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 event at Green Rock Correctional Center featured over 25 speakers and performers, including talks from individuals currently incarcerated
The Chesterfield County Detention Center escapee fled after a Richland County deputy saw him break into a car; K-9 Kiro successfully tracked the inmate who was then apprehended
In a letter to drop his appeals, Derrick Dearman wrote that “it’s not fair to the victims or their families to keep prolonging the justice that they so rightly deserve”
The sheriff said the Woodbury County Sheriff’s Office has spent over a year preparing for the move, with staff working overtime, taking on extra duties and adjusting their hours
One Western Correctional Institution CO was taken to a hospital by ambulance and six additional COs went to the hospital on their own after their shifts
The men were being held at the Chesterfield County Detention Center, according to the South Carolina Law Enforcement Division
Danilo Cavalcante scaled a wall in a prison exercise yard and fled into the woods; during his 14-day escape, he traveled at night, stealing supplies from nearby homes
A notice states Los Angeles County failed to address long-standing staffing shortages, requiring Los Padrinos to be emptied by Dec. 12
The Idaho Department of Correction retrofitted its execution chamber at the maximum security prison south of Boise to retain lethal injection as its preferred method
‘It’s OK to be both strong and vulnerable': Calif. CO brings mental health awareness to boxing match
Ironwood State Prison CO Daniel Torres said he aims to use his participation in the “Battle of the Badges” boxing match to “break down the barriers surrounding mental health”
The decision seeks to provide Lancaster County corrections officers additional rest to compensate them for working in hot, uncomfortable conditions
State officials didn’t say when the man escaped, but said the Cañon City Search Team was immediately activated and law enforcement was notified when COs noticed the escape
Jacksonville Sheriff’s Office Deputy Bradley McNew, who had just finished his shift, was shot after witnessing an armed man “violently throwing [a woman against a] vehicle” and trying to intervene
The weapon consisted of six sporks bound together with plastic wrap and an instant coffee wrapper; the Multnomah deputy was struck in the face but not severely injured
The former COs, who all worked at Riverbend Correctional Facility, were each sentenced to 10 years in prison to be followed by five years on probation
The two inmates at MacDougall-Walker Correctional Institution had refused to eat since Sept. 15 to protest conditions throughout the state’s prison system
The bill would shift parole board criteria from considering weapon use in the crime to assessing the inmate’s prison behavior, including completion of educational programs
