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.
In addition to detecting contraband, close visual inspections of detainees before their admission permit the identification of any communicable diseases as well as gang affiliations
Besides dispelling some persistent myths about the risk of prone positioning, Dr. Christine Hall feels that one study confirms the rarity of sudden in-custody death
Prison agency in the nation’s busiest death penalty state paid $13,500 for its most recent batch of pentobarbital at a cost of $1,500 per vial, compared to $350 per dose last year
Federal judge has extended a moratorium on executions in Ohio into next year as questions mount about the effectiveness of a new, two-drug combination
A third execution by lethal injection has gone awry in six months, renewing debate over whether there is a foolproof way for the government to humanely kill condemned criminals
Prosecutors agreed to drop charges alleging he threw an object out of his SUV and attacked a police dog
The execution of 55-year-old Joseph Rudolph Wood took so long that his lawyers had time to file an emergency appeal while it was ongoing
Agent Clint Lund fired three shots at the man in a hospital lobby after he refused to drop his weapons
During a routine check on Thursday, corrections deputies saw that James T. Sapp, 47, was attempting to kill himself
Authorities say the roof of a privately run East Texas prison has collapsed, temporarily trapping dozens of inmates and sending 19 injured inmates to hospitals
May be eligible for early release under a cost-cutting proposal adopted Friday that would dramatically reduce the nation’s prison population
Sheriff’s deputies, acting on a tip, recaptured an escaped inmate from the Maui Community Correctional Center Monday
Prisoner was awaiting surgery on the eighth floor of the hospital when he attempted to escape
Revolving door complicates the task of screening for mental illness, managing medications, providing care and ensuring inmate safety
Surveillance video captured a tense standoff between a knife-wielding man and officers in a jail
The teacher was alone in the room with no guard nearby when a convicted rapist assaulted her
Lawsuit seeks to halt any attempt to execute inmates using the state’s current lethal injection protocols
State auditors found 39 cases where female state prison inmates may not have understood they were submitting to medical procedures that would leave them sterile
Officer Patrick Dunbar’s passion to serve has taken him (and his hair) to Wigs for Kids in Macomb County
Suspect was arrested after attacking an off-duty officer and staff at a medical center, where he was taken after exhibiting bizarre behavior
Floyd County Sheriff Darrell Mills said proper procedure was taken to prevent woman from harming herself
The brunt of the stab was taken by the officer’s body armor
Woman is accused of taking advantage of county jail guards who apparently were confused by her similar-sounding name
Recently released convict was charged in the stabbing death of a 6-year-old boy and critical wounding of a 7-year-old girl in an elevator
A new bill would allow strip searches for those incarcerated on misdemeanor crimes, without probable cause
Corrections officer was attempting to move inmate for being disruptive when the incident occurred
Mayor Bill de Blasio announced a new task force Monday to overhaul how NYC’s corrections system treats the mentally ill
67 inmates in the Kentucky State Reformatory’s nursing care facility costs state taxpayers more than $4.4 million a year
Executions on hold for 2 1/2 months after federal judge allowed more time for arguments over the state’s new lethal injection procedures
Police chased a suspect from rooftop to rooftop, used a TASER and eventually a K-9 to take a high-risk parolee at large into custody
Twelve years after barring execution of the mentally disabled, the Supreme Court on Tuesday prohibited states in borderline cases from relying on test scores to determine inmate eligibility