Correctional Management

Instead of giving 2% or 3% raises, Gov. Brian Kemp and lawmakers approved an across-the-board $5K raise last year and are proposing $2K in 2023

The suit says counties are unfairly stuck with the costs of housing, feeding and providing medical and psychiatric care for inmates

The federal department said the state could face a possible lawsuit in mid-March if it doesn't fix the problems

The group will examine inmate access to food, medicine and sanitary products; whether prison staffing levels are adequate; and the overall condition of the prisons

Youth workers at the detention centers will now be re-classified as COs under the new plan

Security issues, low staffing and claims of civil rights violations marred the record of Ryan Thornell's predecessors

Corrections1 readers, as they did in 2021, believe that 21, not 18, is the appropriate minimum age for corrections officers

The mayhem started early in the morning when a corrections officer saw three detainees slashing an inmate

The 5-year contract for $45.7M is to feed 23,000 inmates in 20 state-operated prisons for $1.77 per meal

“Failure to obey a direct order of an ADOC employee” is now a high-level violation that will lead to losing three years of accrued good time

Fender was chosen for the CoreCivic award for his achievements in workforce development, improving conditions and reducing violence

Kern County detention deputies are currently working 96 hours a week for a department that has a 33% vacancy rate

More than $200K of DOC officer Edward Johansen's total pay was from overtime

Snyder County Prison has to "think outside the box" to bolster staffing and fill vacancies

President of the Assistant Deputy Wardens/Deputy Wardens Association calls the plan “unfair, unequal and devastating”