often violate women prisoners' privacy by watching them undress, shower, and go to the bathroom.

In some cases, correctional officials have temporarily placed newly paroled convicts into motels if upon release they do not yet have anywhere to stay.

The prison, which now has 36 horses, is regularly visited by correctional officials from other states as a model program.

But until two years ago, sexual abuse of prisoners by correctional officials was not even a criminal offense in 14 states.

For years, medication was distributed by correctional officials without medical training in the context of an error-prone system.

Randa also ordered that correctional officials begin to process medication orders and dispense and administer prescribed medications in a timely, accurate and reliable manner.