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
Ruling cites ongoing constitutional violations and says inmates face immediate risk from systemic healthcare failures
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
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PRODUCT NEWS
Learn how COVID-19 has impacted law enforcement and corrections personnel and how public safety has adjusted its response
The judge also ordered Miami-Dade Corrections and Rehabilitation to explain what steps are being taken to protect already sick inmates from COVID-19
The Rufe Jordan Unit, Dr. Lane Murray Unit, George Beto Unit and Barry B. Telford Unit have all been placed on lockdown
Inmates have produced nearly 200,000 cloth masks that are to be worn by prison employees and inmates
Officials fear that an outbreak of the swift-spreading and contagious disease could overwhelm prison staff and local hospitals in the mostly rural area
Officers are wearing masks and gloves, but have been cautioned to save them for longer periods as shortages loom
Officers and inmates across the state prison system described conditions ripe for an outbreak, with a shortage of sanitizing products and lax policies at some prisons
Cook County Sheriff Tom Dart has repeatedly denied allegations that conditions at the facility are unsanitary or inadequate
A 263-page document says the design of the state’s prisons, overcrowding and understaffing make it “impossible” to keep COs and inmates safe from COVID-19
Officials said the masks are intended to “reduce the amount of droplets expelled from a person’s cough or sneeze”