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.
While conducting searches at Menard Correctional Center, TACT team officers uncovered synthetic cannabinoids and at least one instance of fentanyl within the facility
Here’s what respondents had to say
The bill would permit prosecutors to impanel a second jury if the first jury fails to reach an unanimous sentencing decision
In this episode of Tier Talk, Anthony Gangi discusses current issues in corrections with a panel of experts
Setting clear guidelines on what correctional officers expect inmates to do and following up is an effective way to maintain authority
The order follows the judge’s ruling last year that mental health care for Alabama state prisoners was “horrendously inadequate”
A state lawmaker and reform groups are pushing to bar officers from carrying pepper spray in juvenile jails in California
Officials said Eugene Robinson broke out by tying up a CO and stealing his pickup truck
The inmate threw urine and feces at the COs before biting them and “trying to claw their eyeballs out”
The inmate’s guilty plea still doesn’t answer the question of how the substance, now said to have been fentanyl, got into the jail
Officials said the cuts will put the lives of corrections officers and inmates in danger
A late summer prayer service at the Laurel County jail is now the subject of a lawsuit
One deputy was honored after he disarmed an inmate who had taken a TASER from another deputy during an escape attempt
A vehicle video surveillance system can alleviate COs and agencies of any liability in the midst of an unpredictable incident during inmate transport
Officials said Jarvis Bell stabbed the lieutenant twice in the face with an inmate-made weapon and grabbed the lieutenant’s pepper spray and used it against him
The mother of Sgt. Meggan Callahan is denouncing the state for failing to take steps that might have prevented the deaths of four more prison employees months later
Understaffed corrections facilities in West Virginia have received temporary relief as lawmakers consider increasing pay for corrections officers
Kieth M. Piper is accused of using two “homemade shanks” to attack the CO as he was preparing to move Piper
Fresh CO hires will now start earning $36,000 per year, instead of the $32,000 they’d been getting previously
Daniel Hadnot was one of four inmates charged in connection to a 2016 assault that left six COs injured
Administrators of Pasquotank Correctional Institution were put on leave after a report on the deadly escape attempt
Ricky Leon Rusche was wanted on a warrant for escaping a penitentiary before authorities located him
The Delaware prison remains understaffed and managed by overworked COs overseeing hundreds of inmates
A Utah bill would make killers of first responders eligible for the death penalty
A federal judge ruled that retired corrections officers in Illinois are not entitled to permits to carry concealed firearms under federal law
Prison officials said that John Nieto stabbed two correctional officers with a manufactured weapon on Monday
Chaz Robinson was charged after he attacked and groped a female corrections officer where he was incarcerated
Once a properly-implemented video visitation becomes the norm at a correctional facility, contraband issues decrease while security improves
Officials are concerned about exposure to fentanyl, a powerful synthetic opioid that can cause harmful effects
An inmate charged in the murder of CO Steven Floyd is reportedly responsible for a recent attack on officers in another prison
The riot caused an estimated $200,000 in damages and boosted calls for reform to the facility
One problem the report found was that COs are under-trained and often do not enforce rules, and inmates in turn do not respect them
