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.
A huge percentage of prison inmates at the state and local level will be coming out one day — and some of them could be seduced by radicalized Islamist militants
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Fabian Valentine, 37, overpowered a CO, stole his gun, and sped off in a vehicle before he was stopped by police
With several severe restrictions that include 24-hour GPS monitoring, Hubbart will be allowed to rent a small house
Chad Charles, 43, collapsed while training with the Michigan Department of Corrections emergency response team
Republican Gov. Bill Haslam signed a bill into law Thursday allowing the state to electrocute death row inmates in the event prisons are unable to obtain drugs
About 3,000 inmates will receive decks of playing cards featuring information from 52 cold cases that authorities are hoping to get a lead on
Prompted by the shortages of available drugs for lethal injections, lawmakers are considering permitting execution of inmates by firing squad
In the wake of a botched lethal injection in Oklahoma last month, a Utah lawmaker says he believes a firing squad is a more humane form of execution
Gov. Jay Inslee has blocked the release of a man imprisoned for almost killing a Richland police officer 32 years ago
19-year-old Kenneth Hickman fled from his hospital bed when the officer who was assigned to him stepped out of the room
In the face of a possible lawsuit, Santa Fe County is being circumspect about what it can say about an internal investigation into the apparent heroin overdose death of a teenager
Gilberto Santiesteban Jr. decided to put his troubles behind him — literally
K-9 Ike died last month after he was left locked inside a hot sport utility vehicle for several hours
An Indiana man whose age, white hair and folksy style helped conceal his role as a drug courier was sentenced Wednesday — his 90th birthday — to three years in federal prison
Officials on Thursday made another push to overturn a court ruling that would force them to provide a taxpayer-funded sex-change operation to a murder convict
‘Cannibal cop’ Gilberto Valle is cooking up a storm to ‘kill time’ in prison
Voters will likely get to weigh in on whether Calif. should treat most nonviolent crimes as misdemeanors instead of felonies
Deputy Carrie Merrick with the Livingston County Sheriff’s Department recently lost her battle with cancer
Cornealious “Mike” Anderson spent 13 years free from prison due to a clerical error, then nearly a year behind bars when the mistake was caught
There is little political will to move against lethal injections — and a single execution gone wrong won’t change that
Drugs didn’t enter inmate’s system because the vein they were injected into collapsed, which wasn’t noticed for 21 minutes
In the rubble and chaos, inmates were trapped and had to be rescued
Prison officials halted an inmate’s execution after a new drug combination left the man writhing and clenching his teeth on the gurney
Inmates find all kinds of ways to make contraband cellphones work for them. Now, authorities are finding a way to make the phones work for them, too
The Obama administration is encouraging many nonviolent federal prisoners to apply for early release — and expecting thousands to take up the offer
A corrections officer taken hostage by three inmates at an Ohio county jail has been released unharmed
Search turned up a loaded North American Arms 22-caliber mini revolver inside the woman
Javier Acevedo and his wife Veronica were found dead inside their home with gunshot wounds to their bodies
The robbers hogtied victims as they robbed a shop for car parts before engaging in a gun battle with police
Eric John Knysz, 20, attempted to hang himself with a bed sheet and was taken off life support days later