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Investigators with the Kansas Department of Corrections are investigating an incident at the Lansing Correctional Facility that occurred on the evening of Nov 3

The Nebraska Department of Correctional Services has been under the watchful eye of the community lately. And on Tuesday, some Omaha residents had a chance to share their concerns with the director, Scott Frakes.

The union representing Metro Corrections workers is finding a rare ally as staffing shortages and inmate conditions only continue to worsen at Louisville's jail.

WATERBURY, Vt. (AP) — Seven inmates at the Northeast Correctional Complex in St....

WATERBURY, Vt. (AP) — Seven inmates at the Northeast Correctional Complex in St....

WATERBURY, Vt. (AP) — Seven inmates at the Northeast Correctional Complex in St....

Employees. tell us why youre fighting the mandate. >> well, first of all, were pro-vaccine. were just anti-mandate. really, what it comes down to is weve got eight days to docompl with the mandate. the other unions had 30 days. even the corrections officers have until december 1st. our membership only had eight days. theres a lot of decisions to be made. if people decide they want to have a religious exemption or reasonable accommodation or a medical exemption, you have to apply for that and get...

Joining me now andrew, president of the uniformed firefighters association. andrew, is the city going to work with a union, or are they in intent on ignoring you and allowing all of the firefighters basically to be forced off of the job? >> well, by design, they dont want to work with us. when you tell someone they have nine days the mid-nineties to make a decision for a vaccination or lose their job, they dont want to work with you. teachers were given over a month, and corrections does not hav...

Lose your paycheck. it is very straightforward. again, 92% of the workforce has done the right thing. this is a real example, john, i say this to every mayor in america, every governor, every ceo of a company in america, please put mandates in place, put vaccine mandates into effect. it works. people respond to them, people respond to the deadline and this is what is going to make us safe. you got to do it so that we can actually end the covid era. >> you gave firefighters eight days. why only e...

Week ahead of the citys vaccine mandate going into effect today. the president of the uniform firefighters association. is the city going to work with the union or are they intend on ignoring you and allowing all of these firefighters to be forced off the job? >> by design they dont want to work with us. when you tell someone they have 9 days to make a decision for vaccination lose their job they dont want to work with you. teachers were given over a month, corrections doesnt have to make this d...