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• Be aware, be smart, be safe: Correctional officer safety

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  Wherever you interact with criminal offenders, there is a real danger of assault, attempted escape and the necessity to control offenders by force

• Sheriff investigating accusation of contraband smuggling into Ohio jail

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  The sheriff is looking into accusations of "inappropriate" conduct by food service employees

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  How bodycams in corrections can improve outcomes and accountability

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  Body-worn cameras provide an objective record that can discourage bad behavior, decrease the likelihood of frivolous grievances and make it easier to investigate when incidents do occur

• Inmate gets 6.5 years in prison for assaulting corrections officer

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  Tyrell Dowdell fled from a contraband check down a hallway and slammed a heavy cell door on a CO's arm to keep him out of the cell

• Investigators widen scope of drug smuggling scheme at Pa. prison

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  A detective said his investigation, which has resulted in 14 arrests, could expand

• NJ CO among 5 charged in 'enormous' multi-million dollar drug ring

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  Investigators seized more than $1.5 million in cash, 16 kg of cocaine, 2 kg of heroin, about 4,000 oxycodone pills and nine firearms

• The dangers of a 'cool' correctional officer

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  This officer threatens the safety of other COs, correctional staff and inmates

• 3 key strategies for effective visitor screening

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  Consider these tools and techniques to help maintain the constant vigilance necessary to keep contraband drugs, phones and weapons out of your facility

• Drugs found in multiple packages to inmates at NY correctional facilities

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  The New York State Correctional Officers and Police Benevolent Association said drugs mailed to inmates are being discovered at a "rapid pace"

• 4 women accused of smuggling drugs into Fla. jail

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  Deputies uncovered one case involving two women, which led them to discover other instances

• SC prison officials seize $140K worth of tobacco, phones

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  Officers from Goodman Correctional Institution found six garbage bags filled with 56 pounds of tobacco, 37 cellphones and 37 chargers

• Confiscated note unravels drug scheme at Pa. prison

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  A sheet of paper left in the Westmoreland County Prison library helped investigators unravel a yearlong scheme that used mail to deliver drugs

• What would you do? Scenario-based questions answered by corrections experts

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  How would you handle these challenging situations?

• Drugs hidden in lettuce found at NY prison

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  A corrections officer found latex glove finger tips stuffed with illegal drugs hidden in a head of lettuce

• Video: Inmate uses smuggled cellphone to beg for help on Facebook Live

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  "They literally leaving us in here to die," said Aaron Campbell, an inmate at an Ohio federal prison where three people have died from COVID-19

• 2 charged for making drone drug drops at NJ federal prison

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  Agents learned of at least seven deliveries by drone of contraband intended for inmates at Fort Dix federal prison

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