Recent Corrections News

• 3 Ohio COs, supervisor face discipline for mistakenly releasing 3 inmates

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  An official said the COs failed to follow "well-defined" protocols that led to the inmates' release, and that the supervisor failed to review the COs' work

• Calif. reduces its inmate population to a 30-year low

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  Court rulings, new state laws and policies on imprisonment, and changes in voters' attitudes have all contributed to the reduction

• COVID-19: Corrections deaths

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  Tracking the coronavirus-related deaths of U.S. corrections officers and personnel

• Fla. CO, his wife die from COVID-19 one hour apart

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  Robert "Wayne" Rogers, 65, was remembered as a 30-year veteran officer who served with honor throughout his career

• Miami-Dade corrections officer dies from COVID-19

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  Jairo Bravo, 48, started working as a new CO in January at the Turner G. Knight jail

• COVID-19: How public safety companies are assisting the frontline pandemic response

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  The businesses that equip and serve first responders are supporting the national emergency response with new products, free services and donations

• Justice Department schedules 2 additional federal executions

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  The announcement comes weeks after the department fought off last-minute legal challenges and successfully resumed executions following a 17-year pause

• 2 Okla. jail escapees recaptured after fleeing jail

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  The inmates escaped from the Oklahoma County jail by tying together bed sheets to use as a rope

• Wash. corrections officer dies from COVID-19

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  Dan Oaks was a 15-year veteran of the Yakima County Department of Corrections

• 2 staff members, 3 inmates hurt in Ga. prison unrest

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  A golf cart was set on fire and windows were smashed during the melee at Ware State Prison

• NY CO slashed by gang member he was transporting to cell

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  The inmate slashed the CO with his metal name tag, which he ripped from the CO's shirt during the attack

• Mich. CO lauded for saving toddler from Lake Superior

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  Al Huhta was working when a 1-year-old girl ran from her home and toward the water

• Okla. murder suspect escapes 12th floor cell using sheets

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  Pablo Robledo and his cellmate escaped by breaking a window of their cell and climbing down

• 3 must-have functions of a digital evidence management system in corrections

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  The right DEMS can improve the management and sharing of critical evidence, including bodycam video, for more successful investigations

• Face masks: Here’s what cops, firefighters, medics and COs have to say about use, policy and effectiveness

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  Nearly one-third of public safety personnel do not get a department-issued face mask, plus other key findings from nearly 4,000 survey responses

• New panel will study reforms at troubled NJ women's prison

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  The commission will examine the sexual abuse and exploitation of inmates following a report that found widespread problems at the state's women's prison

• Watchdog agency redacts findings about Va. parole board

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  Prosecutors and victims' families have raised concerns about a lack of timely or sufficient notification of the release of violent offenders

• Lawsuit: Inmates claim Calif. county jail failed to provide masks

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  Attorneys want all inmates and staff tested, medically vulnerable inmates released, staff to wear PPE and people exposed to COVID-19 quarantined

• La. corrections officer dies from COVID-19

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  Sgt. Rosa Thomas worked at the Louisiana State Penitentiary for nearly 13 years

• Dozens infected with COVID-19 at Calif. youth prisons

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  With no plans to release youth offenders early, prison officials said they have been taking steps to limit the spread of COVID-19

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