Corrections News 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
What correctional officers must learn from 3 deadly U. S. prison riots 3 prison riots every correctional officer should study The deadly uprisings at Attica, New Mexico State Penitentiary and Lucasville still hold critical lessons for correctional safety, staffing, communication and crisis response
Mental health in corrections: 5 strategies for jails and prisons Addressing the mental health crisis behind bars: Strategic solutions for correctional agencies Staff shortages, rising inmate needs and limited resources are straining correctional systems — these strategies offer a path forward
Where authority meets humanity in modern corrections Where authority meets humanity in modern corrections Why balancing empathy and enforcement is central to safety, professionalism and effective corrections work
N. Y. fires over 2,000 corrections officers as prison strike ends after . . . N Y fires over 2,000 corrections officers as prison strike ends after 22 days New York will keep key provisions of its agreement to end the strike, including HALT Act adjustments and mail screening, despite falling short of the 85% return-to-work threshold
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Ky. jail tests new strategy to ease mandatory overtime for corrections . . . The Louisville Metro Department of Corrections has struggled with staffing shortages for years, forcing officers to regularly work up to 16 hours of mandatory overtime each week According to Collins, the largest gap exists in floor security positions, where roughly 40 vacancies remain Officers assigned to those posts supervise incarcerated individuals in housing units and are responsible for
Former Rikers inmate named New York City corrections commissioner By Nicholas Williams New York Daily News NEW YORK — New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani announced his appointment of five new city agency commissioners Saturday afternoon — including the first-ever formerly incarcerated person to serve as head of the Department of Correction Mamdani entrusted Stanley Richards, an ex- Rikers Island inmate and former executive vice president at The Fortune
Inmate Jon C. Blaylock, who killed corrections officer in 2005, accused . . . SACRAMENTO, Calif — A California corrections officer is recovering after authorities say an inmate attacked him with an improvised weapon inside California State Prison, Sacramento The incident happened around 10:15 a m on March 9 in a cell block at the Folsom-area prison when inmate Jon C Blaylock, 56, allegedly attacked a correctional officer, causing multiple puncture wounds