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.
Justin Robinson and another inmate used a weak metal shiv to strike the CO in the neck, but didn’t cause serious physical injuries
The grant, which is half of the project, will fund emergency call boxes, improve security cameras and add new fencing mesh
The man, initially charged for assault, is now charged with terroristic threats against prison staff at Nebraska State Penitentiary
Jesse Con-ui was indicted four months to the day after CO Eric Williams was brutally murdered
Alex Cook had been scheduled for a jury trial on Monday morning, but decided instead to plead to at least some of the counts in three of the cases he was facing
Authorities could not find part of the ear and they believed inmate may have swallowed it
Two corrections officers died Saturday night after motorcycles they were riding struck vehicle
Police arrested Ariangel Iguaran for the accident that left Lawrence McGill’s 1997 purple Dodge Stratus crushed
Injured in face and abdomen while escorting inmates to breakfast
Father: “We need to find out who did this. I feel terrible about this. My son is a good kid.”
Other driver fled on foot after striking the CO’s vehicle
Assault at USP - Pollock continues alarming trend, union for federal prison officers says
Injuries included a fracture to the nose and head
Woman was taken to a hospital for treatment of injuries to her head, a broken nose, and hemorrhaging behind her left eye
Brandon Holt, currently serving a life sentence for murder, assaulted a CO in 2012
“We’re here to celebrate the life of Gus,” said Sgt. Mike Hickman, a county corrections officer
Two of the five patients were in critical condition and flown to specialty hospitals in the Phoenix area
Jury decided CO had been retaliated against as she fought to retain her job as a parole and probation officer
Details of the alleged assault have not been released
Was driving a corrections van on Route 77 in Bridgeton to pick up a prisoner when he lost consciousness
Correctional Officer Agostino Fare’s cause of death was not disclosed
Required CO to get 14 stitches around his eye
Incident was the latest in a succession of dramas at the jail where staff have long complained they are not safe
Originally a repair center for major companies, Midwest Digital has morphed along with technology
We are under attack inside the walls and now outside of them as well
Jonathan Nurse pleaded guilty June 4 to a felony charge of assault on a corrections officer at the Franklin County jail in Farmington on Oct. 26, 2012
Nine inmates escaped as armed men stormed a prison, killing two correction officers Sunday
Was punched in the mouth by an inmate, required stitches
Reached to pick his .40-caliber Glock handgun out of its holster when it discharged
Attempted to gouge corrections officer’s eyes out
Officer suffered broken jaw, cuts to his face
Twenty-eight-year-old Carlos Green and 24-year-old Garrett Dumarce made their initial court appearances Thursday in Sioux Falls
Third home of a CO to be burglarized since beginning of the month