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<body topmargin=0 leftmargin=0 marginheight=0 marginwidth=0> <table cellpadding=0 cellspacing=0 border=0><tr> <td valign="top" colspan=2 height=90 BGCOLOR="#006699" TEXT="#080000" background="13c785a3.jpg"> <div> <B>CORRECTIONS AND CRIMINAL JUSTICE CAOLITION</B></div> <bR> <div> </div> </td> </tr><tr> <td valign="top" width=156 BGCOLOR="#FFCC66" TEXT="#080000" background="13dd2b03.jpg"> <div> <A HREF="index.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="CORRECTIONS AND CRIMINAL JUSTICE COALITI"><U><B>Home</B></U></A></div> <div> <B> </B><A HREF="id2.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Corrections News"><U><B>Corrections News</B></U></A></div> <div> <B>From The Front Line</B></div> <div> <A HREF="id23.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Exchange"><U><B>Officers' Exchange</B></U></A></div> <div> <A HREF="id4.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Federal Legislation"><U><B>Federal Legislation</B></U></A></div> <div> <A HREF="id19.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Meeting Dates"><U><B>Meeting Dates</B></U></A></div> <div> <A HREF="id18.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Membership Links"><U><B>Member Links</B></U></A></div> <div> <A HREF="id3.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Research Links"><U><B>Research Links</B></U></A></div> <div> <A HREF="id5.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Workplace Safety and Standards Committee"><U><B>Workplace Safety</B></U></A></div> <div> <A HREF="id6.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Contact Us"><U><B>Contact Us</B></U></A></div> </td> <td valign="top" height=390 BGCOLOR="#FFFFFF" TEXT="#080000"> <div> <I>From The Front Line News </I></div> <bR> <div> Minnesota</div> <div> At MCF-St. Cloud, on 10/30/07, we ended a 1 week lock down that was enforced following a series of staff assaults. (17 in the past 3 months) During the evening meal we had another staff assault where an inmate threw his tray at an officer and then threw closed fist punches at a squad member, striking him in the head area. The facility went back into lock down status at 0800 on 10/31/07.</div> <bR> <div> Nebraska</div> <div> Two separate grievances have been filed in March 2007 over the issue of not notifying staff that they have been threatened by inmates. So far, the administrations answer through 3 steps each, is that there is no contractual obligation to notify staff of inmate threats to staff or their families & property in Nebraska by the NAPE/AFSCME CONTRACT. There is a section of the State wide Contract that states that the Agency shall develop policies to address violence in the work place. The administration has stated that tenet of the contract does not apply to Corrections because of the nature of the job. The issue is going to binding arbitration and should be heard sometime in late November or early December 2007. The staff do have an obligation to notify management of inmate - staff threats or be subject to job discipline under the safety and security of the institution. </div> <bR> <div> New Jersey</div> <div> The video of the NJ state correctional officer using his off-duty gun to defend himself and his lady friend against an armed ex-felon had been released. This incident happened over a month ago. When the video is playing, left-click, then right-click on the picture, highlight Zoom, then highlight Full Screen. </div> <div> <U>http://www.news12.com/NewCDA/articles/media_pop?region=NJ&id=198568</U></div> <bR> <bR> <bR> <div> Is there a story you think needs to be heard. Contact us:</div> <div>  <form action="http://csbmail.globalscape.com/cgi-bin/csbmail/csbmail.pl" method="POST" enctype="application/x-www-form-urlencoded"><input type="hidden" name="tlx_SortOrder" value="Email,Company,City,State,Comments"><input type="hidden" name="tlx_FormIndex" value="1"><input type="hidden" name="tlx_OKMessage" value="Thank you for front line comments."><input type="hidden" name="tlx_SendMode" value="1"><input type="hidden" name="tlx_Subject" value="A front line form was submitted"><input type="hidden" name="tlx_EmailTo" value="beserchand@yahoo.com"> <table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="1" border="0" align="center"> <tr> <td align="left">Email:<br> <input type="text" name="Email" size="30" maxlength="100"></td> </tr> <tr> <td align="left">Facility:<br> <input type="text" name="Company" size="30" maxlength="100"></td> </tr> <tr> <td align="left">City:<br> <input type="text" name="City" size="30" maxlength="100"></td> </tr> <tr> <td align="left">State:<br> <input type="text" name="State" size="30" maxlength="100"></td> </tr> <tr> <td align="left">Comments:<br> <textarea name="Comments" rows="5" cols="30"></textarea></td> </tr> <tr> <td align="right"><input type="reset"> <input type="submit" value="Send" name="tlx_send"></td> </tr> </table> </form>  </div> <bR> </td> </tr></table></body>