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.
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Simpson’s release is expected after nine years behind bars for his 2008 armed robbery and kidnapping convictions
Michael Kent’s outlook has changed since his case was assigned to an African-American parole officer
The suspect told the dispatcher he was feeling suicidal and he was going to “blast it out with the police officers”
Jim and Doug discuss the movement in recent years to discontinue the cash-bail system
Officer Duane Johnson was fatally shot during a gun battle with Hau Chan
As Joshua Stam was being transported back to the prison, he freed himself from the handcuffs and attacked Officer David Weakley
The bill would limit how local and state police can interact with federal immigration agents
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The death touched off weeks of protests and unrest in Baltimore
When Debrina Scott was confronted by security at the store, she took off running across the parking lot. Her son followed her and was nearly struck by a vehicle
Deputies noticed $20 bills falling from Pattreon Stokes’ backend when they arrived at the jail
William Conley told police the syringe was used to inject chickens with vitamins, but heroin showed up in a field test
Bristol County Sheriff Thomas Hodgson wants to send inmate “volunteers” to help rebuild Houston
The question of whether judges should be armed got renewed attention this week after a judge who was carrying a gun was shot outside his courthouse and fired back
The White House said the 85-year-old ex-sheriff of Arizona’s Maricopa County was a “worthy candidate”
In June, an inmate shot and injured two deputies at the Coffee County Courthouse before shooting and killing himself
Cpl. Gibran Barclift, 39, joined the Norfolk Sheriff’s Office in 2002
Authorities say Branden Lee Powell was in a crawl space and shot himself as officers were trying to persuade him to surrender
Federal officials joined local authorities as the search continues for Branden Lee Powell, who overpowered a deputy, stole his gun and ammunition and fled
Branden Powell was in leg shackles and handcuffs secured to a belly belt when he jumped over the seat and put the deputy in a headlock
The ordinance would prevent jail employees from contacting ICE about an individual’s release without a signed warrant from a federal judge or magistrate
The move is part of a multifaceted approach to combatting the nation’s opioid epidemic
DOJ won’t award grants to cities unless they give federal immigration authorities access to jails and provide notice when illegal immigrants are about to be released
A thorough investigation will set a positive tone for the probation or parole case
Rachel Sutphin, the deputy’s daughter, said she is among those urging the governor to halt William Morva’s execution
