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Officer Safety

After an inmate attack: Analyzing training and tactics for officer safety

This review of the assault of officers at a maximum-security facility in Massachusetts offers vital lessons for preventing future attacks on correctional officers by inmates

October 05, 2024 12:15 AM

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Gary York

Off Duty

How the HELPS federal tax break offers relief for retired first responders

Retired firefighters, EMS providers and police officers may reduce their taxable earnings by up to $3,000 for medical insurance premiums paid during a calendar year

October 07, 2024 10:10 AM

Investigations

5 Va. jail deputies fired after inmate’s death ruled a homicide

An inmate at the Virginia Beach jail died from “positional and mechanical asphyxia due to restraint with neck and torso compression,” according to the medical examiner

October 21, 2024 09:51 AM

Officer Safety

Inmate pleads guilty to ‘brutal attack’ on Mass. CO

Roy Booth used a metal pole from the weight room at MCI-Shirley “to relentlessly beat” Corrections Officer Matthew Tidman from behind, the Middlesex District Attorney said

October 21, 2024 09:52 AM

Off Duty

Survey: Daylight saving time disrupts sleep and productivity for weeks

A survey of 2,000 Americans revealed that 40% feel dread leading up to “falling back,” and this feeling lingers well beyond the time change

October 22, 2024 09:17 AM

Prisoner Transport

How a Calif. sheriff’s office evacuated inmates ‘on-the-fly’ from jail during 2023 flooding

More than 1,000 inmates in Rio Cosumnes Correctional Center were evacuated after a 2023 “atmospheric river storm” in Sacramento caused levees to breach

October 22, 2024 04:04 PM

Legal

Voters in Calif., Nev. consider ban on forced labor aimed at protecting prisoners

Nevada seeks to remove slavery and involuntary servitude as punishment for crime from its constitution; California removed slavery, but still allows involuntary servitude

October 19, 2024 06:00 AM

Legal

Judge denies R. Kelly’s requests for release from prison over safety concerns

Federal prosecutors argued Kelly’s motion was a “fanciful conspiracy” and that the court “lacks jurisdiction to entertain” his confinement complaints

June 20, 2025 10:16 AM

Contraband

Cocaine-stuffed arrow launched at Pa. jail window leads to charges for 4

The cocaine-stuffed arrow bounced off the jail wall and landed in the grass, where Fayette County Jail staff found it days later during a security check

June 22, 2025 06:00 PM

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Correctional Management

From burnout to breakthrough: Why counseling is critical in corrections

How one supervisor turned burnout and high turnover into motivation and success — using counseling as his secret weapon

May 13, 2025 11:49 PM

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Lt. Vasharn Simmons