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
Derrick Groves, caught months after escaping through a jail wall, was sentenced for killing two men during a 2018 Mardi Gras party
The LaRue County Detention Center deputy was arrested after appearing in uniform during a livestream where he made racist and threatening remarks while on duty
A transformer exploded outside the Middleton House of Correction’s main housing unit, forcing the evacuation of 407 inmates
Joshua Butler escaped by removing a sink, crawling through a plumbing chase and exiting through a door that had a water-damaged lock at the Okfuskee County Jail
Mayor Zorhan Mamdani gave corrections officials 45 days to plan compliance with the City Council’s 2023 solitary confinement ban
If passed, up to five Indiana DOC officers would carry out executions when lethal injection is not feasible, with officer identities protected by law
Prince George’s County Master Corporal John Nicholson, 57, is remembered for his service and positivity on duty
A K-9 unit helped locate two of the three suspects in the woods after Milledgeville officers stopped the drone outside Baldwin State Prison on New Year’s Day
MDC Brooklyn, NYC’s only federal jail, once housed Diddy, Epstein’s associate Ghislaine Maxwell and the former president of Honduras
PRODUCT NEWS
One inmate and three employees with the Michigan Department of Corrections have tested positive for COVID-19
Five COs and two supervisors at Wende Correctional Facility were placed in isolation because of possible exposure to COVID-19
Officials hope to produce up to 15,000 masks per day
The DOC’s update was given less than 36 hours after the first confirmed COVID-19 case inside a state correctional facility
Sheriff Jack Campbell said about 20 nonviolent offenders have been identified as candidates for release due to COVID-19 concerns, but only if necessary
All three products, which are in the early stages of being developed, will be produced by inmates at various facilities
In the last week, 17 correctional employees and 21 people in custody at Rikers and city jails had tested positive for the coronavirus
Sgt. Benny Boscio posted the six-minute video after leaving the West Facility – the communicable disease unit – on Rikers Island
In addition to the three inmates who tested positive, three other Lee State inmates are “under observation for exhibiting flu-like symptoms”
The inmate, who is housed at the Metropolitan Detention Center in Brooklyn, complained of chest pains a few days after he arrived at the facility