Riots & Crowd Control
Riots and crowd control are critical aspects of maintaining order and safety within correctional facilities. This directory provides articles and resources on strategies, training, and equipment used to manage large-scale disturbances and prevent escalation. Understanding compelling riot and crowd control measures is essential for protecting both staff and inmates during high-tension situations. For further insights, explore our section on Escapes.
Two pods were rioting, fighting staff, throwing desks and chairs, and tearing down cameras and light fixtures
Pay supplements will also be offered to the youth specialists and corrections officers who work in the Indian River Juvenile Correctional Facility housing units
Four of the injured were taken to the hospital for further treatment for head injuries and blood exposure
The riot caused an estimated $200,000 in damages and boosted calls for reform to the facility
Karmin Bryant retired last week in the wake of a riot inside the jail that caused an estimated $200,000 in damage
Forty-three inmates took part in a brief riot, which is thought to be “gang related,” officials said
Officials said the inmates used chairs to smash security glass, damaged cell doors, sprinklers and other objects
Officials cautioned that, while progress is being made, institutional and cultural change within the DOC is a complex, long-term process
State officials are hiring independent experts to review inmate access to health care and the prisoner grievance system in wake of the deadly Delaware riot
Under the settlement, 11 plaintiffs, including six DOC employees and relatives of slain CO Steven Floyd, will share $7.55 million
It was a tumultuous year in corrections as prison riots threatened facility security, and correctional officers were seriously assaulted and murdered
Anthony Gangi looks back on a difficult year for the corrections profession and looks ahead to 2018
Anthony Gangi sits down with retired major and college professor Luis Soto and discusses frontline and management perspectives after a major incident
The 11-day siege left one guard and nine inmates dead
Anthony Gangi and Gary York discuss the Rikers Island incident and the complications that a facility’s policy may cause when it comes to aiding a colleague under attack
In this episode of Tier Talk, Anthony Gangi breaks down the perspective of frontline staff and management in the wake of a major incident
Prosecutors are holding out the possibility of seeking the death penalty against the inmates even though the state doesn’t allow capital punishment.
The six inmates, who are among 18 prisoners indicted in the February riot, demanded a jury trial
The inmates will be arraigned for their alleged role in a deadly riot that killed a CO
Prison staff and state lawmakers say problems are worsening at Wisconsin’s Lincoln Hills School and Copper Lake School for boys and girls
The incident is among a stream of violent clashes at the prison since a court order requiring a reduction in the use of pepper spray and solitary confinement
Violence by inmates at Wisconsin’s juvenile prison sent five staff members to the hospital Sunday night in apparently coordinated attacks
Justin James Smith, 35, was killed during an attempted prisoner escape at the Pasquotank County Correctional Institution
Sixteen are charged with first-degree murder in the death of CO Lt. Steven Floyd
The DOC charged 16 of the inmates with first-degree murder, assault and kidnapping
Once every eight hours, on average, a North Carolina prison officer was assaulted last year
Inmates in one section of the prison allegedly started a fire and went to the roof of the facility in an attempt to escape
Prisoners set fires, smashed windows and shattered fixtures at Kinross Correctional Facility on Sept. 10, 2016
Kansas legislators are debating how much the decision to house more inmates two-to-a-cell has fueled unrest at state prisons in recent months
Arkansas’ governor called for additional safeguards at the state’s prisons on Friday after a string of violence
Officials say they don’t know what sparked the violence
Officials are debating how much an increase in moving inmates among prisons has fueled unrest
Police said the uprising — the second fatal riot in two years at the facility — was sparked by staff finding 150 pounds of alcohol made by inmates
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