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
AFGE Local 4070 is supporting peer programs and lobbying for the Corrections Officer Blake Schwarz Suicide Prevention Act
Joanne Debora Byron, also known as Joanne Chesimard and Assata Shakur, was convicted of murder in the gunfight that killed New Jersey State Police Trooper Werner Foerster
A Monroe prison fatality review cited delays, paper records and miscommunication as factors that played a role in Michael Sublett’s death
Director William K. Marshall III told the agency’s nearly 35,000 employees that Council of Prison Locals had become “an obstacle to progress instead of a partner in it”
Defense attorneys at both trials argued there was no DNA, no forensic evidence, no surveillance video and no diaries to prove what the government was alleging
Blaine Milam was condemned for the December 2008 death of Amora Carson at his trailer in Rusk County in East Texas
ICE
Law enforcement sources identified the shooter to the Associated Press as 29-year-old Joshua Jahn, who shot and killed himself after shooting “indiscriminately at the ICE building”
As Kansas City scrambles to open a municipal jail before the 2026 World Cup, county leaders propose letting the city use their soon-to-be-empty downtown facility as a stopgap
Plastic fans, lighter padlocks and revamped mail processing are among measures aimed at limiting weapons and contraband
PRODUCT NEWS
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
There have been no reports of inmates testing positive for COVID-19, but prisoners and their families are still fearful
After the positive result, 18 inmates were quarantined and 11 medical staffers were sent home
Officials ordered the release of non-violent and short-term inmates to combat the looming threat of COVID-19 in jails
While visitations have been cut off to Central Texas jails, few test kits are available to inmates and some jails don’t have kits at all
The ACLU called for the release of inmates whose sentences would be completed within the next two years and who may be particularly vulnerable to COVID-19