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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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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
No defensive injuries on her hands that would typically indicate a struggle
They both fled with an unloaded shotgun after a man showed up to check on the cabin
Neither the arresting officer nor anyone else at the jail believed she was at risk for suicide
The state police major who headed manhunt released new details
The jail video shows a period of about 90 minutes with no activity in the hallway leading to cell
A colleague who knows I teach the discipline of staying positive dared me to find one positive thing about the release of 46 felons by our nation’s chief executive — I came up with 12
Cleveland cops arrested suspect after an 18-month investigation that will show fraud exceeding $3 million
U.S. making efforts to capture one of the world’s most prolific and violent drug lords for the third time in 15 years
Seeking in part to give nonviolent drug offenders better shot at rebuilding lives and improve community relations
Officials said his death was an accident but wouldn’t give any details about how he died
Newly released video shows the moment ‘El Chapo’ escapes from his prison cell
It became clear to authorities that Joaquin “El Chapo” Guzman’s escape must have involved inside help on a grand scale
A jail clerk entered in the incorrect location for Dylann Roof’s drug arrest in February
End of three week manhunt for Richard W. Matt and David Sweat is linked back to a spilled bottle of gin
In a scheme befitting a caper movie, Mexico’s most powerful drug lord, Joaquin “El Chapo” Guzman, escaped from a maximum security prison through a 1.5-kilometer (1 mile) tunnel
David Sweat, who was shot and wounded during his June 28 capture, was taken early Sunday from Albany Medical Center to the infirmary at the Five Points Correctional Facility
Remains in stable condition, while body of partner in escape has been handled in accordance with family
Months after he was released from prison for robbing a bank 5 years earlier, he was arrested for doing it again
David Sweat told police that he masterminded the June 6 escape