When Andrew Phillips took a job as a corrections officer at Georgia’s Smith State Prison in 2021, he was desperate for work. Shortly after he started, he noticed a problem. The prison housed about ...

FORT LEAVENWORTH, KANSAS — A young active-duty corrections specialist at her first duty station and her elder sister, a 12-year veteran of the U.S. Army Reserve, used their military police training, ...

It’s really about inclusivity, it’s about access," said Julie Olive, Coordinator of Higher Education in Prison Programs at ...

This article was published in partnership with The Marshall Project, a nonprofit news organization covering the U.S. criminal justice system. When Andrew Phillips took a job as a corrections officer ...

West Virginia is making progress in addressing staffing shortages in its crowded jails and prisons, but hundreds of positions ...

Buffalo, N.Y. (WBEN) - As the ongoing corrections officers strike continues into its third week across New York, state ...

In his nearly 13-year career working in Missouri Department of Corrections, Derek Pliska has been bitten, spit on and cursed at. But his desire to help people surpasses the rare instances when he ...

SHREVEPORT, La. (KSLA) — Eligible Caddo Correctional inmates once again can leave the lockup five days a week to go to work at a job off site. The Caddo Sheriff’s Office resurrected its work-release ...

Hello! I'm covering Niagara County for 7 News WKBW. If you have a story idea, please email me at [email protected] COLLINS, N.Y. (WKBW) — In February, corrections officers across New York State took ...