We honor the memory of AFSCME correctional officers and civilians who have been killed while on duty.
| NAME | ST | LOCAL | CN | WORKPLACE | DATE | CIRCUMSTANCE |
| Boyd, J. Roy | CA | 1902 | MWD | 3/28/1978 | Electrocuted, thrown and burned after opening an energized switch | |
| Prentiss, Granville | CT | 391 | 4 | Correctional Institution | 5/17/1981 | Prison riot |
| Gott, Tommy | IA | 3013 | 61 | Mitchellville Wmns Corr. Inst | 4/17/1987 | Suicide, falsely accused of sexually assaulting inmate. Later revealed to be false accusation. |
| Burd, Lt. Peter B. | IL | 1866 | 31 | Stateville Correctional Center | 1/10/1977 | Corrections officer died in the line of duty. |
| Cole, Stanley | IL | 31 | Pontiac Correctional Center | 7/22/1988 | Corrections officer died in the line of duty. | |
| Conkle, Robert J. | IL | 31 | Pontiac Correctional Center | 7/22/1978 | Corrections officer died in the line of duty. | |
| Cushman, Lt. Joseph | IL | 31 | Menard Correctional Center | 10/24/1982 | Corrections officer died in the line of duty. | |
| Daniels, Capt. Harold | IL | 1866 | 31 | Stateville Correctional Center | 2/29/1992 | Beaten by inmates. |
| Harbison, Cecil | IL | 1175 | 31 | Menard Correctional Center | 11/30/1984 | Multiple stab wounds |
| Harwenger, Ron | IL | 494 | 31 | Pontiac Correctional Center | 1/1/1986 | Work-related stress, heart attack, stroke |
| Jefferson, Robert | IL | 31 | Sheridan Correctional Center | 4/1/1971 | Corrections officer died in the line of duty. | |
| King, Frieda | IL | 494 | 31 | Pontiac Correctional Center | 2/8/1983 | Found murdered from multiple stab wounds in a clothes locker. |
| Kush Jr., Lawrence | IL | 1866 | 31 | Stateville Correctional Center | 7/1/1989 | Corrections officer died in the line of duty. |
| Lagos, Pete | IL | 494 | 31 | Pontiac Correctional Center | 1/1/1987 | Heart attack |
| Moranville, Mike | IL | 494 | 31 | Pontiac Correctional Center | 1/1/1988 | Stress-related suicide |
| Skaggs, Zoeth C. | IL | 1866 | 31 | Stateville Correctional Center | 11/24/1944 | Correctional officer died in the line of duty. |
| Thomas, Lt. William | IL | 31 | Pontiac Correctional Center | 7/22/1978 | Corrections officer died in the line of duty. | |
| Troeung, Suon | IL | 1866 | 31 | Stateville Correctional Center | 10/27/1988 | Attack and robbery of inmate commissary |
| Washington, Henry B. | IL | 31 | IL Youth Center/Joliet | 8/1/1986 | Youth supervisor died in the line of duty. | |
| Wheat, Bill | IL | 494 | 31 | Pontiac Correctional Center | 1/1/1988 | Work-related stress, heart attack, transplant |
| Zeiger, James Patrick | IL | 1866 | 31 | Stateville Correctional Center | 1/11/1973 | Corrections officer died in the line of duty. |
| Avery, Mark | KS | Lansing Maximum Security Prison | 5/22/1993 | Beaten by inmates. | ||
| Thompson, Christopher | MA | 1368 | 93 | Department of Youth Services/Charlestown Detention Unit | 7/3/2000 | Inmate altercation |
| Toulson, Herman | MD | 1427 | 92 | Maryland State Penitentary | 10/4/1984 | Stabbed by inmate during uprising. |
| Sperle, Tammy | MI | 5 | 25 | Huron Valley Men's Correctional Facility | 2/5/1996 | Beaten by inmate in prison store. |
| Thomas, Ray | MO | 1810 | 72 | Prison (facility n/a) | 1/1/1993 | Heart attack |
| Burroughs, Dave | NY | 627 | CSEA Local 1000 | SUNY Fredonia | 12/1/2004 | Killed in a forklift accident at the loading dock of the Faculty Student Association commissary. |
| Cunningham, Ed | NY | 1040 | 82 | Attica State Correctional Facility | 9/13/1971 | Inmate riot |
| D'Arcangelo, Jr, John | NY | 1040 | 82 | Attica State Correctional Facility | 9/13/1971 | Inmate riot |
| Payant, Donna | NY | 82 | Greenhaven Correctional Facility | 1/1/1980 | Murdered by an inmate. | |
| Petrosino, Peter "Mike" | NY | 1447 | 82 | Upstate Medical Center/Auburn Correctional | 10/24/1991 | Multiple drug resistant tuberculosis contracted from an inmate. |
| Quinn, William | NY | 1040 | 82 | Attica State Correctional Facility | 9/13/1971 | Inmate riot |
| Rock, Andrew | NY | 1000 | Clinton Correctional Facility | 7/27/2005 | Cardiac arrest from a bee sting. | |
| Snyder, William | NY | 1000-179 | Green Corectional Facility | 2/21/1986 | Boiler explosion | |
| Snyder, William | NY | 1000/179 | Green Correctional Facility | 2/21/1986 | Boiler explosion | |
| Spinelli, Vincent | NY | 1000/806 | Cayuga County Sheriffs Department | 8/6/1992 | Suffered a heart attack after an altercation with a prisoner. | |
| Valone, Carl | NY | 1040 | 82 | Attica State Correctional Facility | 9/13/1971 | Inmate riot |
| Werner, Donald | NY | 1040 | 82 | Attica State Correctional Facility | 9/3/1971 | Inmate riot |
| Bowling, Eric | OH | 11 | Southern Ohio Correctional Center | 2/2/1984 | ||
| Davis, Tommy | OH | 11 | Mansfield Correctional Inst | 6/26/1992 | Beaten and stabbed by inmate while working alone. | |
| Taylor, Beverly Jo | OH | 11 | Southern Ohio Correctional Center | 6/7/1990 | ||
| Vallandingham, Robert R. | OH | 11 | Lucasville Correctional Inst | 4/15/1993 | Held hostage in prison uprising. | |
| Perrine, Louis | OR | 3361 | 75 | Powder River Correctional Inst | 11/17/1994 | Supervising 10 inmates when a small tractor flipped over over on top of him. |
| Goodwin, Mathew | PA | 2498 | 13 | SCI-Greenburg | 1/29/1999 | Heart attack |
| Hutsko, Andrew | PA | Corrections (facility n/a) | 1/1/1987 | |||
| Morgan, Wayne | TN | 2173 | Brushy Mountain Correctional Complex | 8/9/2005 | Gun shot | |
| Nagle, Daniel | TX | 3890 | Texas Department of Corrections | 12/17/1999 | Stabbed to death. | |
| Wiley, Stan | TX | 3848 | 7 | Bill Clements Unit, Amarillo, Boot Factory | 1/29/2003 | Inmate slashed Boot factory supervisor-Wiley's throat from behind. |
| Spencer, Carlois | Library of Philadelphia | //2006 | Heart Attack | |||
| Bryant, Scott | IA | 2989 | 61 | Iowa State Penitentiary | 05/17/2004 | Hit by a car. |