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
There are 40 men awaiting execution on Arkansas’ death row, but no pending executions
Suspended after his arrest, Michael Pena was fired shortly after the partial verdict
A felon helped hide the man who shot two Spokane deputies Tuesday
The Fair Sentencing Act reduces the difference between sentences for crimes committed by crack cocaine and powder cocaine users
The wife of the Oceanside police chief faces nearly 30 years in prison for a 2010 standoff
Man is also accused of having five prior felony convictions
Police said the man, despite wearing handcuffs, was able to maneuver his body and wrap the belt around his neck
The CO was rescued after a standoff of more than 6 hours involving about 100 COs and law enforcement
Officer Kevin Ambrose was responding to a domestic call
In addition to detecting contraband, close visual inspections of detainees before their admission permit the identification of any communicable diseases as well as gang affiliations
Judge rejected claim that suspect fired to buy time to flee
A bomb squad sent a robot into the building to handle the package
Richard Schoen hit a female prisoner who was handcuffed in the back of his squad
Deputy directed suspect to ‘try and hold it like an adult’
Suspect has been charged with battery on a law enforcement officer for spitting blood in a trooper’s face
Oklahoma Department of Corrections Officer Jeffrey McCoy was trying to conduct a pre-release visit
Defense lawyer says he isn’t convinced the state wrongly put a man to death
Man executed looked very similar to the killer, had the same first name and was near the scene of the crime at the time
Inmates were ordered to dance to a song by Usher in exchange for privileges such as using a phone or microwave
The wolf dog hybrid named Chief will become a guard dog
Man is accused of shoving a city police officer off a stoop to his death during a domestic violence arrest last year
DEA arrested nine suspects in drug bust; 24-year-old ‘accidentally left in one of the cells’
Is America losing its taste for capital punishment?
Statement called it “an historic moment”
If it passes, the 725 Calif. inmates now on Death Row will have their sentences converted to life in prison
Ultimate destination is being kept secret for his safety
Apparently started the fire by lighting an article of her clothing with a cigarette lighter
Format change aims to deter site from profiting
In the last five years, four other states have abolished the death penalty
The trip proved divisive among deputies at the station, where some had no problem while others thought it was illegal
