Colorado Statewide VINE Resources Victims can register with Colorado VINE to receive free, confidential, automated custody status updates on offenders. Any other citizen may also register with Colorado VINE via VINELink or by calling Colorado VINE at 1-888-263-8463, to receive custody updates on ...
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CA State VINE - Various Counties and CA Dept of Corrections and Rehabilitation Resources Due to system upgrades, email and phone hearing notifications are temporarily offline for the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation. For more information regard...
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Arkansas Statewide VINE ResourcesTTY: 1-866-847-1298Arkansas State Additional ResourcesWelcome to the Arkansas VINELink homepage. VINELink is an online resource that allows you to search for information regarding an offender, case, or probationer/parolee. It is provided as a compliment to the exi...
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Alabama Statewide VINE Resources AlaVINE is Alabama's Statewide Automated Victim Information Notification Service. AlaVINE is an innovative service providing crime victims, victim advocates, and other concerned citizens free and confidential notification regarding a particular county inmate's r...
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Florida Statewide ResourcesThe Florida VINE Service also offers a free and anonymous telephone service that provides two important features: information and notification. Live operators are always available to assist callers. VINE services are available in English, Spanish and Haitian Creole. Ple...
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Wayne Rash - December 3, 2015U.S. prisons have a drone problem.Guards at the Lee Correctional Institution in Bishopville, S.C., recently found 17 illegal cellphones in one inmate’s cell - all of them smuggled in using drones. In Mansfield, Ohio, a drone delivery of tobacco and drugs caused a near...
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An inmate holds fragrant rosemary sprigs harvested from the prison garden.By Ambar EspinozaTomorrow is Thanksgiving, and like most of us, the men at the maximum-security prison in Cranston will sit down to a Thanksgiving meal. Their turkey and stuffing will be seasoned with herbs harvested from t...
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By Alice Ollstein - ThinkProgressNovember 11, 2015An unnamed hacker leaked documents to the news site The Intercept revealing a major data breach by the prison phone company Securus Technologies. At least 70 million call records from prisoners in 37 states over two years were released, including ...
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PHOENIX -- A national newspaper for and about prison inmates is accusing the state Department of Corrections of censorship.The lawsuit filed in federal court contends top agency officials purposely and illegally withheld copies of Prison Legal News from inmates who subscribe. And even in situatio...