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
More than 1,000 inmates in Rio Cosumnes Correctional Center were evacuated after a 2023 “atmospheric river storm” in Sacramento caused levees to breach
A notice states Los Angeles County failed to address long-standing staffing shortages, requiring Los Padrinos to be emptied by Dec. 12
The Idaho Department of Correction retrofitted its execution chamber at the maximum security prison south of Boise to retain lethal injection as its preferred method
‘It’s OK to be both strong and vulnerable': Calif. CO brings mental health awareness to boxing match
Ironwood State Prison CO Daniel Torres said he aims to use his participation in the “Battle of the Badges” boxing match to “break down the barriers surrounding mental health”
The decision seeks to provide Lancaster County corrections officers additional rest to compensate them for working in hot, uncomfortable conditions
State officials didn’t say when the man escaped, but said the Cañon City Search Team was immediately activated and law enforcement was notified when COs noticed the escape
Jacksonville Sheriff’s Office Deputy Bradley McNew, who had just finished his shift, was shot after witnessing an armed man “violently throwing [a woman against a] vehicle” and trying to intervene
The weapon consisted of six sporks bound together with plastic wrap and an instant coffee wrapper; the Multnomah deputy was struck in the face but not severely injured
The former COs, who all worked at Riverbend Correctional Facility, were each sentenced to 10 years in prison to be followed by five years on probation
The two inmates at MacDougall-Walker Correctional Institution had refused to eat since Sept. 15 to protest conditions throughout the state’s prison system
The bill would shift parole board criteria from considering weapon use in the crime to assessing the inmate’s prison behavior, including completion of educational programs
The coroner ruled Anthony Mitchell’s death a homicide, citing hypothermia and sepsis “resulting from infected injuries obtained during incarceration and medical neglect”
Prescription drugs such as suboxone, Vivitrol or methadone, which block the effects of opioids, are often part of Medication-Assisted Treatment programs
One of the COs observed that Tony Mitchell’s condition “would ultimately result in serious harm or even death” without medical intervention, according to her plea deal
In a partnership with the nonprofit Sleep in Heavenly Peace, more than 60 SCI inmates worked with community volunteers to build 22 beds for children in need
The current pace of change has left a dangerous situation in both adult and juvenile prisons across Maryland, employees and union leaders said
“Officers Barbosa Jr., Stanislaus and McQueen are shining examples of what it means to be a DOC hero,” the NYCDOC commissioner said, adding their training averted a tragedy
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