Recent Corrections News

• Lawmaker calls for 'federal takeover' of Okla. county jail

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  "Lives are at stake every single day at the Oklahoma County jail," Rep. Jason Lowe said

• Protesters decry conditions at St. Louis jail, call for court hearings

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  "This needs to be addressed and no one else is addressing it. These detainees are crying for your help," an organizer said

• Underwriter withdraws from Ala. prison lease project

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  The underwriter pulled out following criticism that it was breaking a promise not to get involved in for-profit prisons

• Courts end judicial oversight of COVID measures in Hawaii prisons

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  The order lifts the prohibition on judges imposing bail on defendants accused of certain low-level offenses during the pandemic

• Maine DOC revokes policy that placed restrictions on inmate mail

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  The policy was meant to stem the flow of drugs into prisons by requiring mail to be printed or written on lined paper

• Ala. CO faces felony over smuggling contraband into jail

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  Officials said the CO had been involved in a relationship with the inmate since November 2019

• Tenn. CO rescues woman, 2 children from burning vehicle

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  Leon Odom witnessed a vehicle swerve across a highway, hit two trees and burst into flames

• Murder suspect released from Rikers Island by mistake recaptured

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  Correction officials and Mayor de Blasio vowed a full investigation into the mix-up

• Correctional officer's death exposes hazing, toxic culture at Calif. prison

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  Valentino Rodriguez Jr. was "throwing up all the time at work and hyperventilating" from depression and PTSD

• Texas' longest serving death row inmate has sentence tossed

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  Raymond Riles' "death sentence can no longer stand" because the 70-year-old's history of mental illness wasn't properly considered by jurors

• Inmates among latest charged in Fla. jail drug smuggling investigation

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  The ongoing investigation revealed the inmates had help from those who had access inside and outside the facility: the corrections deputies

• Okla. county jail medical provider staying put after threatening to leave

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  Turn Key Health's CEO said improvements had been made, including the jail administrator's efforts to address detention staffing shortages

• New sheriff confronts 'critical staffing shortages' in Mich. county's jails

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  The Wayne County Sheriff's Office has 476 full-time and 33 part-time officers, but it also has about 200 unfilled corrections positions

• Union: Inmate knocked NY CO unconscious, broke his jaw

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  The CO sustained two fractures to the jaw, bruising and swelling around the eyes

• Watch: Miami-Dade CO gets hero's welcome home after near-fatal crash

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  Kedson Julmiste, who's now paralyzed from the chest down, was driving to work when he was involved in a head-on crash with a driver who made an illegal turn

• Calif. prison to close, cutting 1,000 jobs from rural community

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  The California Correctional Center in Susanville has been a home base for inmate firefighter training for decades

• Wash. state inmates released after drug law is voided

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  The ruling left the possession of small amounts of controlled substances, from LSD to heroin and cocaine, legal under state law

• Avoiding complacency while conducting pat searches

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  Conduct every pat search as though your life depended on it – as it just might

• What is the most common mistake made when treating withdrawal in a correctional facility?

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  The most common mistake made when treating withdrawal in a jail is not to treat the withdrawal at all!

• Ethical concerns central to state study on closure of Colo.'s private prisons

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  The study concluded that the prisons should remain open for now, largely due to the negative economic impact closure could have on the areas

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