Current Correctional News Today

Tamms Correctional Center employees begin receiving pink slips
It's the news people who work at Tamms Correctional Center hoped they would not hear. Monday, employees started getting pink slips.

Mon, 21 May 2012 14:21:14 -0700

Boonville Correctional Center announces annual emergency exercise
Boonville Correctional Center will be conducting their annual emergency exercise during the month of May. In order to simulate the response to a true emergency, some actions taken may be visible to the public during the actual exercise. A radio announcement will be given to KWRT on the actual day and time of the exercise to ensure the public that actions being taken are the result of an exercise ...

Mon, 21 May 2012 09:59:44 -0700

Correctional officer charged with child porn
A Lake City correctional officer has been arrested on five counts of possession of child pornography, a third-degree felony.

Fri, 18 May 2012 09:19:29 -0700

Correctional officers occupy federal Conservative riding offices over pen closings
MONTREAL , May 14, 2012 /CNW Telbec/ - Members of the Union of Canadian Correctional Officers (UCCO-SACC-CSN) are occupying five riding offices belonging to three federal cabinet ministers this morning ...

Mon, 14 May 2012 08:00:00 -0700

South Africa: Six New Correctional Centres to Be Built, 12 More Planned
[BuaNews] Cape Town - Construction on six new correctional centres will get under way this year, with a further 12 in the pipeline, Correctional Services Minister Nosiviwe Mapisa-Nqakula said on Wednesday.

Wed, 16 May 2012 23:19:07 -0700