Lockdown
Corrections Officer Clive Lopez Jr. testified he had to fend off inmates during the deadly riot and that he didn’t feel safe initiating a lockdown
One correctional officer was stabbed “numerous times,” officials said, and another suffered “serious injuries to his face”
The Waupun, Green Bay and Stanley prisons have been under lockdown for months as the state grapples with deteriorating buildings and a worker shortage
Last week the FDC announced the lockdown after officials received an unspecified threat of violence
Officers deployed chemical agents and two warning shots, to which the inmates dispersed
Authorities said four inmates were injured in a brawl involving about 80 prisoners at Red Rock Correctional Center
Anthony Gangi discusses the importance of preventive measures that increase safety and security in correctional facilities
The hostage situation drew dozens of officers and law enforcement vehicles to the James T. Vaughn Correctional Center and prompted a statewide lockdown of all prisons
Anthony Gangi outlines what corrections professionals can learn from a recent riot, prison closures, and lockdowns
Bloody June included the killing of an inmate in one prison and a brawl at another facility that sent 16 inmates to hospitals
A facility-wide frisk has turned up weapons and drugs in the Clinton Correctional Facility
Lockdowns put in place during a department-wide contraband sweep in the Mississippi Department of Corrections have been lifted
Several employees reported hearing what sounded like a gunshot Saturday afternoon
The facility has recently been through a series of lockdowns following inmate attacks on staff
Inmates in the A and C Blocks were confined to their cells Tuesday after a brawl broke out in the rec yard
Awaiting test results for two inmates who may have chickenpox
3 cases of chickenpox at the Menard Correctional Center have been resolved
30 inmates were involved in a brawl that broke out in the prison dining room
Computer server malfunction left about 490 inmates trapped in their cells for the better part of a week
One inmate was killed and five more were injured after a fight broke out at a prison that resulted in a lockdown
SCI-Dallas resumed normal operations Monday following an inmate attack on a correctional officer last week
The prison has been on lockdown since Friday’s discovery of more than a dozen weapons along with gallons of homemade alcohol and juice and sugar used to make liquor
One received 15 wounds to the front, back and head, but none were life threatening
York Correctional Institution was placed on lock down Wednesday afternoon after a white, powdery substance was discovered in incoming mail sent to the facility
Prison officials said an inmate with ties to a notorious gang threatened to attack and kill a correctional officer
One wing of the prison, housing about 200 prisoners, had been put on lockdown following a series of inmate assaults
