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.
With more being asked of these facilities, they need additional solutions
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Law enforcement leaders praise the Stun-Cuff Dual Cuff Model as a must-have tool for maintaining control over uncooperative prisoners, offering a safe and effective alternative to traditional shackling
The woman who helped the famous fugitive stay on the run for 16 years hopes to have some of her 8-year sentence shaved
His attorneys claimed that he had been taken to a hospital for unspecified reasons
Suspect told judge that the cop was the ‘idiot that ran in front of the truck’
As sentencing nears, attorneys say public humiliation and the loss cop’s career are punishment enough
The jury was declared hung in the manslaughter case
Last weeks story of a woman dawning an “idiot” sign for her actions has inspired a collection of similar court-ordered punishments
Eight inmates are sueing the correctional center, claiming the company is working with gangs to save money
It is unclear if he escaped from his cell or is hiding somewhere at the sprawling facility
Death row inmate wants a federal judge to stop his execution on the grounds his weight could cause him to suffer severe pain
The killer showed little response to the sentence, which he’d agreed to in a deal that kept him from a federal death sentence
The initiative would have made life in prison without parole the state’s toughest sentence
Almost 13,000 inmates work in federal lockups for a few dollars a day, making everything from military uniforms to office furniture
The low-to-medium security inmates are still at large after fleeing drug rehab
Wrongly convicted men hope to prove detectives framed them
Jailbreak history is tightly tangled with the stringy decay fighter
Authorities cite reports of people inside prisons — and outside — using prosthetics in vicious attacks
Suspect says she was trying to protect friends
Defense attorneys had acknowledged that Johnson fatally shot Wildlife Conservation Officer David Grove in November 2010
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The report was designed to “set the record straight” about the juvenile justice system and its impact
Robert Wayne Harris would be the eighth Texas prisoner to receive lethal injection this year
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In other states, children accused of violent crimes are often charged or convicted as juveniles
Officers’ apparently solid arrest of two career criminals is futile as duo returns to street
College sophomore reportedly told an officer to pull over so he could slap him across the face with his penis
Dual-certified corrections and law enforcement officer was relaxing in her living room when she heard gunfire
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