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
One officer suffered a fractured rib, another was sexually assaulted and others were beaten after slipping on soap-covered floors, the Summit County Sheriff’s Office said
“I’m not taking it down,” Pierce County Sheriff Keith Swank said of his post that stated his office would not hire noncitizens as corrections officers or deputies
State corrections officials say the site will remain maintained in case it is needed again while staff move to other prisons
A correctional officer suffered three puncture wounds while four other COs were injured responding to the attack inside Auburn Correctional Facility
The pilot program replaces legislation that would have mandated systemwide oversight across the state’s correctional system
Cedric Ricks addressed the surviving child he stabbed 25 times before receiving a lethal injection at the Huntsville Unit
During a Senate committee hearing, former inmates, corrections staff and victims’ families described violence, extortion and lack of transparency in Alabama prisons
Gov. Kay Ivey said executing Charles “Sonny” Burton would be “unjust” because the man who fired the fatal shot received life in prison
In a jailhouse interview, the disgraced film producer claims safety threats and isolation define daily life as he awaits retrial in New York
PRODUCT NEWS
The system will allow non-contact inspections for inmates
The prison system has saved nearly $6,000 from January to March since using video-conferencing for inmate hearings
The rise in overdoses comes despite the state pouring millions into technologies designed to block contraband at prison entry points
In 2016, correctional officers confiscated a record 9,766 cellphones from inmates
The Transport Kit allows officers to safely restrain detainees or prisoners
The Sheriff’s Office has a long-term problem of illegal substances, such as drugs, coming into the jail
The bill would ban the use of drones to help stop contraband issues and lower the age eligibility for COs
The device, that functions like scanners at airports, would allow for more efficient and less intrusive searches
Lawyers said the policy made it impossible for them to communicate confidentially with clients
Officials say they’re close to settling lawsuits over how the system processes mail sent to inmates by their lawyers