According to Connecticut Correction Ombudsman DeVaughn Ward, whose office serves as a watchdog over the Department of ...

Understaffing is forcing many correction officers to work long hours, leading to excessive taxpayer spending on overtime.

New Connecticut Department of Correction oversight panel appointments alarm advocates By Jaden Edison / CT Mirror Published February 6, 2023 at 8:48 AM EST ...

A Connecticut correction officer who was accused of targeting a South Carolina federal law enforcement agent and his family and pleaded guilty to charges has been placed on administrative leave with ...

The Department of Justice took a hard look at the use of a $3 million grant the Connecticut Department of Correction was awarded to better improve successful reentry into society for people who ...

HARTFORD –In a letter to lawyers for the Connecticut Department of Correction (DOC), the ACLU of Connecticut announced “systemic patterns of non-compliance by the Department of Correction” with ...

The Connecticut Department of Correction has moved its medical isolation unit, used to separate inmates sickened with COVID-19, from the state’s maximum-security prison to a nearby facility, ...

NEWTOWN, Conn. (WFSB/Gray News) - Two officers were stabbed at a correctional facility in Newtown, Connecticut on Tuesday. The Connecticut Department of Correction reported that the incident ...

After much debate, the Connecticut Department of Correction staff issued the first wave of vaccinations for eligible groups of staff and inmates on Feb. 1. In accordance with phase 1b of the state’s ...

Connecticut’s correction system currently has about 15,000 inmates in 15 facilities. Connecticut’s inmate suicides represent just 14.3 percent of all inmate deaths during that 10-year span.

Connecticut’s inmate suicides represent just 14.3 percent of all inmate deaths during that 10-year span. The DOJ’s report was compiled over a 12-year period, from 2001 to 2014, as opposed to ...

NEWTOWN, Conn. (WFSB/Gray News) - Two officers were stabbed at a correctional facility in Newtown, Connecticut on Tuesday. The Connecticut Department of Correction reported that the incident ...