| Nov 2 | Ex-youth detention staffer charged with smuggling drugs, blades int... A youth development specialist allegedly received $72K in payments from youth and associates while smuggling razor blades, oxycodone and marijuana into Crossroads Juvenile Center |
| Nov 1 | S.C. inmate who killed 3 chooses firing squad over lethal injection Stephen Bryant will be the third person executed by firing squad in South Carolina since executions resumed in 2024 |
| Oct 31 | ‘True, real fears’: Monitor testifies to dangerous conditions at L.... Veteran CO Michael Dempsey, a veteran CO and court-appointed monitor, described a culture of fear, chronic absenteeism and untrained staff in testimony on L.A. County's juvenile justice failures |
| Oct 31 | N.Y. corrections officer fired, accused of driving to work drunk The 32-year-old Yates County CO consumed alcohol before his shift and was arrested after arriving at the jail around 3 p.m. |
| Oct 30 | 5 N.Y. correctional officers charged in workers’ comp fraud scheme One officer allegedly worked two state jobs while another forged 22 medical notes, prosecutors say |
| Oct 30 | Minn. inmate uses fire extinguisher to fight off corrections office... James Ortley got within feet of a public elevator in the Hennepin County jail before being restrained and tased by deputies |
| Oct 29 | 5 Fla. jail deputies fired over 2 separate misconduct incidents The Pinellas County sheriff fired a lieutenant, sergeant and three deputies after one inmate was mocked and photographed while exposed and another was sprayed with Lysol |
| Oct 29 | Inmate convicted of killing Baltimore police officer in 2007 charge... Brandon Grimes, serving life for killing Baltimore Detective Troy Lamont Chesley Sr., is accused of falsifying a ballistics report and planning the scheme with a woman outside prison |
| Oct 29 | Ex-MDC Brooklyn CO convicted after pursuing car in prison van, shoo... Leon Wilson, who took the stand in his own defense, told the jury that he thought he had interrupted a jailbreak in process but couldn’t reach his radio to call for help |
| Oct 28 | Ex-MDC Brooklyn CO who pursued, shot at car takes stand in own defense Leon Wilson told jurors he believed a suspected contraband drop might have been part of an escape attempt and said he was in shock, unable to call 911 after opening fire |