There appears to be a crisis in American prisons as nearly one-third of federal correctional officer jobs in the United States are vacant, forcing prisons to use cooks, teachers, nurses ...
Highlights In three weeks, jails have contact with as many people as prisons do in an entire year. Each year, U.S. jails process an estimated 12 million admissions and releases. ...
Corrections in the United States is a source of immense controversy. There are endless articles from advocates calling for prison populations to be cut in half, and President Biden supports ...
Oklahoma City, Okla. — An Oklahoma City corrections officer was taken hostage by inmates at the Oklahoma County Detention Center—while streaming a series of videos on Facebook Live, according to ...
TULARE COUNTY, Calif. -- The Tulare County District Attorney blasted California Democrat Governor Gavin Newsom in a press statement, after failing to stop the release of a convicted killer who was involved ...
Two New York state corrections officers are dead following a murder-suicide in Utica.
Officers want their leaders to be a cut above average. Particularly in crisis, they need reliable and approachable leadership to move them with the right message at the right time.
Knowing that inmates can’t afford to cry in front of the wrong people, I’ve seen crusty booking sergeants offer them the privacy of a booking cell while they grieve the ...
Tent City, the jail facility set up in Arizona by controversial Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio, will soon be no more.
Sgt. Steven Floyd, the corrections officer held hostage by a mob of Delaware prison inmates, put his life on the line to save his fellow officers, shouting at them not ...
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