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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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
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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
Suspect said he ‘just wasn’t thinking’ when he shot a Knoxville police officer
Says patience, problem-solving skills learned will help them make good choices
By a 5-4 vote, the court ruled against a NJ man who complained of civil rights violations
Itasca County Sheriff’s Officer Troy Ugrich described how his sister, Corrections Officer Darlene Troumbly, was serving breakfast to inmates when one lay in wait, determined to kill her
The bearded man denies being intoxicated
America’s 43 executions in 2011 ranked it fifth in the world in capital punishment, Amnesty International said in its annual review of worldwide death penalty trends
Jahmell Crockam was convicted of murdering Patrolman Christopher Matlosz
The 24-year-old Sgt. was expecting a son to be born in August
Plea agreement calls for a sentence for life without parole, plus 40 years
Workers trapped inside the building helped to disarm man and let SWAT officers inside
If Arizona puts seven inmates to death this year, it could become the second-busiest death-penalty state after Texas
The man suspected in Wednesday’s incident has been captured
Among its amenities are 117 pay phones for detainees and free Internet access
The male and female inmate had communicated through the ventilation system
Man left sheriff’s deputy with a gunshot wound and a judge stabbed
California prison officials on Friday unveiled proposed changes to rules that kept some gang members locked in isolation for years and led to widespread inmate hunger strikes last year
The attacker apparently ran from the county courthouse with an officer’s .45-caliber handgun
Haley Barbour, a Republican who once considered running for president, pardoned 198 people
Jonathan Moore’s murder convictions were vacated after police officers found new evidence that exonerated him
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