Corrections
The Corrections topic covers the duties performed by sheriff’s departments and other police agencies that straddle the line between patrolling the streets and guarding inmates in correctional facilities, county lock-ups, prisons, jails, and courthouses.
After learning he is being admitted to a psych facility, a psychiatric patient launches a violent attack on two officers
A former corrections officer tells the inside story of the most extensive manhunt in New York state history
Inmates with mental illness can make your job harder and pose an increased safety risk
Joseph Garcia fatally shot Officer Aubrey Hawkins during a Christmas Eve robbery in 2000
Police say he was in the back seat of the police car, hands cuffed behind his back, when he somehow bolted
“With no stab marks or bullet wounds, many of these deaths were not classified as homicides but attributed to drug overdoses, accidents, or natural causes,” the FBI said
The deputy “was in a private ambulance transporting a prisoner” when the shooting occurred
Moulton police have been trying to capture John Kaleb Gillespie since Oct. 31 when he ran from officers and got away
Nikolas Cruz attacked an officer and now faces new charges including use of the officer’s electric stun device
In the letter, the inmates convey their sadness at the loss of Officer Antwan Toney, who was killed Oct. 20 while responding to a call about a suspicious vehicle
The collision occurred when a pickup truck driver ran a red light and T-boned the van
An officer survives a near miss after a suspect escapes custody and is found with a firearm
Bulger was found unresponsive Tuesday morning at the U.S. penitentiary in West Virginia where he’d just been transferred
A judge had previously denied a request by deputies to restrain the 27-year-old defendant
Involuntary manslaughter charges were filed against police Sgt. Ronald Buckley and paramedics Matt Dicosola and Leah Maynard in the death of inmate William Marshall
Currently, the union leader said, there are 59 prisoners convicted of murdering NYPD officers appearing regularly before the parole board
When the deputy opened the back door of the cruiser to transport a prisoner, he discovered a white powdery substance in the back seat
The deputy, who was shot in the face and thigh, had stopped to talk to the suspect who was wanted on probation or parole violations
Sheriff’s officials said the inmate slipped out of his handcuffs, shattered the passenger-side window and climbed atop the patrol car
In this podcast segment, Jim and Doug discuss the topics of re-entry and recidivism
Robert Hayes’ impending discharge follows the release in April of another convicted cop killer, Herman Bell
Police Chief Terry Zeigler confirmed that Antoine Fielder is the inmate suspected of fatally shooting the deputies
Deputies Theresa King and Patrick Rohrer were killed by an inmate as they were preparing to leave a courthouse
Fargo Police Chief Dave Todd said the killer is “dangerous and violent” and should not have been released to an unsecure facility
Inmates housed in an aging lockup flooded a Kentucky police chief’s office with sewage by flushing jumpsuits and shredded bedding down the toilets
The families of the slain officers said they didn’t want a repetition of what happened in the Herman Bell case
The killing of Officer Keith Boyer galvanized a movement to ask state voters to reverse some of the recent changes to sentencing laws and the prison system
The court blocked a lawsuit filed by five officers who said Attorney Marilyn Mosby maliciously investigated and charged them in the death of Freddie Gray
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Justice Richard Koweek ruled that the state Parole Board did not act irrationally or outside its bounds when it granted parole last month to Herman Bell
Trump’s Justice Department is refusing to handle the case
State Supreme Court in Albany issued a temporary restraining order halting Herman Bell’s release
Herman Bell was imprisoned for the 1971 killings of officers Joseph Piagentini and Waverly Jones
