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
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
When he escaped in March 1997, Juan Salaz was serving three concurrent 35-year sentences for aggravated kidnapping with a deadly weapon and two counts of attempted capital murder of a police officer
A bill up for debate in a legislative committee next week would require defense lawyers to prove a defendant is insane by clear and convincing evidence
Ronell Wilson was sentenced to death in the killing of two undercover NY officers
Investigators are searching for clues as to why the assistant district attorney was targeted by a masked gunman who fatally shot him Thursday morning
Suspect tried smuggling 4 30-packs of beer, 2 loaded handguns into federal prison
Authorities said they were searching for 2 suspects, denounced the shooting as an attack on the criminal justice system
Florida Department of Corrections records show he was convicted of the felony gun charge in 2011 and sentenced to 3 years’ probation.
A forensic competency examination found Raulie Casteel fit for trial on charges brought by the state attorney general’s office
Suspect faces two counts of felony third-degree assault for allegedly striking OPD officers
Jodi Arias may become the 4th woman on death row in Arizona after acknowledging the gruesome killing of her boyfriend
Pretrial hearings are scheduled Wednesday-Friday so the new military judge can reconsider defense requests previously rejected by the former judge
The protesters were shot in January 2011 during an opposition Socialist Party rally against alleged corruption and vote-rigging
34-year-old Rocky Marquez walked out of the county jail after being charged 5 days earlier as a felon in possession of a firearm
Doug Prade should be set free because the new DNA results are “clear and convincing,” according to judge
District judge said, “We’re dealing with a sophisticated, mature individual”
