The Correctional Management topic gives corrections leaders news and information to help them lead their staff and manage their facility in the face of tough issues like shrinking budgets and overcrowding. This topic also gives corrections officers an avenue to prepare themselves for a rise through the ranks.
Under the now-rescinded practice, the DOC would release the name of any city inmate who died, along with basic details like date, time and place of death
An inmate faked an illness, and inmates attacked a staff member who came into his cell. Other workers were also attacked as they tried to help, the union said
Alvin S. Glenn Detention Center has been under scrutiny because of severe understaffing, violence inside the jail and reports of poor conditions for detainees
"I'm one of the first to say we need to hold people accountable to their crimes, but we need to offer programs so that we don't see them in correctional facilities again," the sheriff said
The indictment charges two former corrections officers and an ex-deputy with misdemeanor counts of battery and simple battery as well as a felony count
The report outlines the steps the Penobscot County sheriff and staff need to take to comply with PREA. It also said a new jail would allow for better surveillance
Ameen Hurst, 18, and Nasir Grant, 24, escaped from the Philadelphia Industrial Correctional Center by cutting a hole in a fence surrounding a recreation yard