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.
Beyond the pure comedic value of the smug activist being TASERed, we have got some really good topics for discussion
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
Authorities say the three inmates, including school shooter T.J. Lane, escaped from prison in Lima in northwestern Ohio on Thursday night by scaling a fence
Teenager convicted of killing three students at an Ohio high school scrambled over a fence to escape a state prison with two other prisoners
The Marion County Sheriff’s Department is finding social media to be another tool they can use in the search for missing sex offenders
Accused of allowing inmates out of jail without court permission so they could visit with family or meet girlfriends in motel rooms
Man being transported to prison in a Connecticut police cruiser slipped out of his handcuffs and attacked the state trooper behind the wheel
Clayton Lockett’s troubled execution on April 29 prompted Gov. Mary Fallin to halt all upcoming executions until a review she’d ordered was completed.
Wilbur and Anisa Mobley were found shot to death early Wednesday
The juvenile detention center where 30 teens escaped under a fence has a long history of violence, allegations of sexual abuse and previous efforts to break out
Move was also made to encourage better inmate behavior
Police caught up with some walking along roads or coming out of the woods
16-year-old slipped out of his handcuffs and shot himself and an officer during transport to a juvenile center
A murder investigation is underway after an inmate reportedly died following an incident involving methadone-soaked underwear
Prison officials violated the First Amendment when they prevented reporters from viewing portions of the botched execution of a death row inmate earlier this year, two news organizations claim in a federal lawsuit
Inmate shot a sheriff’s deputy and then killed himself on Saturday after grabbing the deputy’s gun and trying to escape from a hospital
Announcement Thursday came after U.S. District Judge Cormac Carney ruled last month that the state’s death penalty takes too long to carry out
A Texas woman allegedly stole a bottle of $3.99 wine to get arrested and see her jailed boyfriend
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