5+ day, 9+ hour ago   (323+ words) By Justin StrawserThe Daily Item, Sunbury, Pa. WILLIAMSPORT, Pa. — An inmate incarcerated at the United States Penitentiary in Allenwood for stabbing a cellmate in Arizona threatened to assault and murder multiple employees of the federal Bureau of Prisons, according to…...

6+ day, 19+ hour ago   (258+ words) NEW YORK — Three correction officers and a correction captain were injured when an inmate attacked them inside a clinic at Rikers Island, officials said. The attack happened on Sept. 5 at the Otis Bantum Correctional Center. The Correction Officers’ Benevolent Association…...

1+ week, 6+ day ago   (458+ words) By Thomas GeyerMoline Dispatch and Rock Island Argus, Ill. SCOTT COUNTY, Iowa — Scott County prosecutors on Thursday filed formal charges against a Scott County Jail inmate who allegedly beat a jail corrections officer on Wednesday. Johntarrius Anthony Thorpe, 22, is charged in…...

2+ week, 5+ day ago   (351+ words) By Richard ChumneyThe Hour, Norwalk, Conn. NEW HAVEN, Conn. — Three workers at the New Haven Correctional Center were injured Monday during an incident that began when an inmate attacked a healthcare worker, authorities said. The assault took place around 11:35 a.m....

2+ week, 6+ day ago   (693+ words) By Laurence Hammack The Roanoke Times, Va. ROANOKE, Va. — A former correctional officer was sentenced to 12 months in prison Thursday for striking an inmate in the head more than 40 times in what his supervisor called a “disgusting” use of excessive…...

3+ week, 2+ day ago   (209+ words) The Citizen, Auburn, N.Y. AUBURN, N.Y. — Seven officers were injured in two separate incidents involving inmates at Auburn Correctional Facility, according to the union representing state correction officers. The New York State Correctional Officers & Police Benevolent Association said in a Thursday news…...

3+ week, 4+ day ago   (627+ words) By Kurt EricksonSt. Louis Post-Dispatch JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. — Gov. Mike Kehoe named a new director of the state’s sprawling prison system Tuesday as part of a leadership shuffle in his administration. Valarie Moseley, deputy director of the Missouri Department of…...

3+ week, 4+ day ago   (395+ words) BALTIMORE — Assaults inside Maryland correctional facilities fell 34% in July, the first month correctional officers statewide were equipped with body-worn cameras, officials said. The early results follow the July 2 expansion of a program that began as a pilot, WBAL reported. Maryland…...

3+ week, 5+ day ago   (590+ words) Ask the average correctional officer about case law and you’re likely to get a blank stare. That is not meant as criticism. The reality is that many correctional officers spend far more time learning policy, procedures and institutional practices than…...

3+ week, 5+ day ago   (279+ words) By Grace ZokovitchBoston Herald BOSTON — The Massachusetts Correction Officers Federated Union responded following a Herald report detailing inmates who received portions of a $6.75 million settlement related to facility response to a 2020 incident at the Souza-Baranowski Correctional Center, calling the payments…...