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The thrill of the grill: 8 great barbeque options

2 days ago | corrections1.com | Dryw Keltz

There’s something undeniably wonderful about cooking outside – and it’s not just the food. It’s the sound of the birds, the smell of the trees and everything else nature has to offer. There’s also a certain amount of regality that a grill master achieves during a winning outing. You have fed the masses successfully and can bask in that accomplishment, as long as you didn’t have to literally put out a fire, of course.
Congressman defends Fla. detention center amid complaints

4 days ago | corrections1.com | Churchill Ndonwie

By Churchill NdonwieMiami HeraldMIAMI, Fla. — A congressman who toured the Krome detention center in Miami on Monday said he found no issues with the treatment of detainees and was impressed with how the facility is being run. The only room for improvement, he said, was more recreation time. “One of the recommendations that I’m going to make is to allow for more recreation time, because actually that’s one way you burn off energy,” Republican U.S. Rep. Carlos Gimenez of Miami said.
Oversight board: Mentally ill detainees at Rikers involuntarily locked in cells

4 days ago | corrections1.com | Graham Rayman

By Graham RaymanNew York Daily NewsNEW YORK — A new Board of Correction report has backed up allegations detailed in October in the Daily News — that jail staffers are involuntarily locking mentally ill detainees in their cells, an unofficial practice known as “deadlocking,” and often failing to document it.
Inmate indicted on felony charges for attacking, injuring N.Y. corrections officers

1 week ago | corrections1.com | Kelly Rocheleau

By Kelly RocheleauThe CitizenAUBURN, N.Y. — A man has been indicted on felony charges for allegedly attacking and injuring Auburn Correctional Facility officers two years ago. Nashane A. Peterkin, 26, attacked several officers while he was being admitted to the prison’s medical unit on July 9, 2023, New York State Police Public Information Officer Lynnea Crane told The Citizen in an email.
Bill would expand Narcan access, require training for COs in NYC jails

1 week ago | corrections1.com | Graham Rayman

By Graham RaymanNew York Daily NewsNEW YORK — The City Council voted 51-0 Wednesday [June 11] to pass a bill designed to expand access to the overdose prevention drug Narcan in the city jails — a response, in part, to the fallout from the 10 OD deaths behind bars in 2022 and 2023.
Maine corrections officer detained by ICE while driving to work

1 week ago | corrections1.com | Morgan Womack

By Morgan WomackPortland Press HeraldPORTLAND, Maine — Gratien Milandou-Wamba thought he’d done everything right. The 32-year-old said he fled from the Republic of the Congo after being tortured and threatened in prison over his connection to an opposition party. So, he decided to leave behind his home in Brazzaville, his family and his career as a firefighter. “I was not living like a normal person,” Milandou-Wamba said.
Minn. jail filed fraudulent well-check paperwork prior to inmate's death

1 week ago | corrections1.com | Andy Mannix

By Andy MannixStar TribuneHENNEPIN COUNTY, Minn. — The day Ryan Andrew Wodziak hanged himself in his jail cell, Hennepin County deputies ran late on several wellbeing checks, and fraudulently filed paperwork recording one check that never occurred, according an inspection report from Minnesota’s Department of Corrections.
Union: N.M. corrections officials fail to negotiate safe prison staffing levels

1 week ago | corrections1.com | Phaedra Haywood

By Phaedra HaywoodThe Santa Fe New MexicanSANTA FE, N.M. — A public employee union that represents more than 800 corrections officers in New Mexico alleges the state Corrections Department is refusing to negotiate staffing levels in good faith, instead running lockups with too few people to allow safe conditions for workers and inmates.
Wash. man gets 12.5 years for role in Aryan prison gang-led drug ring

2 weeks ago | corrections1.com | Debbie Cockrell

By Debbie CockrellThe Peninsula Gateway (Gig Harbor, Wash.)TACOMA, Wash. — A Pierce County man described as a “high-volume” drug redistributor for the leader of a drug distribution ring tied to white supremacist prison gangs was sentenced Friday in U.S. District Court in Tacoma. Gregory Beers, 32, of Edgewood, received a total of 12.5 years in prison from U.S. District Court Judge David G. Estudillo.
Ark. DOC: Escape of ex-police chief was result of staff failure, not policy

2 weeks ago | corrections1.com | Sarah Roebuck

CALICO ROCK, Ark. — The Arkansas Department of Corrections says a corrections officer’s failure to follow basic procedures allowed convicted killer and former police chief Grant Hardin to walk out of the North Central Unit in May, sparking a two-week manhunt. Hardin, 56, was recaptured on June 6 near Moccasin Creek, roughly 1.5 miles northwest of the medium-security facility in Izard County, where he had escaped on May 25.