Officer Safety
Officer Safety is a critical concern within correctional facilities, focusing on protecting staff from physical harm and ensuring a secure working environment. This directory provides articles and resources on best practices, training, and equipment that enhance the safety of correctional officers. Understanding the importance of officer safety helps develop strategies to mitigate risks and respond effectively to threats. For further insights, explore our section on Defensive Tactics.
You can learn a lot from phone calls, such as plans for contraband being introduced to your facility or planned assaults on staff or other inmates
Mercy County jail warden wants body cameras to “protect us — the county and the staff”
Package of proposed bills would improve conditions and security at jails for the benefit of staff, inmates and the public
Failed to register as a sex offender and was being booked into the jail when he attacked an officer
A police psychologist explains the symptoms of post-traumatic stress disorder and how COs can get the help they need
Inmates by nature are generally narcissistic, so they will act in their own best interest
A threat by an inmate led to a shakedown at the Jennings County Jail in southern Indiana
Corliveetho McMillian faces an extra five to 10 years
No suspects are linked to the case at this time
The DOJ released new instruments to play in the Prison Rape Elimination Act band
Chinese authorities set up checkpoints and offered a reward of $48,000 for three inmates who killed a guard, donned police uniforms and escaped Tuesday in a rare jailbreakhe three prisoners have been recaptured
Christopher Fitzgerald was fired after he pulled a gun on two undercover detectives in what his attorney is calling a road rage incident
Corrections officers need two sets of interpersonal skills: one for work and one for home
State police have ruled attack by inmate on male correctional officer at SCI-Coal Township as attempted homicide
Inmate put the officer in a choke hold in the prison yard Sunday morning and tried to slash the officer’s throat with a weapon
Two staff members suffered head injuries and were taken to a hospital
Wilbur and Anisa Mobley were found shot to death early this morning
In this expert interview, a police psychologist offers tips on how to deal with the stress that inevitably comes with being a corrections officer.
New report points to health problems experienced by inmates after arriving at the prison
Threw a plastic chair at an officer and gouged the officer’s eye after being denied permission to attend a January church service
Sheriff: “When the door slammed closed, it completely severed the last digit of the deputy’s ring finger at the base of the fingernail”
Ill. DOC officials say they are still investigating the circumstances of a 92-minute, storm-caused blackout at the minimum-security Vandalia Correctional Center
An off-duty corrections officer is in stable condition after being shot outside his home Friday night during an armed robbery
Desert Waters will provide instructor training to educated 12 members of the KDOC staff
New training expectations will have new corrections officers ready to handle mentally ill inmates
A Clinton County Correctional Facility inmate is accused of biting a correctional officer during an altercation
Was stabbed while working his second job, for the Yorktown Volunteer Fire Department
Considering adding a work release program or adding funds to a program that helps indigent inmates pay for fees like GPS ankle bracelets
Overtime was budgeted for this year at $45,000 – instead, they’ve gone well over that, totaling in at $705,000
Davayon Traquell Jones, 21, was convicted of malicious conduct by a prisoner and sentenced to between 17 and 30 months in prison
A $25,000 civil damage award issued against an inmate for an attack on a corrections officer has been upheld by the state Superior Court
Stephen Moss is currently serving a sentence in a 2012 unrelated case in which he pleaded guilty to assault and battery on a corrections officer
California prisons still segregate by race. Why? It has to do with safety and prison gangs.
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