More than a dozen corrections officers have taken their lives over recent years in a heartbreaking and disturbing trend, and 5 Investigates digs deeper into what's pushing them over the edge.His ...

Employees from Allen Oakwood Correctional Institution and Allen County Juvenile Courts completed crisis intervention training ...

Conflicts between work and family life were the most significant issues that affect work stress and job satisfaction among correctional officers, a new study has found. As a result of the study, ...

Researchers at the University of Nebraska at Omaha are planning to study on a potential link between the stress correctional officers’ experience in prison and their long-term mental and physical ...

Volusia County Correctional officers said they are overworked and stressed out by mandatory overtime and unsafe conditions due to a shortage of staff at the jail as COVID-19 continues to threaten, ...

In mid-May 2022, I had the honor of testifying in Washington, DC before the Blue-Ribbon Commission on Correctional Officer health and wellness, thereby, addressing the mental health crisis among our ...

Contributed by Mazen El Ghaziri, Ph.D., M.P.H., R.N., UMass Lowell, Lisa Jaegers, Ph.D., O.T.R./L., Saint Louis University, and Martin Cherniack, M.D., M.P.H ...

LANSING — Responding to concerns about stress and suicides among corrections officers, the Michigan Department of Corrections has appointed an employee wellness program manager. Lynn Gorski joins the ...

A Washington state Department of Corrections officer, Berisford Morse, died Sunday from complications of COVID-19. His death is the first from COVID-19 involving a state correctional officer, honored ...

RICHMOND, Va. (WRIC) — Corrections officers are speaking out and raising more disturbing concerns about safety and security inside Virginia prisons. Since 8News exposed high turnover and low staffing ...

Researchers at the University of Nebraska at Omaha are planning to study on a potential link between the stress correctional officers' experience in prison and their long-term mental and physical ...