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 credit better evaluations, staff training and secure facilities for the decline in state-run detention center violence
Gov. Kathy Hochul said that legal proceedings against nearly 400 striking COs had begun, with New York State Police serving restraining orders to 380 individuals
New York DOCCS said mediation talks are ongoing and that the department will “continue negotiating key issues” with the “goal of resolving the strike”
Currently, 87 staff members and 47 inmates have tested positive for the novel coronavirus
Two prisons that reported positive cases were selected by the Michigan DOC as the location of stand-alone housing units for inmates diagnosed with COVID-19
Albuquerque Police Chief Michael Geier wrote a letter to state and local leaders asking for an adjustment to procedures that led to the suspect being released
The NSA has formed an industry action group in order to better coordinate with and assist sheriffs’ offices in getting vital supplies
Michelle Cutright-Cox, 23, was physically resisting officers at the Floyd County Jail when she injured one officer’s leg
A 30-year Philadelphia Department of Prisons veteran has developed a system after her shifts in one of the city’s largest jails to protect her family from COVID-19
Inmates at Cambria County Prison are required to wear masks at all items, except when they’re in their cells
Learn how COVID-19 has impacted law enforcement and corrections personnel and how public safety has adjusted its response
Several local governments have implemented hazard pay and stipends for first responders and other front-line workers during the COVID-19 pandemic
With more than 42,000 inmates, Arizona has the highest incarceration rate in the western United States and the fifth-highest in the nation
The Rufe Jordan Unit, Dr. Lane Murray Unit, George Beto Unit and Barry B. Telford Unit have all been placed on lockdown
Inmates have produced nearly 200,000 cloth masks that are to be worn by prison employees and inmates
Each employee eligible for hazard pay will receive a 5% raise based on their base salary
If passed, the HEROES Act would provide four months of federal tax relief for firefighters, EMS providers, law enforcement and corrections officers, and healthcare personnel
Officers are wearing masks and gloves, but have been cautioned to save them for longer periods as shortages loom
Experts share ways correctional officers can help minimize the risk of contracting the coronavirus
From a lack of medical screening to PPE deficits, the response to COVID-19 is testing correctional facilities nationwide
Industry association websites, webinars and resources offer training, procedures and advocacy for their members who are on the frontline pandemic response
COs and union leaders are demanding PPE, hazard pay, sick leave and temporary suspension of transfers and admittance of non-security or non-medical personnel
Officers and inmates across the state prison system described conditions ripe for an outbreak, with a shortage of sanitizing products and lax policies at some prisons
Cook County Sheriff Tom Dart has repeatedly denied allegations that conditions at the facility are unsanitary or inadequate
The corrections department said the fight came after more than a day of unrest about new security restrictions to prevent a spread of COVID-19
A 263-page document says the design of the state’s prisons, overcrowding and understaffing make it “impossible” to keep COs and inmates safe from COVID-19
Officials said the masks are intended to “reduce the amount of droplets expelled from a person’s cough or sneeze”
Officials are following the CDC’s guidance and the warden said he regularly checks on inmates and staff
The officer who tested positive had been quarantined in response to another officer testing positive for COVID-19 last week
The mask requirement will apply across the board, regardless of whether a facility has been touched by COVID-19
State lawyers argue that a large release would hamper programs to help the homeless and burden hospitals
The complaint, which was filed by Lt. Mark Hasz, says COs at Lewis Prison were told they couldn’t bring in or wear their own PPE
Officers will be permitted to wear either the N95 respirator mask or surgical-type mask in prisons
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