Correctional Management

The multiple phase $77M project includes housing renovations, a new intake and booking facility, and staff locker rooms and meeting facilities

The prison board approved the up to $3.5 million project to add walls and a roof to Chester County prison's eight exercise yards

Consultant's report says on dozens of occasions Henderson Jail COs have worked two weeks or longer without a day off

Low staffing, high inmate population are leading to fights, fires and other disciplinary problems in the Orleans Justice Center

Howard Holland, acting warden of Chester County Prison, proposed new fencing, ankle monitors for high-risk inmates, more cameras in the facility and establishing a K-9 unit to enhance security

Until the county gets a bigger jail the sheriff is trying small changes, like serving fresh fruit more often and expanding board game privileges, to keep the peace

Managing incoming offenders can present distinct challenges

Recent escapes in county jails have representatives increasingly concerned about security and punishing escapees

A majority of first responder agencies lack necessary funds for purchasing equipment and technology

200 COs, who oppose the move, and the 500 inmates they oversee will be relocated from the floating jail to Rikers Island

Paul Flores, hospitalized in serious condition, was sentenced in March for 25 years to life for the 1996 killing

More than half of the employees at Coffee Creek feel it is “not a psychologically safe facility for staff,” the researchers wrote

"It is incredibly important our hardworking correctional officers get paid what they deserve," Gov. Jim Justice said

The riot at Lee Correctional Institution left seven dead and more than a dozen injured; it was the deadliest prison riot in the U.S. in the last 25 years

The CO felt contraction-like pains at work, but her supervisor kept her at her post for hours despite her requests to leave, according to the lawsuit