BISMARCK, N.D. (North Dakota Monitor) – The North Dakota Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation is working to add as many as 300 additional beds to its overburdened prison system over the next year. “We’re literally trying to lift up about, as far as I’m concerned, four mini prisons across the state all in the same year,” Department of Corrections and…
BISMARCK, N.D. (KVRR) — The bill, presented by the North Dakota Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation, would allow children from newborns to 18 months of age to reside with their mothers in a separate housing unit the DOC considers their ‘apartments.’ “Women are often the main caregivers for their children as most incarcerated women are parents to children under the…
FARGO, N.D. (KVRR) — State charges against a Fargo man for unlawful possession of a firearm, escape and refusal to halt have been dropped after he was indicted in federal court. Kadar Pearson made his initial appearance and arraignment this morning after the grandy jury indictment was unsealed with a charge of possession of a firearm by a convicted felon….
