People who are interested in becoming a correctional officer at a state or federal prison facility understandably have a lot of questions about the job. One of the more common questions that prospective officers wonder about is stress on the …
In Selma Alabama, another class of correctional officer trainees graduated this week and will be assigned to posts at prisons and work release facilities throughout the state. A graduation ceremony was held at the Alabama Criminal Justice Training Center Auditorium …
Correctional officers working in the nation’s prisons got some additional support recently when US Senate Republican Leader Mitch McConnell announced he is co-sponsoring legislation that will offer the officers much needed protection. The Eric Williams Correctional Officer Protection Act is …
The murder of a Williamsport correctional officer who was killed on the job has the victim’s parents pushing for legislation that would enable prison guards to better protect themselves. Currently the nation’s federal correctional officers do not carry any kind …
A judge in Butler County, Ohio has issued an order to Sheriff Richard Jones that he rehire a correctional officer that he originally fired on allegations that the officer associated with an individual who was a known criminal. Josh Bowling …
Budgetary pressure in the State of Pennsylvania has prompted a hiring freeze within the state’s prison system that is expected to have a detrimental effect on the correctional officer’s union and subsequently on the maintenance of safety at the state’s …
A correctional officer in the state of North Carolina was recently murdered, just one month before his wedding. The father of two was shot and killed in front of his Charlotte, North Carolina home, and police are currently investigating whether …
One of the world’s most dangerous professions is that of a correctional officer. These brave men and women are tasked with controlling inmate populations that contain some of the most violent and dangerous individuals in the country. Correctional officers often …
Legislation, intended to help make the working conditions of federal correctional officers safer, is being introduced by Pennsylvania’s two U.S. senators. The bill, which will be called the Eric Williams Correctional Officer Protection Act of 2014, is being sponsored by …
For the past several years corrections officers across the United States have faced an increasing amount of contraband being smuggled into the nation’s prisons. Not surprisingly, the smuggling of technology is on the rise, with cellphone smuggling being particularly pervasive. …