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
State leaders say increasing base pay and adding new security positions will help stabilize Florida’s prisons and reduce reliance on emergency measures
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
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The Sacramento prison officer suffered multiple puncture wounds in the attack
The lawsuit alleged correctional officers violated the men’s religious rights and denied them water to wash off chemical spray after the incident at the Eastern Reception, Diagnostic and Correctional Center
Cadiz Officer Doug Barker later presented Hamilton County Corrections Officer Hannah Cline with his academy class coin to thank her for staying by his side at the scene
The officer deployed the device during a dispute while distributing food trays, striking multiple COs with TASER wires
PRODUCT NEWS
The House gave first-round approval to legislation that would ground drones near correctional facilities
The K-9 sniffed out two letters containing methamphetamine
Pa. activists are alleging the state Department of Corrections unfairly kept 500 Christmas cards from inmates
The ergonomic duty belt for police officers stretches with any body movement
An inmate’s wife and daughter were caught near the prison’s front gate with a remote control and iPad in the backseat
Officials hope the software will also increase officer safety when working with violent inmates
The inmate was TASERed twice after going for the deputy’s gun in the scuffle
Sheriff Dan Hartog called the upgrades “the latest and greatest” in technology
While officials have said canteen funds are generally used for programs that benefit inmates, there is no policy dictating how that money must be used
Amy Worden, a DOC spokesperson, said that legal mail had been a source of contraband, including synthetic cannabinoids