San Quentin State Prison brought in additional correctional officers to manage its inmates following the hospitalization of one inmate with Legionnaire’s disease and the sickening of more than two-dozen others. The potentially fatal disease spreads through contaminated water, and the …
The Tennessee Department of Corrections (TDOC) hired 1,333 new correctional officers between August 2014 and July 2015. Its latest group of 101 cadets graduated from Basic Correctional Officer Training in late July 2015 and will work in 11 different correction …
With its drought at record levels, California has been experiencing a major increase in the number of wildfires. As fires continue to rage in California, the state’s Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation allows low-risk inmates to help in the fight. …
Being a corrections officer means having to walk a thin line between finding ways to rehabilitate prisoners, while also keeping in mind that many of those same prisoners would let nothing stop them from a chance at escape. Part of …
Corrections officers work tirelessly not just to keep prisoners contained, but to help them develop again into functioning members of society. However, on occasion they are called upon not just to serve their inmates but their fellow officers. Lt. Jeff …
Rehabilitation and inmate care is the primary concern for many corrections officers. However, caring for individuals convicted of violent crimes and serving death sentences can complicate things. Many prisons will keep death row inmates under solitary confinement as a punishment …
Takeout menus and pizza delivery boys are a regular sight at college dorms and frat houses the world over, and if LaPorte County Sheriff John Boyd has anything to say about it, the LaPorte County Jail in Indiana will soon …
On Thursday, the federal government announced a new program that will help to provide new options for inmates seeking employment after release. The program will provide up to $10 million in funds to a variety of different states including four …
The Michigan Department of Corrections (MDOC) expects to hire 3,000 new correctional officers in the next three years to replace those approaching retirement. The state hired a large number of correctional officers during a major hiring spree in the 1980s. …