1.   About that time, according to news reports, state corrections officials announced surprise plans to re-bid all private-prison contracts.

2.   The correction official possessed almost absolute discretion over the parole Decision.

3.   Although the first execution could be months or even years away, correction officials said they wanted to be prepared in case inmates should forgo appeals.

4.   And corrections officials would not permit Goodman to speak to reporters.

5.   As a result of the hiring of the former Boys Ranch workers, state juvenile corrections officials are considering changes in how they conduct employee background checks.

6.   As a result of the policy, corrections officials said, weapons and other contraband had been recovered many times from people awaiting arraignment.

7.   As a result, corrections officials have had to reinvent the institution of death row that many people know only through gritty images from old movies.

8.   At the same time, corrections officials say that some young prisoners endanger the older inmates and are difficult to control.

9.   Based on a general description of the Abate case, he said it appeared corrections officials did what they could.

10.   Blaskewicz has been in charge of the jail since January, when state corrections officials took temporary control because they suspected drugs and weapons were prevalent.