Corrections News
Corrections news is essential for the correctional facility workforce, providing up-to-date information on developments, policy changes, and emerging trends in the penitentiary system. This directory offers articles that help staff stay current on issues affecting their work environment, inmate management, and facility operations. Regularly engaging with corrections news ensures personnel are prepared for new challenges and opportunities. For additional insights, explore our section on Correctional Design and Operations Management.
BREAKING NEWS
A medical audit of the Bernalillo County Metropolitan Detention Center links systemic breakdowns in detox, chronic care and emergency response to ongoing constitutional violations
A federal appeals court found prosecutors violated Michael Sockwell’s rights by intentionally striking Black jurors during his 1990 capital murder trial
Efforts to close Men’s Central Jail began in 2021, but progress has lagged due to setbacks, including a post–Proposition 36 inmate population increase
Investigators said the corrections officer escorted a handcuffed detainee into a jail “blind spot,” where he and two officers knocked him down and repeatedly struck him
Fort Pierce Police Officer Danny Parrish was shot nine times in the body and four times in his body armor with his own service weapon
The state’s jail oversight agency says ongoing failed inspections, alleged record falsifications and chronic staffing shortages underscore the need for stronger judicial oversight
Prosecutors said Scott Robert Tardy targeted an FBI agent and his family with violent online threats, shared their home address and attempted to destroy evidence before his arrest
The attack at the D.C. Jail left a corrections officer seriously injured and in need of lifesaving surgery
Federal prosecutors said the men concealed sharpened plexiglass, a razor blade and a shank during a pat-down at the medium-security prison
PRODUCT NEWS
ODSecurity will be showing their total contraband detection capability including Sotor RS full body scanner, THEIA automatic threat recognition software and Central Database, at International Corrections and Prisons Association, in Antwerp, Belgium, from the 22-27 October 2023
Off-site mail digitization and netting to prevent drone contraband further reduce the passage of drugs into St. Charles County jail
State prison officials credit coordination with AT&T, T-Mobile, Verizon and other phone companies to shut down 790 contraband cellphones
The blend of technology and education aims at equipping inmates with job-ready skills, amid ongoing 40% staff vacancy rate
Officials say a dramatic rise in illegal narcotics within the state’s prisons is increasing violence and putting CO, inmate safety at risk
Mercy County jail warden wants body cameras to “protect us — the county and the staff”
Technology upgrade for Pennsylvania’s smallest jail brings the “technology end of the jail 25 years into the present”
Speech-to-text technology scans incoming and outgoing calls for the state’s 80,000 inmates with automatic searching for select keywords
The American Rescue Plan funds allocation will provide every CO with a panic button-equipped portable radio
The 2-week manhunt ended with the help of burglar alarm response, thermal imaging cameras and a Border Patrol K-9 named Yoda