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More than two-thirds of California's convicts return to crime within three years, according to a new state report that puts the state among the highest in the country for parolees returning to correctional facilities.
Read More →Police arrested four people who threatened and attempted to rob a corrections officer from Hartford at a gas station early Monday, police said.
Read More →The 22-year-old driver of a Marion County (IL) Sheriff's Department transport van was killed Wednesday morning in a weather-related accident with a semi.
Read More →A female Florida corrections officer was searching alone for a missing inmate during nightly head count when she was ambushed and killed, Local 6 News has learned.
Read More →Short-cutting logistics, precipitous actions, inconsistent reportage, shaky testimonies, poor evidence gathering, and lack of control. These problems and others ultimately dovetailed into an at least $24-million settlement (including attorneys’ fees) against Los Angeles County.
Read More →Corcoran State Prison locked down their facility after a female correctional officer was stabbed on Tuesday with a "manufactured weapon," KMPH reports.
Read More →Officer Larry Stell, 46, was assaulted by an inmate and died as a result of the attack, according to the Georgia Department of Corrections.
Read More →Even though they are relatively few in number, the California-based Sureño gang is the most powerful group operating in Oklahoma prisons today.
Read More →California corrections officials have floated a plan that would allow gang members living in high-security housing units to return to the general population as a reward for good behavior.
Read More →Much has been made of the educational opportunities afforded by the Gates incident. But it really shows, once again, just how conditioned we have become to tolerating acts of idiocy
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