Recent Corrections News

• Former Calif. CO pleads guilty to charge of covering up inmate death

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  The inmate suffered a broken jaw and teeth, was taken to a hospital and died two days later

• Wash. county jail deputies uncover contraband smuggling plot

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  A man was arrested after trying to smuggle tobacco to inmates inside the Whatcom County Jail

• Tests show DNA of death row inmate, unknown man, on knife

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  Pervis Payne had been scheduled to die Dec. 3, but he was granted a reprieve until April due to challenges created by the pandemic

• COVID-19: Corrections deaths

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

• Mich. officer opens up about how he survived COVID-19

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  Officer Jermaine Ross was placed in a medically induced coma for seven days

• Signs inmates are about to fight

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  The most effective way to win a battle is to avoid it by knowing what to look for ahead of time

• Video: NY COs rally in opposition of correctional facility closure

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  COs talked about what the closure means for Watertown Correctional Facility employees and their families

• New mental health program in Ind. aims to limit incarcerations

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  Participants will receive mental health treatment and counseling while residing in a work release center

• Ill. Department of Corrections officer accused of forgery

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  Francois Kopca is facing three counts of felony forgery after depositing several stolen checks into his credit union account

• Pa. county prison correctional officers start wearing body cameras

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  COs can decide when to turn the cameras on, a policy that has drawn some criticism

• Trump administration carries out 13th and final execution

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  Dustin Higgs was convicted of ordering the killings of three women in a Maryland wildlife refuge in 1996

• Federal prisons on lockdown in run-up to Biden inauguration

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  The lockdown at more than 120 federal Bureau of Prisons facilities took effect at 12 a.m. Saturday

• Texas judge asks for release of nearly 2K inmates to avoid 'killing field'

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  The Harris County Jail could run out of room to house inmates this weekend

• NYCDOC celebrates its 125th anniversary as a city agency

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  To pay tribute to the milestone, the Empire State Building lit up with blue and orange colors

• Mass. corrections staff will receive COVID-19 vaccines next week

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  The vaccinations are part of the plan to protect those in congregate care settings during the first distribution phase

• Union official: Fla. CO died by suicide on Christmas Day at prison

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  FCC Coleman Officer Phillip Tippett, 47, died by suicide after bringing a gun onto the compound and shooting himself

• U.S. executes Va. gang killer despite COVID-19 infection

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  Corey Johnson was the 12th inmate executed at the prison in Terre Haute, Indiana, since the Trump administration restarted federal executions

• Group demands firing of Conn. CO over 'blatantly bigoted' meme

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  An official with the Department of Correction said they would review the case "to determine appropriate action"

• Mich. can't confirm if 115 inmate cases were COVID-19 reinfections

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  The state doesn't have the samples to perform genomic sequencing, an analysis to confirm whether someone has had COVID-19 twice

• Sheriff: Md. corrections officer may have been at Capitol riot

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  The corrections officer has been suspended pending the outcome of the investigation

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