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
Corrections officers say frustration over training delays, staffing practices and responses to inmate violence pushed members of the Bernalillo County Metropolitan Detention Center CERT team to step down
The new law allows families of eligible correction officers who die while still employed to receive pension benefits as if the officer had already retired
Three inmates beat a Doña Ana County corrections officer unconscious after striking him nearly 30 times in 22 seconds and using his own TASER on him, court documents state
Supreme Court
Justices ruled that state courts acted unreasonably in rejecting inmate Terry Pitchford’s discrimination claims
Prosecutors said Jonah Levi repeatedly stomped inmate Messiah Nantwi during a March 2025 assault at Mid-State Correctional Facility
An autopsy found Officer Dustin Pedigo was stabbed eight times in the neck while conducting rounds alone at Morgan County Correctional Complex
The report linked recruitment challenges for El Dorado County jails to low correctional officer pay compared with neighboring California counties
The plans leave supervision of the recreation area up to a small number of COs observing remotely from the control tower, while a remaining officer is left to monitor the rest of the housing unit at Western Correctional Institution
Medical personnel could not establish the backup IV line on Tony Carruthers, which is required under Tennessee’s execution protocol
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New Jersey corrections officials credit a Las Vegas-based mail vendor for helping to stem the flow of synthetic drugs like K2 into facilities