CORRECTIONS RISING
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The Mission of Corrections Rising is to improve the public image of Correctional Officers by reporting the positive impact they have in our society and to educate the public about the dangerous environment in which they work. Below you will find links to articles about Correctional Officers serving their community and the dangers they face working inside our nation’s prisons and jails.
The Mission of Corrections Rising is to improve the public image of Correctional Officers by reporting the positive impact they have in our society and to educate the public about the dangerous environment in which they work. Below you will find links to articles about Correctional Officers serving their community and the dangers they face working inside our nation’s prisons and jails.
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Correctional Officers in the news. . .
Saluting those who wear the uniform inside our nation's prisons and jails
More Reports of Violence in Ailing Federal Prison System
Correctional Officers Not Allowed to Save Ashley Smith
Correctional Officer's Widow Mourns
Memorial for Slain Correctional Officer
Correctional Officer and inmates in Van Crash
Killer Pleads Guilty to 2nd Murder and Rape of a Correctional Officer
Inmate Hid Hacksaw in Bible
Correctional Officer Captures Armed Robber
Attempt To Smuggle Gun Into Prison
Correctional Officer Killed Serving Country
Games That Criminals Play
"Missing a Cousin"
Prison Union Seeks to Recall Governor
Father & Son Correctional Officers
Correctional Officer's attackers face 5 years
Correctional Officers get vest
Correctional Officers assaulted by convicted killers
Correctional Officer beaten by three inmates
New details about Correctional Officer's murder
Correctional Officers strip searched
More political consistency may improve safety
"Quality and Morale" of Correctional Officers is paramount
Open letter to slain Correctional Officer's family
Federal Correctional Officer Killed by Inmates
Union members picket
Correctional Officer sues inmate for assault--and wins!!
Correctional Officers Not Allowed to Save Ashley Smith
Correctional Officer's Widow Mourns
Memorial for Slain Correctional Officer
Correctional Officer and inmates in Van Crash
Killer Pleads Guilty to 2nd Murder and Rape of a Correctional Officer
Inmate Hid Hacksaw in Bible
Correctional Officer Captures Armed Robber
Attempt To Smuggle Gun Into Prison
Correctional Officer Killed Serving Country
Games That Criminals Play
"Missing a Cousin"
Prison Union Seeks to Recall Governor
Father & Son Correctional Officers
Correctional Officer's attackers face 5 years
Correctional Officers get vest
Correctional Officers assaulted by convicted killers
Correctional Officer beaten by three inmates
New details about Correctional Officer's murder
Correctional Officers strip searched
More political consistency may improve safety
"Quality and Morale" of Correctional Officers is paramount
Open letter to slain Correctional Officer's family
Federal Correctional Officer Killed by Inmates
Union members picket
Correctional Officer sues inmate for assault--and wins!!
Correctional Officer Rescues Man from Burning Truck
Correctional Officer Attacked by Inmates
Correctional Officers Class Graduates
Correctional Officers' Low Pay Makes Them Ripe for Inmate Manipulation
Canadian Correctional Officer's Union Calls for Public Inquiry
Proposed cuts include vacant Correctional Officer Positions
Former Correctional Officer Writes Children's Book
State Prison Funding Inadequate
Public Safety is frist Priority
Inmates Guilty of Spitting on Correctional Officer, HIV Positive
Distinguished Graduates to work at County Jail
Prison Safety Task Force
Prison Violence Prompts Calles for Congressional Hearing
Correctional Officer Stabbed in face, prison on lock down
25K Pounds on Muslim Lifers
Convicted killer attacks two Correctional Officers with a shank
Correctional Officer Stress, pdf
Correctional Officer justified, video
Inmates indicted for murdering Correctional Officer
Two inmates indicted on murder
Friends & Family of Correctional Officers
High number of female Correctional Officers
Correctional Officer dies from toxic dust?
