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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Beware of trigger words in a suspect’s verbal onslaught because the man who angers you, conquers you!
‘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
Paul Alan Ropp, 20, fired at an officer with an AR-15 rifle; he suffered a non-life-threatening head injury
Boredom and loneliness, defense filings said, had partly led Unbehaun to conclude that a life on the inside was preferable to life outside
The judge was disgusted by the woman’s smirks and snickering during her sentencing for the death of her boyfriend
Two convicted sex offenders suspected in the murders of 4 women checked in with police every month and wore their GPS trackers around the clock
A federal judge ruled Thursday that California’s treatment of mentally ill inmates violates constitutional safeguards against cruel and unusual punishment
Prosecutors say the men stole more than $200,000 from a Pay-O-Matic check-cashing business in Queens
Suspect has a history in the criminal justice system, court records show
With the popularity of “texting”, abbreviations are being added to gang documents and written in code
A Manhattan man convicted of shooting at police in an exchange of gunfire on the Lower East Side in February 2012 will serve 28 years to life in prison
Unclear whether she showed up at the office naked or if she arrived there and removed her clothes on the scene
Suspect robbed the store a day after his release
Prosecutors told a judge they don’t have enough evidence to seek the death penalty for a man already serving nearly 97 years for other crimes
Okla. has revised its procedures to include the same two-drug mixture that left an Ohio inmate making gasp-like sounds as his lethal injection was carried out
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