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.
List ranks occupations by level of stress, driving home the importance of hiring responders who can remain calm during high-stress situations
Corrections officers, our protectors, need your interest, research and compassion just as much as the infamous predators and anonymous inmates they protect us from
“When I talk to our taxpayers, they ask, ‘Why didn’t we do this sooner?’”
Tajze Mullins caused extensive ceiling, electrical and duct work damage to the Area 3 headquarters room
After returning from a bathroom break, Edi Villalobos Jr. bolted out of the courtroom after officers removed his cuffs and shackles
The suspect, whose body was later found inside a building by an LAPD robot, had a history of convictions including battery on an officer
Sheriff Robert Luna said he felt “just sadness” after hearing reports of the mistreatment and poor conditions inside the jails
Lorenzo “Fat Cat” Nichols was linked, but never charged, to the slaying of NYPD Officer Eddie Byrne, 22, who was executed while sitting in his patrol car in 1988
Jail video shows Anthony Mitchell was kept naked in a concrete-floored isolation cell, according to the lawsuit
Court officers restrain a man during the life sentencing of the Buffalo supermarket shooter
Officials: Revision “would do nothing to redirect other agency arrestees, failing to ensure officers take arrestees to a facility that aligns with their gender identity”
Officers sent a robot into a crawlspace and found signs the suspect was burrowed deep underneath a house
The officers are charged with second-degree reckless endangerment and cruelty to persons
Deputy Robert Rensch had originally trained the inmate on how to use the Heimlich maneuver to assist someone when choking
Deputies were transporting the inmate on the 5 freeway when he broke free from the patrol car
Police were initially called after the woman was sleeping outside a building and refusing requests to leave the property
Deputy Daniel Kin had worked with the Wyandot County Sheriff’s Office for just over a year
Randy Halprin was part of a gang of prisoners who fatally shot a police officer in 2000 after they escaped from prison
“Two people are dead and another injured because this violent recidivist was put back on the street,” said police union
“It’s hard to see officers charged but it’s also what we’ve been talking about from the beginning. We need to be accountable, period,” Chief Karl Jacobson said
After striking the deputy in the head and face with the phone, the inmate then tried to strangle the deputy with the phone cord
The execution-style killing of Minneapolis police officer Jerry Haaf was one of the most shocking murders in city history
A combination of surveillance and bodycam footage shows the moments leading up to and after two nurses were murdered by Nestor Hernandez in a maternity hospital ward
The gunman’s girlfriend, who had given birth to their child, said he told her “We are both going to die today” and “Whoever comes in this room is going to die with us”
The gunman was on parole for aggravated robbery and had an active ankle monitor
Mayor Michael Hancock allotted $611 million to the Denver Department of Public Safety in his proposed 2023 budget – 36% of the city’s $1.66 billion budget
“We need Narcan on the streets and in the jail so, obviously, it’s a concern to us when that supply may be cut off.”
Porfirio Duarte-Herrera was convicted in 2010 of killing a hot dog stand vendor using a motion-activated bomb atop a car parked at the Luxor casino
Security cameras in the Fairfield County Jail captured the inmates and officers wrestling on video
Casey White and Vicky White may have planned his escape over the phone, but authorities must listen to each call before making a determination
The firings come as Susan Hutson has faced a rocky start to her term, with two deaths at the jail, a series of stabbings and an inmate takeover of a jail pod
The suspect had been arrested on charges of terroristic threats and acts, willful obstruction of LEOs and simple battery
Lawsuit contends conditions in the jail demonstrate a willful, wanton disregard for the safety of officers, inmates and the public