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.
The mental health clinician was stabbed in the face and arm; he was taken to the hospital where he needed stiches
The inmate faces the possibility of a death sentence if convicted of the first-degree murder of Sgt. Mark Baserman
Corrections officers said the food is so bad that they fear for their safety, pointing to one particular one meal that COs said could have sparked a riot
Authorities say Rodney Berget and another inmate attacked and killed corrections officer Ronald Johnson in April
Corrections officer suffered a possible dislocated wrist and shoulder
The 17-year-old inmate allegedly punched the officer in the face, then proceeded to “pile drive” him into the floor, after which the inmate jumped on him and repeatedly banged the officer’s head onto the floor
Jayme Biendl was killed in the chapel of the Washington State Reformatory at Monroe
Eric Robert pleaded guilty in September to killing Ronald “R.J.” Johnson on April 12 in an attempt to sneak past other security
Witnesses describe brutality of CO’s beating
Labor union stewards have filed 42 under-staff grievances with the department in the past five months without any changes taking place
Prosecutors say Michael Nordman supplied the pipe and plastic wrap used in the slaying of 63-year-old guard Ronald Johnson
The sheriff acknowledged that strip-searches are a “touchy subject” in her county
Inmate wants to regain the weight so he’ll look like he did when he was captured
State officials said 62 bullet casings were recovered at the scene
Tiffany Bishop was participating in firearms training
The suspects are seen attacking Juvenile Court Warrants Officer Alonzo Giles
Inmate was accused of accepting some contraband tobacco from a female visitor
Jeff Settle, 29, had been working with the DOC since 1993
Prisoner is accused of injuring two officers with a self-made weapon during an escape attempt
Man threatened correctional officers working on the unit floor, stripped off his shirt and “took a posture like he was ready to fight”
Three inmates overpowered an officer, cut and stabbed him with homemade knives, and held him hostage for about 2 1/2 hours before a SWAT team broke into the cell and rescued him
Her husband, Ronald Johnson was killed in what authorities have described as a failed escape attempt by two inmates
For many COs, the dangers of the job have become overwhelming
In the past four years, nearly 8,600 assaults were reported in the prison system, 4,157 of them on corrections officers and other staff members, state records show
An inmate in the Sequoyah County Jail, who has known he was HIV positive for 12 years has been charged with assault and battery on a detention officer
Officials say their suspect is an inmate who then stole the sheriff’s van and drove off
The death comes just two weeks after hospital workers held a protest demanding increased safety measures at the facility
Inmate and five other inmates broke out of the same facility in 1987 by cutting through bars in an auto shop
Inmates Rodney Berget and Eric Robert, both 48, were apprehended on the grounds of the South Dakota Penitentiary
Jesus Sanchez, a corrections officer, was gunned down at age 24 in 1972 while he was escorting an inmate to court
Convicted rapist Byron Scherf is accused of killing guard Jayme Biendl in a chapel at the Monroe Correctional Complex in January
Legislation intended to give Washington corrections officers more safety protections will not reach the senate floor
The injured marshal received treatment for a knee injury and a cut on his face
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