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.
Learn how to reduce recidivism and jail expenditures despite limited funds and personnel
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.
The Charlotte-Mecklenburg PD tracks pretrial offenders with the Omnilink EM solution to deter repeat offenses and solve crimes faster
The fugitive escaped from a state prison by sawing through prison bars and cutting through a fence
The inmate slipped out of his leg shackles and smashed a window to escape
The Sheriff’s Office recently purchased two iPads and downloaded Google Translate onto them
Without new laws, Obama is limited in what he can to do to stop the cycle of incarceration
On Nov. 1, over 6K drug felons will be released in effort to reduce ‘harsh’ drug laws
The group has called for reduced prison sentences and alternatives to incarceration for nonviolent offenders
This escape is the fifth since June
The lawsuit filed in U.S. District court in Chicago names the city and a half-dozen officers as defendants
The officer was killed in the line of duty in 2000
The officers revived a woman they found dead after drowning in flood water
Said she never intended to pick them up in her car
The Texas Rangers’ investigation findings would be turned over to a district attorney, then submitted to a grand jury
Man contends he was unjustly arrested while videotaping officers during a protest
Newly released video shows how a suspect went from the back of a squad car to taking a room full of people hostage
The footage shows a prolonged struggle between an inmate and 5 deputies who shocked her 4 times with a stun gun
More prisoners have died of natural causes on death row than have perished in the death chamber
The suspect had only been out of jail since March
Levon Dean Sr., 55, and several others were sentenced Tuesday for their roles in aiding Jamal Dean to avoid arrest
Overtime totaled $41M for the corrections department and $17.6M for state police
An assistant law director says the city is investigating discrepancies between medical and jail logs
She planned to pass heroin balloons from her mouth to an inmate at the state prison, but instead swallowed them
Toxicology tests show prison escapee Richard Matt was drunk when fatally shot by border patrol agents
Suspect charged with fatal shooting of defendant outside courthouse
Bondsman left the suspect and the car keys in the car while he went to access the jail’s front door
Family of the woman found dead in Texas jail cell is suing trooper and other officials as ‘a last resort’ to get info
Police caught inmate 26 hours after he fled a work-release program to kill an acquaintance nearby
She said she enjoyed the attention the men gave her
Police said they wanted to dispel rumors that she was dead before arriving in jail
Driver wrote that she’d learned her lesson and would like the ability to make amends
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