All news on the topic: Corrections Officers

Four House Democrats requested that the top official of the Federal Bureau of Prisons explain his plans to tackle the agency’s "persistent, unsafe conditions" and the "widespread shortage of critical staff," partly caused by corrections officers leaving the bureau for more lucrative positions at Immigration and Customs Enforcement.

Michael Papp’s body was cold and stiff inside his secluded Cuyahoga County jail cell when a corrections officer finally opened the door.

Wealstun Prison guard Megann Gibson, 26, had phone sex with an inmate and flooded his mom with hundreds of messages to keep the illicit tryst going, a UK court has heard.

A group of MS-13 gang members — who are reportedly in the country illegally — allegedly stabbed three correctional officers during an assault on Friday morning inside a Virginia prison, according to authorities

Bruce Boyd, a former NYC correction officer, was fatally shot by Suffolk County police in a gruesome incident outside his Long Island home on Friday after reportedly stabbing himself and charging at officers with a knife

Gov. Kathy Hochul has ended the state prison-guard strike, but the larger crisis is far from over.

The unauthorized strike entered its 16th day on Tuesday, with supporters condemning the recent death of a 22-year-old prisoner

Thirty Los Angeles County probation officers are charged with allowing — and even at times encouraging — scores of “gladiator fights” at the Los Padrinos Juvenile Hall involving at least 143 child inmates.

Officials in New York state cautioned prison guards currently engaging in an unauthorized strike on Sunday to resume their duties, warning that failure to do so could result in job loss. This appears to be a final attempt to conclude the unlawful labor halt

The recent prison budget cuts have left state lawmakers in disbelief, with some receiving calls from anxious and angry corrections officers and the families of inmates

State law forbids strikes by prison corrections officers — but Gov. Hochul isn't doing her duty to stop this week's illegal and dangerous work stoppages.

The state prisons in Elmira and Collins, NY, were thrown into chaos Monday when corrections officers launched illegal strikes to protest their work conditions after a violent uprising at one of the facilities last week.

The rebellion at Collins Correctional Facility in Erie County began around 1 a.m. on Wednesday, a union rep said.

The passing of Robert Brooks, a man in handcuffs who was beaten by prison guards in New York, was determined to be homicide according to an autopsy report, the family's attorneys stated on Wednesday

According to the Bronx District Attorney's Office and law enforcement sources, Kendell Felix, 37, faces allegations of taking a $3,000 bribe from someone outside to covertly bring illegal items into the jail complex and hand them out to prisoners

Mayor Eric Adams' signed an emergency order Saturday putting the kibosh on parts of a controversial City Council ban on solitary confinement at city jails, The New York Post has learned.

On Thursday, the state Department of Corrections and Community Supervision announced it will shut down the Great Meadow Correctional Facility in Washington County and the Sullivan Correctional Facility in Sullivan County—both are maximum-security prisons—effective November 6

Westchester County corrections cop being investigated for "inappropriate" and "racist" social media post poking fun at colleagues in Georgia, officials told The Post this week.

The captain's body camera ignited on Friday, leading unions to call for a comprehensive safety examination, according to officials

The lawyer for William Lucky, 32, claims the Connecticut correction officer acted in self-defense when he allegedly gunned down another motorist during a heated road rage encounter.

The New York City Department of Correction is spending roughly $150,000 on bullets and various gun accessories

A New Jersey correction officer claims he was demoted for reporting that his white superior choked a black inmate in a mugshot, new court papers allege.

Cell phones, narcotics, and cigarettes rank as the most sought-after contraband in federal and state prisons across the country, as reported by sources claiming that a new iPhone can sell for up to $6,000

According to the Correction Officers' Benevolent Association, a correctional officer in New York City required Narcan after coming into contact with a letter from an inmate that was tainted with fentanyl

Carl Williams, 31, Roy Dewar, 58, and Jatan Das, 64, appeared in Bronx Supreme Court Tuesday on official misconduct and multiple counts of falsifying business records,