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The officers at the Ramsey County jail say they were banned from having any contact with Chauvin, the former Minneapolis police officer charged with second-degree murder in the death of George Floyd.

"It was risky for the people to go out on strike. If the union endorses it, then the penalties are paid by the union. For the individuals, it's pretty easy to get yourself fired. And in this case, blacklisted not getting another state job.”

Authorities said the two fugitives were taken into custody near Evansville, Ind., after a chase with U.S. Marshals. The corrections officer has died, officials said.

Corrections officer Vicky White told jail staff she was transporting inmate Casey White (no relation) to a mental health evaluation before the two went missing.

Newly released body-camera footage shows that a man fatally beaten in a New York prison this month was repeatedly pummeled by correction officers while in handcuffs. Forty-three-year-old Robert Brooks was pronounced dead on Dec. 10, the morning after the assault at the Marcy Correctional Facility in Oneida County.

Terminated state correction officers will be eligible for hire in local government positions on or after April 10.

Saratoga County is among the local municipalities looking to hire some of the New York state corrections officers fired after an unsanctioned strike this month.

On Monday the New York State Inspector General issued a report detailing systemic breakdowns that led to the escape of two inmates from the Clinton…

Clinton Correctional Facility in Dannemora, New York is on full lockdown today following disturbances Thursday night.The New York State Department of…

Keri Blakinger is a Texas-based journalist and the author of "Corrections in Ink," a memoir tracing her path from figure skating to heroin addiction to prison and, finally, to life as an investigative reporter covering mass incarceration.