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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Circuit court ruled an officer could be held liable for failing to stop jail staff from assaulting detainee, citing duty to intervene
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A Norwegian court sentenced Anders Behring Breivik to prison, denying the insanity ruling prosecutors had wanted
When officers approached the inmate, he fired multiple shots, but missed
Man suspected in officer’s murder on probation, failed drug test
In the phone call, man who an autopsy report says killed himself told his girlfriend he had a gun with him
An Army psychiatrist faces the death penalty if convicted in the attack on Fort Hood that killed 13
A man acquitted at trial claimed Deputy Josie Fox was killed in 2010 when her brother picked up an AK-47, placed it against her chest and fired twice
A Calif. correctional officer posed as a police officer when he pulled over a driver
A man whose hands were cuffed behind him in the back seat of a patrol car shot himself in the right temple, according to an autopsy
In wiretapped conversations, defendant indicated he shot Clairton officer James Kuzak, who is now paralyzed
Under questioning, suspect eventually admitted that he fired at officers because he was bored
Trio was released last Aug. 19 after years of questions about the evidence in the case and attention from celebrities
Ambush left two Louisiana sheriff’s deputies dead, two wounded
Inmate was serving a life sentence for the 1963 kidnapping of two LAPD officers, one of whom was murdered
Anti-law enforcement activist secretly recording conversations with police that were used in a video report posted to the site
Juvenile was in custody for burglary, police say
Police say Chavis Carter concealedl a handgun with which he shot himself
Plea came soon after a federal judge found that months of psychiatric treatment for schizophrenia made Loughner able to understand charges that he killed six people and wounded 13 others
In 2011, nearly half the beds in the nation’s civil detention system were in private facilities, up from just 10 percent a decade ago
The murder of a beloved officer brought fear, violence and upon killer’s release, loss of faith in the criminal justice system
More suspects under arrest will be taken to jail as a result of an August incident in which an officer shoved an inmate in a holding cell
Dash cam video was filmed two years ago during the arrest of a man who pleaded guilty to cocaine possession but now claims the drugs were planted
Toxicology tests show that Michael Marin, a convicted arsonist, collapsed in court had poison in his system
Slain officer was not in uniform and waiting to eat dinner when a gunman began to shoot
Trooper Tony Radulescu was shot near Gorst
Officer died after a hit-and-run incident Wednesday night outside the Cook County Jail in Ill.
Officers noticed the bobcat during a perimeter check of the prison
Mark Clark is expected to face a judge Monday afternoon to hear the charges against him
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