News About NH Prison & Jails

Conflict issue casts shadow on NH felony cases

Important article if you or someone that you know was prosecuted by Hillsborough County Attorney Dennis Hogan during the last year or so? READMORE  

FREE Criminal Record Annulment Clinic

The NH Bar Association's Pro Bono Referral Program is offering a FREE record annulment clinic for those interested in information and/or advice on annulling (expunging) old NH criminal records. There will be a brief overview followed by the opportunity to meet one-on-one with volunteer attorneys. To pre-register (not mandatory, but helpful for scheduling attorney meetings), please email probono@nhbar.org or call 224-5387 and leave a message with your name and phone number.

Women’s prison in Concord scheduled for fall completion, but staffing could delay its opening

According to the Concord Monitor: The new women’s prison is starting to take shape behind the men’s correctional complex on North State Street. But when the new building will open is anyone’s guess,

You need to fight to make Corrections get its rules vetted

A House committee voted this week to retain and study HB 192, our bill to force the Department of Corrections to get all of its administrative rules approved by lawmakers. That’s a very good result. Helen Hanks, the assistant commissioner of Corrections, is now drafting rules for the sex offender treatment program to bring them before the Joint Legislative Committee on Administrative Rules. We at Citizens for Criminal Justice Reform made that happen. Now the real work begins.

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