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.
Biometric technologies have already helped facilities improve offender identification and have the potential to improve efficiency for employee access authentication
In order to arrange for the contraband to be brought into the facility, the inmate and the co-conspirator often use a code like the case we’re about to examine
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
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
The inmates escaped Wednesday night from the county’s main jail by cutting through the bars covering a second-story window
A Northern California sheriff is promising to capture a pair of men who sawed their way out of a California jail
Gregory Paul Lawler fatally shot Atlanta Officer John Sowa and critically injured Officer Patricia Cocciolone during a 1997 house call
Officer Douglas Bamberger was a married father of two children and a 16-year member of the force
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Jackson Circuit Court Judge John McBain was presiding over a personal protection hearing when the man began acting defiant
Dispelling some myths and rumors police officers often hear while on-duty
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A Harris County sheriff’s deputy shot and wounded an inmate who grabbed an “edged weapon” and held a medical student at Ben Taub General Hospital
Officer Robert E. Ransom was attempting to help an inmate with a medical emergency when he suffered a fatal heart attack
Police say that while unattended, Cody Tyron kicked out the metal screen separating the front and back seats and drove away
Officer Toamalama Scanlan remains in critical condition and Officer Juanita Davila is critical, but stable
Defense Attorney Kathleen Zellner filed a motion seeking permission to perform extensive testing on evidence to prove Steven Avery’s innocence
Brendan Dassey, who was sentenced to life without parole, will be freed from jail within 90 days
The sheriff of metropolitan Phoenix has raised close to $10 million in his bid for a seventh term, a stunning collection of campaign riches for a local police race
Arina Koltsova contracted tuberculosis from the infected man she was arresting on New Year’s Day
The CO was watching over the inmates and joking with them when he lost consciousness
The man ignored police efforts to coax him down
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