Correctional officer awarded medal of valor
Prison on Lock Down, Gangs Take Over
Community Leaders blocked from attending Prison Meeting
Inmate with violent past denies biting Correctional Officer
Correctional Officer Attacked by Inmates
Correctional Officers Class Graduates
Correctional Officers' Low Pay Makes Them Ripe for Inmate Manipulation
Canadian Correctional Officer's Union Calls for Public Inquiry
Proposed cuts include vacant Correctional Officer Positions
Former Correctional Officer Writes Children's Book
State Prison Funding Inadequate
Public Safety is frist Priority
Inmates Guilty of Spitting on Correctional Officer, HIV Positive
Distinguished Graduates to work at County Jail
Prison Safety Task Force
Prison Violence Prompts Calles for Congressional Hearing
Correctional Officer Stabbed in face, prison on lock down
25K Pounds on Muslim Lifers
Convicted killer attacks two Correctional Officers with a shank
Correctional Officer Stress, pdf
Correctional Officer justified, video
Inmates indicted for murdering Correctional Officer
Two inmates indicted on murder
Friends & Family of Correctional Officers
High number of female Correctional Officers
Correctional Officer dies from toxic dust?
Correctional officer awarded medal of valor
Prison on Lock Down, Gangs Take Over
Community Leaders blocked from attending Prison Meeting
Inmate with violent past denies biting Correctional Officer
A Florida corrections officer killed while supervising inmates in a work program was not wearing a body alarm or carrying a radio at the time, and the inmate charged in her killing may not have been eligible to be in the program, an investigation found.
Donna Fitzgerald, 50, was killed at the Tomoka Correctional Institution in Daytona Beach in June, the first corrections officer killed in the state in five years.
Fitzgerald had been supervising inmates for PRIDE . . . [Read More]
Donna Fitzgerald, 50, was killed at the Tomoka Correctional Institution in Daytona Beach in June, the first corrections officer killed in the state in five years.
Fitzgerald had been supervising inmates for PRIDE . . . [Read More]
Slain Correctional Officer Not Wearing Body Alarm
FOX LAKE, Wis. -- Two officers were injured after an inmate attacked them on Monday morning at the Fox Lake Correctional Institution in Dodge County, according to a state Department of Corrections spokesman.
The incident began at about 8:15 a.m. when a correctional officer in the prison's furniture shop was attacked by an inmate with a claw hammer. A second officer came to the guard's aid and was hurt. [Read More]
The incident began at about 8:15 a.m. when a correctional officer in the prison's furniture shop was attacked by an inmate with a claw hammer. A second officer came to the guard's aid and was hurt. [Read More]
Correctional Officer Attacked By Inmate With Hammer
Federal corrections officers call for increased safety on the job.
Union employees talk about the issues they say are putting their lives at risk, during an informational picket outside the Big Sandy Federal Prison.
Senior correctional officer James McCarty says patrolling prison cells like these is a far cry from his years as a sheriff's deputy. [Read More]
Union employees talk about the issues they say are putting their lives at risk, during an informational picket outside the Big Sandy Federal Prison.
Senior correctional officer James McCarty says patrolling prison cells like these is a far cry from his years as a sheriff's deputy. [Read More]
Correctional Officer Call for Increased Security
FARGO – A teen sentenced to life in prison for killing his 16-year-old sister is now scheduled to change his plea to charges that he tried to escape and assaulted a correctional officer.
A change of plea hearing has been set for 8:45 a.m. Nov. 26 in Cass County District Court in the case of Sergei Isaac Carlson.
Carlson, 16, was sentenced to life in prison last month for killing his sister Whitney last summer in south Fargo when he was 15.
He faces felony charges for trying to escape from the Cass. . . [Read More]
A change of plea hearing has been set for 8:45 a.m. Nov. 26 in Cass County District Court in the case of Sergei Isaac Carlson.
Carlson, 16, was sentenced to life in prison last month for killing his sister Whitney last summer in south Fargo when he was 15.
He faces felony charges for trying to escape from the Cass. . . [Read More]
Correctional Officer Assaulted by Teen Lifer During Escape Attempt
An officer stumbled upon what would have been an inmate’s escape, before it could happen. While on a routine check around John Latorraca Correctional Facility, Correctional Officer Javier Arteaga discovered a string attached to the lock switch of the door leading to the utility room. The string was meant to unlock the latch on the opposite side… giving a prisoner access to the utility room. [Read More]
Prisoner's Attempted Escape Discovered