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.
Officials asked for more staff after a High Desert State inmate was fatally stabbed with a prison-made shank by another prisoner who escaped his separation cage
Both officers were treated and released from a local hospital
These offenders not only tarnish the reputation of honest officers but also the agencies they represent
Shutdown has furloughed thousands of federal workers across the country
Would provide safeguards for correctional officers who are assaulted in youth correctional facilities
Said male co-workers sent her unwanted pictures of male genitals
Inmate Barry Edge slammed a hammer into the side of CO David Knapps’ head in 1999
Called situation at jail “intolerable”
The CO struck in the head by a brick in a sock described it as “a hammer on concrete”
Officers were left with broken bones
Henry Bigelow, 42, pleaded guilty to three counts of felonious assault for incidents in March
Larry Jerome Johnson faces life sentences after being convicted by a Garrett County jury this week
Refused to remove toilet paper hanging in his cell
Was treated for a back injury after inmate rushed cell door
“Brent didn’t have another trial. He just got jumped by a bunch of men who killed him.”
Inmate was in the infirmary when he allegedly attacked the officer who escorted him there
Donald Williams blasted Congress for failing to adequately fund federal prisons in the wake of his son’s murder
Allegedly pushed the officer down, grabbed his keys, pushed him into a cell and locked the door
Motorcyclists are invited to gather at 11 a.m. Oct. 5 for the “Vell’s Angels” ride
CO Tracy Cooper was receiving surgery to repair an injury suffered while struggling with an inmate 8 months earlier
Authorities say detention officer was targeted at random and shot in his own driveway
Jaclynn Rodriguez had been on the job about nine months on Sept. 14, 2012, when she was attacked by Willie Lee-Wilson Williams
Struck CO in head and face repeatedly, CO has not returned to work
Officer suffered only minor injuries
No signs of foul play
Inmate struck CO from behind, giving him a concussion and knee injury
Indiana Department of Corrections records show Steven Byrdo, 24, was a repeat drug dealer who served only a portion of his latest sentence
269 new vests will be purchased with money from the existing DOC budget
Received explicit photos from a coworker for eight months
Added to 13.5-year sentence for brandishing firearm during crime of violence and assault resulting in bodily injury
A CO found a document identifying 23 employees in a file drawer in a prison barber shop on Aug. 4, 2011
Nearly 113 percent increase in inmate-on-inmate violence between 2010 and 2012 and incidents of inmate-on-staff assaults jumped nearly 74 percent during the same period
Elevates slaying of CO Jose Rivera by two intoxicated prisoners into the realm of constitutional conflict