Corrections News
Corrections news is essential for the correctional facility workforce, providing up-to-date information on developments, policy changes, and emerging trends in the penitentiary system. This directory offers articles that help staff stay current on issues affecting their work environment, inmate management, and facility operations. Regularly engaging with corrections news ensures personnel are prepared for new challenges and opportunities. For additional insights, explore our section on Correctional Design and Operations Management.
BREAKING NEWS
The 19-year-old had illegally accessed the shuttered state prison by “crawling through a hole” in a fence surrounding the Downstate Correctional Facility
Grant Hardin’s escape happened because a staff member at the back gate failed to confirm his identity, the ADOC director said
The singer’s attorney claims staff and inmates at FCI Butner are involved in a conspiracy that includes threats, stolen mail and tampering with a witness
Darriana Burton, who previously worked at the Orleans Parish Jail, is accused of helping her boyfriend — a convicted murderer — and nine others escape through a faulty cell door
The Sac County Jail inmate pulled a jail deputy’s arm earlier in the day, then later squeezed through the pass-through door and chased her before deputies intervened
Gregory Hunt’s death marks the sixth U.S. execution using nitrogen gas
Joshua J. Smith, pardoned by President Trump in 2021 on drug charges, is the first formerly incarcerated person to hold a leadership role at the Bureau of Prisons
Ashley Toney was sentenced to over six years in prison for failing to intervene in the death of Quantez Burks at Southern Regional Jail
One CO was stripped of clothing and multiple officers were hospitalized after Trousdale Turner Correctional Center inmates took over a control room and freed others into the yard
