Multiple shots fired into Centinela State Prison
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On Sunday, May 26, 2024, at approximately 2030 hours, several officers reported hearing gunfire along with sounds of ricocheting rounds within the C facility yard. After the original volley of…
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NJ Department of Corrections begins recruitment blitz to find the next generation of officers
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by Mike Dougherty New Jersey’s Department of Corrections is working to connect with and hire the next generation of officers. The department is ramping up recruitment in ways never done…
Two inmates, officer charged after inmate dies at Augusta prison
from FOX54 by Sabrina Shutters The Georgia Department of Corrections confirms an inmate has died as a result of an altercation on Saturday, May 25. As of now, two inmates…
Stillwater Prison locked down Sunday after two corrections officers attacked
On Saturday, May 25, 2024, two correctional officers were injured after inmates attacked them during the morning shift at the Minnesota Correctional Facility (MCF)-Stillwater. According to the DOC, around 11:30…
Staff Assault at KVSP
On Saturday, May 25, 2024, Inmates Robert Ortega and Juan Gomez attacked a correctional officer at Kern Valley State Prison. Staff utilized several applications of pepper spray and a direct-impact…
N.J. corrections police officer stabbed multiple times by inmate
On Wednesday, May 22, 2024, a Correctional Police Officer was stabbed several times by an inmate using a 7-inch handmade weapon at the New Jersey State Prison Wednesday night. NJ…
Federal judge upholds California law that lets males in female prisons
by: Zachary Stieber A U.S. judge has thrown out a legal challenge to a California law that enables males, even if they haven’t undergone gender reassignment surgery, to be housed…
California State Assembly Gives OK to Close, Consolidate Some Prisons in Midst of Billion Dollar CA Budget Shortfall
from The Davis Vanguard California—facing a billion-dollar budget crisis—may soon close some state prisons, and consolidate others, per legislation approved Tuesday by the State Assembly, according to a statement issued…