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
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
The group had just finished their shift when they were hit while jogging
Carl Wayne Buntion was resentenced to death in the 1990 killing of Officer James Irby
Deputy Tony Diaz was killed out of anger and a desire to retaliate, judge said
Attorney in trial says gesture not hostile, but ‘was a little bit reckless’
George Rivas, 41, from El Paso, received lethal injection for killing Aubrey Hawkins, a 29-year-old Irving police officer
District attorney says jurist was making ‘poor rhetorical point’
An editorial commends Troopers Joseph Ross and Thomas Keegan for staying calm during an altercation in which the suspect acted so offensively the video could not be released
Officer Steven Green died two weeks ago at the hands of Lawrence Wallace Jr., who escaped his handcuffs as he was transported to jail
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