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 ...

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

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.

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 ...

The incident happened around 9:30 a.m. Friday at McDougall-Walker Correctional Institution in Suffield, according to the ...

A n effort to compel Connecticut’s Department of Correction to release an independent report on some of the worst medical malpractice and neglect cases that happened in its custody was halted ...

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 ...

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 ...