A state-by-state guide to how much do correctional officers earn

Kansas City Star: Kansas correctional officers’ work is demanding. Here’s how the state can help Kansas correctional officers’ work is demanding. Here’s how the state can help With another inmate walkaway, 2 News Oklahoma's Stef Manchen digs into the data and finds a shortage of about 400 correctional officers across Oklahoma's Department of Corrections. Concord Monitor: Sunshine Week: Police and corrections officers are some of the state’s highest earners. Overtime pay boosts their salaries to six figures and beyond. Sunshine Week: Police and corrections officers are some of the state’s highest earners. Overtime pay boosts their salaries to six figures and beyond.

A former EKCC correctional officer, who talked to FOX 56 News, chose to remain anonymous. They say during a routine security walkthrough on Sept. 30, 2025, they found Rayburn unresponsive in his cell. The News & Observer on MSN: As GOP lawmakers neglect state services, a crisis grows behind prison walls | Opinion As the legislature starves state services, conditions at state prisons offer a stark illustration of how underfunding is taking a toll. As GOP lawmakers neglect state services, a crisis grows behind prison walls | Opinion I’ve been a correctional officer at Topeka Correctional Facility for four-and-a-half years. Whenever I start a shift, I have a ritual I go through to determine what kind of a day it will be. If I’m ... LANSING, MI – Joseph Perala, a corrections officer with 19 years of experience at Baraga Correctional Facility, has been named Michigan’s 2026 Corrections Officer of the Year. The Michigan ...