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.
Officers must keep their minds sharp and be able to analyze situations quickly and effectively so that they—and their colleagues—return home safely
Correctional breachers know hardened prison structures require mechanical tools that are not often used in the residential breaching world
Biometric technologies have already helped facilities improve offender identification and have the potential to improve efficiency for employee access authentication
The Wisconsin Supreme Court said a federal regulation makes the jail records an advocacy group seeks exempt from disclosure
A recidivist gang member whose record includes a 2010 robbery conviction and a 2014 GTA conviction murdered Officer Keith Boyer ten days after release from prison
Mikal Deen Mahidi pleaded guilty to killing an off-duty police officer during a multistate crime spree in 2004
Sheriff Paul Penzone said he will no longer detain inmates past their release dates to accommodate federal authorities
The fight had to be broken up by multiple people
Authorities said Daniel Stewart Berry had taken a drug known as “gravel”
Matthew Ezekiel Stager was captured in Washington D.C. after two Metropolitan police officers spotted him
The correctional officer who died was Sgt. Steven Floyd, who had been with the agency for 16 years
The hostage situation drew dozens of officers and police vehicles to the James T. Vaughn Correctional Center and prompted a statewide lockdown of all prisons
Having a comprehensive, written policy is very important in managing inmates who wish to radicalize others towards terrorist behavior
The inmate escaped while being transported by Kentucky deputies
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Police believe the deputy was too drunk to drive and asked the inmate to drive for him
Christopher Monfort was serving a life sentence for the ambush killing of Officer Timothy Brenton
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Former inmate Jeremy Meeks was released last March and has become a model
Working hand-in-hand with San Mateo Sheriff’s Department, the Service League works to encourage a responsible transition back into their communities for inmates.
He allegedly punched a female CO in the face while officers tried to take the laptop away
The Charlotte-Mecklenburg PD tracks pretrial offenders with the Omnilink EM solution to deter repeat offenses and solve crimes faster
An altercation broke out after the man used a cellphone or tablet in court
A second fugitive inmate who escaped last week from a county jail in California by rappelling down with a bedsheet was re-arrested Wednesday
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