A recent trend at Green Bay's century-old maximum security prison shows more and more people are taking jobs as corrections officers. Legislators and activists agree it's a win, but aren't satisfied.

Staff vacancies require corrections officers to work at least 16- or 24-hour shifts, and the mandatory overtime takes a toll.

A suburban Seattle police officer was sentenced Thursday to over 16 years in prison for the 2019 shooting death of a homeless man he was trying to arrest for disorderly conduct, marking the first ...

The three Massachusetts inmates accused of ambushing correction officers in a “vicious attack,” including stabbing one guard 12 times, faced a “sea of blue” of officers ...

The police officer, Jeffrey Nelson, shot and killed Jesse Sarey, 26, while attempting to arrest him in May 2019. Mr. Nelson was found guilty of murder and assault last June.

The South Dakota Department of Corrections is searching to fill 63 vacant medical staff positions, department officials told lawmakers Thursday at the Capitol. That’s a vacancy rate of 53% among ...

A Jacksonville Sheriff’s Office correctional officer was arrested Thursday on charges of false imprisonment and battery.

Numerous officers of the Massachusetts Department of Correction filled rows of a Worcester courtroom on Thursday to witness the arraignments of three inmates accused in connection with a brutal attack ...

On Jan. 16, at 11:45 a.m., an officer conducted a traffic stop on Route 133 East after seeing a vehicle being driven ...

WORCESTER — Three inmates charged in connection with a Sept. 18 stabbing attack on multiple guards at Souza-Baranowski Correctional Center in Lancaster were arraigned Wednesday in a courtroom packed ...