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
COs describe how mandatory overtime, staffing shortages and lack of support are eroding morale
Sheriff Robert Luna points to an aging, medically fragile population as the department works to implement reforms
Kern County officials are exploring switching to a secondary well while determining how fuel entered the system
One officer suffered a fractured rib, another was sexually assaulted and others were beaten after slipping on soap-covered floors, the Summit County Sheriff’s Office said
Two inmates facing murder charges allegedly climbed through a ceiling maintenance door to flee the Sumter County facility
A federal court ruled the Bureau of Prisons likely violated due process in seeking to transfer inmates with commuted death sentences to the Supermax facility
Ronald Palmer Heath becomes the state’s first execution of 2026 following a three-drug lethal injection at Florida State Prison
The Atwater corrections officer said she feared for her life, but video showed the inmate walking away before she pursued and punched him
Lawmakers question Commissioner Angel Quiros as prison deaths, staff suicides and mental health demands strain the department’s $757 million budget
PRODUCT NEWS
The German Shorthaired Pointers and their handlers will detect drugs in Hillsborough County Sheriff’s Office jails and courthouse holding areas
The rare lockdown in the nation’s largest prison system, which comes during a heat wave, is happening as officials ‘confront the root causes’ of drug contraband and violence
Assistant inspector general estimates DOC mailroom workers only catch about half of the drugs entering prisons through the mail
The former multi-millionaire attorney, who is serving two life sentences for murder, had his phone and canteen privileges suspended for 30 days
The investigation into the fentanyl dealing ring included several hundred phone calls and video visits made from a federal prison
The Belgian Malinois is trained to detect meth, heroin, cocaine, marijuana, ecstasy, fentanyl, suboxone and LSD
Former inmate tested positive for Legionnaires’ disease two-days after transfer from county prison to state prison
Sheriff Patrick Labat says the jail will follow “our normal practices” when former President Trump arrives for booking
COs are monitoring people inside the unairconditioned housing units for heat-related health problems
Deputies found tobacco, meth, fentanyl and a syringe on an inmate returning from furlough