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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Circuit court ruled an officer could be held liable for failing to stop jail staff from assaulting detainee, citing duty to intervene
From SWAT to narcotics, becoming an expert is a lot of hard work. If it wasn’t hard, everyone would be an expert
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
Witnesses said that the man was acting irrationally and violent as if under the influence of some kind of narcotic before his arrest
Adrian Peterson’s son was beaten by the mother’s boyfriend, he’s charged with aggravated battery of an infant
An investigator found that Holmes did a search on his computer for ‘rational insanity’
Roughly 38,000 correction officers at federal lockups across the country are required to keep working during the government shutdown
It is one of the toughest penalties doled out for public corruption in recent U.S. history
Chadrick Evan Fulks was taken from the federal penitentiary to help with the search for the remains of 19-year-old Samantha Nicole Burns
Officer Alejandro “Alex” Valadez was killed on-duty in a drive-by shooting
Castro’s pants and underwear were pulled down to his ankles when he was found
Timothy Russell, convicted of killing 2 cops in 1997, was found dead of an apparent suicide in his San Quentin cell
The judge entered the pleas on their behalf as neither recognize the court’s authority
The same jurors will return to decide whether John McCluskey, 48, should be sentenced to death or life in prison
Tsarnaev is in the custody of federal authorities on charges connected to the April 15 bombings and is not expected to appear in court
The prisons department’s website listed a combination of midazolam and hydromorphone as an alternative if sufficient pentobarbital isn’t available
He told police he’d snorted enough meth to kill Hitler, and couldn’t wait to kill a cop, his family, and church-goers
Adrian Gomez is considered armed and dangerous, and most likely still handcuffed
Christopher Cruz was charged Wednesday with reckless driving and unlawful imprisonment
An Oklahoma man ended his drug-fueled crime spree Monday with some choice words for kids
Kevin Walker and Christopher Harris are accused of killing Officer Alejandro “Alex” Valadez
The gunman tried firing at least 5 times in the restaurant, unsuccessfully
He could have fled with 2 other inmates who stole an unattended van, but reported the incident instead
A corrections officer saw Simpson hiding something and found several oatmeal cookies
After a week-long search, police found the boy at a food court in a Vegas mall and arrested him without incident
Meloney Selleneit pleaded guilty but mentally ill to charges of attempted criminal solicitation and possession of a dangerous weapon
Harry Mitts Jr. killed a black man after screaming racial slurs, then fatally shot Sgt. Dennis Glivar in 1994