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.
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
With more being asked of these facilities, they need additional solutions
The incarceration of parents has all kinds of impact on children, especially preschoolers and grade schoolers whose emotions can vary from anger to anxiety to guilt
Fifty-one-year-old Shermain Miles has been ordered to get mental health and substance abuse treatment in a deal with prosecutors
After dodging jail time, the excited NFL star gave his lawyer a playful tap on the butt - and the judge wasn’t amused
State police say they arrested 26-year-old Anthony Fox on drug offenses before stealing the squad, then crashing it
Opening statements in the case against Levi Chavez started Monday; he’s charged with first-degree murder and evidence tampering
The former store owner fled to Jordan after he was accused to shooting a man who walked out without paying for a can of beer
Murder, kidnapping and rape are among the charges being pressed against Ariel Castro
Ramirez, 53, had been taken from San Quentin’s death row to a hospital where authorities said he died of liver failure
The suspect is being held on a slew of charges, including possession of a firearm by a restricted person, aggravated assault, and failure to stop at the command of police
A history of inmate deaths, sexual assaults, beatings, stabbings and poor medical care has prompted reform
The 63-year-old Van Houten was convicted of murder and conspiracy for her role in the 1969 slaying of an LA couple
Sources indicate that the father had been released from jail 3 days before the incident
It took detectives in Phoenix’s vehicular-crimes unit two weeks to put together enough evidence to charge the suspect
Holmes’ lawyers repeatedly have said he is mentally ill, but they delayed the insanity plea while arguing state laws were unconstitutional
Michael Adebolajo, 28, who was shot by police before he was arrested, arrived kissing a copy of the Quran
An intensive and dangerous manhunt for Eaddy was underway all day Saturday for the death of at least 2 women
Bulger’s lawyers have made it clear that they will attack the credibility of men they describe as “once-reviled criminal defendants”
A year after being released from a decade-long sentence, Jeffery Eady killed 2 women and fled to Georgia where police are searching for him
Investigators say they kept inmates with serious mental illness in solitary confinement for months or even years at a time
Undercover agents had given the suspect a bag believed to be bomb, and he dropped it in a trash can near Wrigley field
The metal singer’s’ attorney says the singer had been using steroids and they’d had a devastating effect on his mind
Police believed the three known gang members were out looking for rivals when they fired at the vehicle
The suspect told his brother he planned to stage a kidnap, then find her to be seen as a hero, but she died in the process
The decision has caught the attention of lawmakers, police chiefs, district attorneys and law enforcement officers across the state
He blasted his way out of prison in April with explosives concealed in tissue packs, caught 6 weeks later
Jerry Andrew Active murdered two and sexually assaulted another less than 12 hours after he was released from prison
Most agree that such charges are possible against Ariel Castro, though not without legal fights starting with constitutional questions over the definition of a murder victim
Matthew David Stewart hung himself using a bed sheet and was discovered early Friday morning
The decision to block the execution of convicted killer Nathan Dunlap by the Governor is being called ‘cowardly’ by critics
Jeremiah Bean was arraigned Thursday on 19 counts, including first-degree murder, arson and burglary
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