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

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

A Connecticut family has filed a federal wrongful death lawsuit after learning their loved one died while in custody at a ...

Concerns arise after Republicans appoint two Connecticut Department of Correction affiliates to the panel, known as the Correction Advisory Committee. Search Query Show Search. Home.

A Connecticut correction officer who was accused of targeting a South Carolina federal law enforcement agent and his family ...

Robert Bracey died within 19 hours of being placed in a Bridgeport prison, according to a lawsuit filed by his family.

CONNECTICUT (WTNH) — A 46-page Connecticut Department of Correction (DOC) state audit looking at internal procedures is raising some eyebrows. Auditors spent 3,893 hours on the project ...

CONNECTICUT (WTNH) — A 46-page Connecticut Department of Correction (DOC) state audit looking at internal procedures is raising some eyebrows. Auditors spent 3,893 hours on the project ...

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.

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 ...

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 ...