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.
The investigation into corruption and civil rights abuses led to the arrests Monday of 16 of the 18 defendants
Jerry Martin, 43, apologized to the family of Susan Canfield, who suffered a fatal head injury when Martin and another inmate escaped from a work detail
Alexander Villa, 25, was charged with fatally shooting Clifton Lewis during a botched robbery
The rigorous, six-month training teaches carefully selected inmates the ins and outs of designing and launching technology firms
Johnathan Sanchez, 25, also known as “J Boi,” was captured early Sunday in east Harris County by the Gulf Coast Violent Offenders and Fugitives Task Force
Scott M. Davis Jr., 23, was convicted of two counts of assault and armed criminal action for the drug-fueled beating of the cop and a woman
Mario Dion Woodward was sentenced to death in the fatal shooting of Montgomery Officer Keith Houts
No Shave November raises money for cancer patients and increases awareness of men’s health, specifically prostate cancer
Transgender individuals may be housed based on the gender they identify with instead of their biological sex
His sententce brought a close to a case that exposed FBI corruption so deep that many people across the city thought he would never be brought to justice
John Vincent, 25, admitted to having a hypodermic needle and spoon in his car but promised that was all
Authorities said in a statement that three inmates have acknowledged to stabbing the victims to death with makeshift knives
Both had previously pleaded guilty to conspiracy to transport or receive stolen property and conspiracy to extort
A second suspect was arrested and charged in the abduction and killing of a couple and their son
The Department of Corrections is shifting to more gender-specific treatment of women behind bars
Michael Addison was convicted of gunning down Manchester Police Officer Michael Briggs in 2006
The deputy who was stabbed sustained a half inch long cut and was treated by the jail’s medical staff
Prosecutors would not reveal their recommendation as the self-imposed deadline approached
Officer Michael Hart has been arrested and charged with felonies in connection with an incident caught on video that shows him allegedly shoving a woman into a jail cell
Elijah Foster-Bey, 20, was convicted of assault for the 2010 shooting of NYPD Det. Ricardo Ramirez
It appears the men opened a trap door above the jail showers and crawled outside
25-year-old Mingdong Chen implicated himself in the killings late Saturday
A woman who received a life sentence as a teenager for killing her former pimp will be allowed to go free
Wai Chiu “Tony” Ng is 1 of 3 men convicted in the 1983 massacre of 13 people at a Seattle gambling club
Matthew Cordle, 22, faces six years for aggravated vehicular homicide and six months for driving under the influence of alcohol
The chief circuit judge signed an order Monday that prohibits judicial orders from being accepted at drop-off boxes
Neil McArdle forgot to book the venue for his wedding day, so he called in a bomb threat from a payphone
Law enforcement authorities expect to make more arrests in the case