Coronavirus (COVID-19)
Coronavirus (COVID-19) has profoundly impacted correctional facilities, requiring significant adaptations to protect the health of inmates, staff, and visitors. This section offers articles that examine the response to the COVID-19 pandemic within correctional systems, including containment strategies, vaccination efforts, and the long-term implications for prison health care. Understanding the effects of COVID-19 on correctional operations is essential for professionals navigating this ongoing public health challenge. For related information, explore resources on Correctional Healthcare.
“His resignation is an opportunity for new, reform-minded leadership at the Bureau of Prisons,” Sen. Dick Durbin said
The move exacerbates an ongoing staff shortage, the union president says
“It’s not if we have a detention officer stabbed or cut, it’s when,” Sheriff Chris Elliott said
Prince George’s County’s Corrections Department must ensure that its electronic monitoring criteria and other procedures are met before an inmate can be released
Leaders in our nation’s jails and prisons should follow these six steps to address the crisis, reduce the risk and provide much-needed support
Incoming inmates will be tested for COVID-19 at intake and will be held for at least 35 days before being transferred to a more permanent facility
Bernard Atta, 61, worked for the Department of Rehabilitation and Correction since 2012
So far, the state has tested about 4% of inmates — well below the national average for state prisons
Berisford Anthony Morse, 65, worked at the Monroe Correctional Complex’s minimum security unit
Reentry providers statewide said the failure of some jailers to guide those who are being released toward transitional housing could encourage recidivism
COs say they don’t have adequate PPE and are forced to go to a W.Va. drive-through facility to be tested themselves
The lawsuit claims officials failed to provide clean environments, basic sanitary supplies and PPE to prisoners and staff
The lawsuit accuses Gov. Mike DeWine and the state’s prison director of violating their constitutional rights by failing to do more to prevent an outbreak
The 45 inmates and 10 deputies who contracted the novel coronavirus have since recovered
Officials are calling for facilities to stick to federal guidelines regarding COVID-19 like social distancing, quarantining, isolation and handwashing
The decision comes as the CDCR says 619 inmates have tested positive for COVID-19
Police arrested Cornelius Haney in the fatal shooting of 21-year-old Heather Perry in an alley in Denver
In April, Gov. Tom Wolf said up to 1,800 inmates statewide were eligible; 151 inmates were given temporary reprieve
George Bernard Robare, 61, who was four years from retirement, spent 36 years working in corrections
“We’re essential staff that come in every day working through this pandemic. I think our staff deserves hazardous duty pay,” a corrections officer said
Police said 110 Rikers Island inmates have accounted for 190 arrests since NYC began releasing inmates in March
A video features the voices of inmates who say jail officials aren’t providing PPE, requiring social distancing and haven’t regularly sanitized shower facilities
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A judge ruled the inmates had failed to prove KDOC didn’t provide adequate medical care or acted with deliberate difference to their medical needs
The judge also asked for a daily report, including how many inmates and staff tested positive and have recovered
Officer Zeb Craig, 56, had just been released from the hospital and was reportedly feeling better before succumbing to COVID-19
Antoine Jones, 51, had worked for the Cook County Sheriff’s Office since 2002
Videos show inmates in one unit sharing a container of hot water and others in a second unit sniffing a mask
With unscrupulous manufacturers selling defective masks and citizens donating ‘homemade’ efforts, public safety agencies must establish face mask guidelines
The additional staff members would not be brought to the jail unless a large portion of the existing jail staff had to stay home
Sen. Joe Manchin received assurances from Attorney General William Barr that no more new, out-of-state inmates will be transferred to FCI Gilmer or FCC Hazelton
Maria Mendez worked at the Wynne Unit in Huntsville and Jesse Bolton worked at the Eastham Unit in Houston County
The number of inmates with COVID-19 at Federal Correctional Institution Lompoc shot up to 792, making it the largest federal penitentiary outbreak in the nation