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
A former training officer was ordered to serve up to four years in prison for molesting two corrections officer trainees at SCI Dallas
The officer deployed the device during a dispute while distributing food trays, striking multiple COs with TASER wires
Investigators say coded phone conversations from the Cowlitz County jail prompted a search that uncovered a handgun and more than 6 pounds of marijuana
Prosecutors say the FCI Aliceville officer sexually assaulted seven incarcerated women between 2022 and 2024
An inmate claimed SCI Greene staff denied him hygiene supplies, legal materials and yard time during weeks in solitary confinement
The bill would have ensured that the deliberate killing of a corrections officer carries the same penalty as killing other law enforcement officers
Louisville Metro Corrections officials say temporarily reassigning staff to housing units could ease mandatory overtime and help address ongoing staffing shortages
Sedgwick County commissioners approved the payment after a federal jury found five juvenile corrections officers liable in the 2021 death of 17-year-old Cedric “CJ” Lofton
A federal appeals court found prosecutors violated Michael Sockwell’s rights by intentionally striking Black jurors during his 1990 capital murder trial
PRODUCT NEWS
Amy Worden, a DOC spokesperson, said that legal mail had been a source of contraband, including synthetic cannabinoids
The bill, signed Tuesday, allows jail personnel to operate devices that detect nonmetallic weapons hidden within body cavities
Legal advocates are promising a federal court challenge if the Pa. DOC does not revisit it’s policy on handling legal mail
The suspect told the dispatcher he was feeling suicidal and he was going to “blast it out with the police officers”
Joshua Stam freed himself from the handcuffs and attacked Officer David Weakley
At least a dozen officers attempted to subdue Austin Allen
The inmate broke a pipe off the wall and used it as a weapon
Bruce Billue said he wants to know why the inmates, who had a history of escapes and breaching handcuffs, weren’t transported in a more restricted way
Officers deployed chemical agents and two warning shots, to which the inmates dispersed
Donald Knisley found the keys inside the van