In 2000 state and federal courts convicted some 984,000 adults of felonies, according to the Bureau of Justice Statistics (BJS). Of those, 924,700 were adults convicted in state courts and 59,123 were convicted in federal jurisdictions. Some 68...

Corrections refer to one of the components of the criminal justice system that serves to punish criminal offenders. Sentences given to offenders range from probation to serving time in prison, with intermediate sanctions including sentences to a halfway...

Tight budgets and growing populations test directors' management skills. Foodservice directors at corrections facilities are faced with an ongoing challenge: feeding burgeoning inmate populations with already stretched-to-the-limit food budgets. But challenges can lead to creative solutions. The Florida Department of Corrections...

Incorrect numbers: In the article by Mahid et al entitled "Smoking and Inflammatory Bowel Disease: A Meta-analysis," published in the November 2006 issue of Mayo Clinic Proceedings (Mayo Clin Proc. 2006;81:1462-1471 ), incorrect numbers were published in Table 1 under the column headings "Smoking...

In a Sept. 22 version of this story, The Associated Press erroneously reported that Hasbro will issue a $50 gift certificate upon return of the toy's plastic screws. Instead, consumers returning the toy's plastic nails will receive the gift certificate, Gail Carvelli, a spokeswoman for...