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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Changing of garments, culture shock amongst other issues sure to face men and women convicted of hate crime
After serving 90 days in jail, the man will stand outside a police station wearing a sign saying ‘I was an idiot’
He impersonated a Department of Correction investigator and mingled with inmates for hours
The man beat his ex-girlfriend, staged a car accident to explain her wounds, then barraged himself in his home for hours
“I want to make it crystal clear,” the judge said, “that it is my intention that the defendant serve this sentence and never get out of prison”
Court documents say Outhet “staged” firearms around the home and fired a shotgun. The documents listed emergency responders as the intended victims
Eric Williams, 34, was killed by an inmate who used a homemade weapon to stab him
He could have received as many as 60 years in prison; Illinois does not have a death penalty
A well where bodies were thought to be turned up empty, and the killer refuses to talk
He is already serving a 7-year prison term after pleading guilty to state and federal crimes
A neurosurgeon in Philadelphia who examined Thomas Matusiewicz in 1990 diagnosed a tumor
Sgt. Michael Todd May was killed when his cruiser was struck by a drunk driver fleeing police
He pleaded guilty to three counts of capital murder, one count of attempted capital murder of a police officer
In their 16th annual predawn Valentine’s Day warrant sweep, more than 50 cops searched for 300 fugitives
The defendant faced 64 counts, including charges of possession of child pornography
Monday’s killings were the culmination of a bitter, years-long custody battle involving the slain woman and the gunman’s son
Cell mates of told investigators he had made the promise not to return
The suspect shot his daughter and her stepfather at the courthouse, where they were going to take a paternity test
He felt more comfortable in prison and wanted to spend his final years there
He somehow obtained a sharp object and stabbed one of the officers once in the neck and 3 times in the back
Suspect died after killing his ex-daughter-in-law and her friend, then exchanging gunfire with police
Dale Cregan had denied killing Fiona Bone and Nicola Hughes, but on Tuesday admitted the murders
Surveillance video shows officers seated as the two girls dance around the room
The man was found guilty of second-degree murder on Monday but acquitted of the most serious charge, alleging he intentionally killed the officer
Delaware State Police Sgt. said the suspected gunmen and two women are dead
Suspect has 4 prior obstructing or resisting law enforcement convictions and 2 prior assault or battery on law enforcement convictions
She hid oxycodone pills and passed them from her mouth to her son’s while giving him a kiss
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