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.
Understanding the role of personal appearance in officer safety
An inmate headbutted a staff member, and as he was being subdued, “approximately 200 incarcerated people on the yard rushed toward the officers attacking them with fists and rocks,” CDCR said
The inmate fled the hospital; police tracked him to a nearby home where he was found deceased
With a bagpipe playing Amazing Grace, a crowd of family members and officers said goodbye to Marianne Johnson
Anthony Gangi discusses the strained relationship between law enforcement and the community
The letter to his ex-wife said he was “going on the run” or would “die trying”
The officers suffered minor injuries after being exposed to pepper spray
The incident marks the fourth CO injury at the facility since June
Officials say the officer may have been targeted by the Bloods gang
The call to build a new facility comes after this week’s tragedy that left two dead at the Luzerne County Correctional Facility
Sgt. says the officers are “spread thin escorting inmates overcome by heat to hospitals”
A bailiff who was fatally shot at a Michigan courthouse was laid to rest with full military honors Monday
A corrections officer and an inmate smashed through an elevator door during a scuffle at a Pennsylvania jail
We must never forget the law enforcement professionals who work behind the wall and sacrifice their lives in their service to the public
The inmate hasn’t yet been charged in the Saturday death of Mari Johnson
One inmate was stabbed to death and three others hospitalized after a fight in a day room
About 1,500 people gathered to remember 61-year-old Joseph Zangaro
The name of the inmate and circumstances surrounding the killing were not immediately released
Larry Darnell Gordon, 44, was accused of holding the teen against her will for two weeks and giving her methamphetamines in exchange for sex
CO Catlin Carithers was killed and 20 people were injured in the riot
Some detainees will be moved out of an abundance of caution
Sergeant was checked out at the hospital because of an injury suffered in a fight between inmates
The officer served with the police department for two months and served as a corrections officer for several years
An inmate charged with violent crimes was handcuffed when he wrested a gun from a sheriff’s deputy and killed two bailiffs
Man accused of wounding a state CO in a shootout has been the subject of a federal firearms investigation since the spring
The CO was watching over the inmates and joking with them when he lost consciousness
Prosecutors said Kady Jo Paxton used a jail-issue towel that had been knotted at the ends to attack the deputy
Bloody June included the killing of an inmate in one prison and a brawl at another facility that sent 16 inmates to hospitals
Deputies convinced Devontay Jenkins, 18, to come down from the roof after he escaped from a holding area
A dead battery led to two correctional officers being assaulted on Monday
The governor has said little publicly about the 2013 assassination of a prisons director by a mistakenly paroled member of a prison gang, even as questions linger
Anthony Gangi discusses the importance of teamwork, having a collective voice, and moving from a whisper to a scream
