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.
Proven approaches to reduce fentanyl overdose risk and protect staff and inmates
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
Eric Hightower refuses to cooperate as police attempt to arrest him, then screams when he is sprayed with pepper spray
More than 30,000 inmates in California prisons have refused at least one meal in support of inmates held in solitary confinement at Pelican Bay State Prison
The attorney general will have to decide several months before the start of a trial — if there is one — whether to seek death
Justin Jasper was given such a high bail because he is considered a flight risk and a threat to the community
Dean Randolph Jess had escaped and was driving a stolen Jeep when he was pinned in by patrol cars, beginning a standoff
When a customer recognized the man at the counter from wanted signs in the shop, he quickly took action
Nancy Gonzalez faces up to 16 months in prison at sentencing on Oct. 7
The results of an examination of Ariel Castro last week showed that he is mentally able to understand the charges and assist attorneys in his defense
Forty-two-year-old Shawn Custis was held Tuesday on $750,000 bail
He is charged with conspiracy and other counts for his alleged role in Shadowcrew.com, an online marketplace that trafficked in stolen credit and bank card numbers and counterfeit IDs
$1.6M of taxpayers’ money has gone into a man’s defense who brutally murdered 2 undercover police
Subhanna Beyah was arrested on fugitive from justice charges for multiple larcenies where jewelry and cash were taken
Shawn Custis, 42, was arrested Friday in Manhattan and faces charges of attempted murder, robbery, burglary and child endangerment
Adam Moss, 35, was found unresponsive and hanging with a bed sheet around his neck tied to a wall vent in his cell
District Attorney Bill McCauley called the evidence in the slaying of Odin Lloyd overwhelming
A U.S. grand jury returned a 30-count indictment against Dzhokhar Tsarnaev that included using a weapon of mass destruction
After two doctors concluded that his mental-health issues weren’t severe enough to justify an insanity plea, he plead guilty
Tennis Maynard is accused of shooting Mingo County Sheriff Eugene Crum while the lawman was sitting in his cruiser
The charges were revealed Wednesday in Attleboro District Court after Hernandez was arrested
The 4 men are alleged members of a gang that specializes in robberies, officials believe the agent was not targeted
The convict is believed to be one of 130 people who broke out of the prison in Piedras Negras
Each received 25 years for the death of Detective Peter Figoski, who was fatally shot during a botched robbery
Thomas Coffee, 23, posed as someone selling a vehicle, then shot the potential buyer in the face
James “Whitey” Bulger wants to tell his side of the story — outside the courtroom
Lakim Anthony Faust, 23, will be charged with 4 counts of attempted first-degree murder when he recovers from gunshot wounds
The ruling settles an argument between Gov. John Kitzhaber and Gary Haugen, who was convicted of two murders, over whether Kitzhaber had the power to grant a reprieve that Haugen did not want
She fatally poisoned her son and husband, and attempted to kill her daughter