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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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.
In all the twists and turns of the case, authorities agree the parolee should have never been released
Authorities were interviewing the inmates, hoping to fill the many holes about the escape and their week on the run
Bac Duong, 43, was arrested by police in Santa Ana
Sheriff’s officials have turned their attention to the local Vietnamese community in recent days
Incriminating testimony from incentivized informants factored in 16 percent of 337 convictions overturned by DNA evidence
The case is one of thousands involving criminal immigrants who federal authorities want to deport but haven’t been able to
It will be several years before the full effects of Prop 47 are seen, but 2015 offers a good glimpse into the ramifications
Jared Fogle admitted to paying a minimum of about $12K a year for sex
That marks the second time in two years the felon was placed in a lower security level prison by mistake
The sheriffs argued that Colorado would be in danger if the Pentagon sends detainees to prisons in the state
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
