Correctional Services News Archives

“How is it that the ministry could feel about continuing to subject its employees to these kinds of threats, and then from their end shut down whatever means of investigation they have?”

A provincial investigation into racist letters sent to black guards at two Toronto jails is winding down without any resolution on who sent them. via CBC

“Everything worked that is supposed to work in preventing an escape”

An inmate accused in the fatal stabbing of a correctional officer in 2006 tried to escape yesterday evening while being examined at Mercy Medical Center, less than a mile from the Super Max prison where he was being held, a spokesman for the state's Department of Public Safety and Correctional Services said.

Rick Binetti, the spokesman, said Lamarr C. Harris, 37, was being examined for an undetermined illness or injury about 6 p.m. at Mercy Medical Center on North Calvert Street when Harris tried to flee by 'taking a couple of steps' and was immediately restrained by four Super Max officers and at least two hospital security personnel. Read more

By SARAH GARLAND Staff Reporter of the Sun February 21, 2008 posted 2:23 pm EST A man has been arraigned for the killing of a prison inmate notorious for a 1986 gun battle during which he shot and wounded six ... via New York Sun

“But he was what he was, and full marks have to be given to someone who is willing to stand up when he is under fire.”

This photo dated Oct. 8, 2003, provided by the New York State Dept. of Correctional Services, shows convict Larry Davis. via Lubbock Avalanche-Journal

NEW YORK - Corrections officials say a New York City man who wounded six police officers in a 1986 gunfight that led to a nationwide manhunt has been killed in prison. via WHEC-TV Rochester

The Department of Correctional Services and Wits University have signed a contract for two leadership development programmes aimed at senior correctional services staff, the department said on Friday. via Independent Online

“We are continuing to expand and the two new housing units will be completed in the very near future”

A state award of $66,355 for continuing work at the North Branch Correctional Institution on U.S. Route 220 moves the maximum-security prison one step closer to completion. via Cumberland Times-News

A story you saw First on Five, According to the New York Department of Correctional Services website, Cynthia Pugh, the woman who spent 24 years in state prison for killing a prominent Manlius man, was released ... via WTVH-TV

“The guy scares me, he really does. He's a guy who, based on past behavior, bears watching”

OCEAN CITY -- A man sentenced to 15 years in prison for killing a teenage girl was released from behind bars on Friday, three and a half years early, after earning good behavior and educational credits that ... via The Daily Times

“We're not any different than any other jurisdiction in that regard but that's no excuse for it”

Accidental release of N.S. inmates has been happening for 15 years, legislature committee told Average is two inmates a year, says justice department official By AMY SMITH Provincial Reporter Wed. via The Chronicle Herald

“Today the court has asserted itself improperly as a policymaker”

This file image released by the Nebraska Department of Correctional Services shows the electric chair at the Nebraska State Penitentiary in Lincoln, Neb., April 3, 2007. via HendersonvilleNews.com

N.Y. corrections department accepting applications February 8, 2008 Post Comment Star-Gazette The New York State Department of Correctional Services is accepting applications for new positions. via Star-Gazette.COM

Correctional Services is to introduce a new shift roster system for warders in all prison facilities countrywide in order to deal with the increasing prisoner population. via SABC News

“Our union has absolutely no tolerance for this type of behaviour, and we are offering this reward in the hope that someone will come forward with a valid lead.”

The union representing Toronto's jail guards is determined to see those responsible for sending derogatory messages to corrections officers identified and convicted. via Annex Guardian

“It takes little imagination to see that prisoners who know their release is premature might nevertheless remain silent in the hope that the mistake will go unnoticed by officials”

It would be unfair to send a Bellevue man back to prison now, after authorities released him by mistake 41 2 years ago, his lawyer said. via La Vista Sun