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
The inmate slammed the CO head-first into the ground, causing his body to go limp, court documents state
Officer Charles C. Hall Jr., a Crisis Intervention Unit officer at Five Points Correctional Facility, was remembered as a dedicated public servant and Marine Corps veteran
State investigators say the inmates used shivs to repeatedly stab Iowa State Penitentiary officers in the neck, throat, head, back and sides
ICE
Woodbury County officials say federal housing agreements are generating millions more than originally budgeted
After an inmate reported an emergency outside the secure perimeter, Officer Obbie Johnson carried out a lifesaving rescue that earned him the Florida Sheriffs Association’s 2026 CO of the Year award
Midland County Jail officials say outsourcing mail scanning improves safety for staff and inmates while maintaining access to correspondence
Authorities say leaked police data was used to facilitate shootings, drug trafficking and an attempted murder of an Ontario corrections manager
Multiple Auburn corrections officers were treated at the hospital after inmates threw or sprayed urine- and feces-smelling liquids in four separate incidents
The jury awarded $8.3 million after attorneys questioned the need for five Sedgwick County officers to restrain a 135-pound juvenile in a prone position for approximately 39 minutes
PRODUCT NEWS
A report showed huge increase in drug seizures in 2020, despite lockdowns that allowed only attorneys and prison staff to access the facilities for much of year
Because of incompatible computer systems, a judge set a low bail for Walker not knowing he had recently been let out of jail before starting a seven-year prison sentence for burglary
The change is being made to try to head off a trend of people soaking letters in drugs to smuggle them past authorities
The city-parish will use $2 million to install as many as 50 metal security doors throughout the facility, as well as upgrade the security camera system
“I’m afraid someone is going to get hurt or killed on my watch. I don’t want to get sued. If I get sued, you all will get sued.”
The Caucus wants to send jail inmates with severe medical needs to local hospitals, build a smaller jail with fewer beds and call for other reforms to address the jail’s extreme racial disparities
Two men say a former New Orleans judge forced them to use and pay for ankle monitors from ETOH, a company owned by the judge’s former law partner
After touring newly built jails, Cuyahoga County Jail Administrator Ronda Gibson has design ideas to improve inmate processing, housing and CO training areas
“We failed to put his handcuffs back on after he was scanned and he was able to walk out of the booking area and walk out of the building,” an official said
The G.L.O.V.E. has contact points on all five fingers that deliver an electrical charge when you touch a specific area of the body