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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Law enforcement leaders praise the Stun-Cuff Dual Cuff Model as a must-have tool for maintaining control over uncooperative prisoners, offering a safe and effective alternative to traditional shackling
Cook County has been at the center of the debate over the treatment of illegal immigrants for several months
Suspect remained on the run thanks to an assailant who tackled police in a videotaped struggle that went viral
Outgoing Gov. Haley Barbour’s pardons were called ‘a slap in the face to everyone in law enforcement’
The Mississippi Secretary of State’s Office released a complete list of pardons and other executive actions Tuesday, Republican Haley Barbour’s last day
This is the second time in two terms that the Supreme Court has dealt with violations in the New Orleans prosecutor’s office of so-called Brady rights
The state plans to use the drug to execute Michael Ryan for a 1985 slaying
Chicago Police Officer Clifton Lewis was shot while working security at convenience store
Hennepin County District Judge Lloyd Zimmerman went public with his concern less than a month after a prosecutor and another man were shot at a northern Minnesota courthouse with minimal security
A parole task force showed up to search a 45-year-old man’s residence
Suspect tried to elude police because he did not believe he had a valid driver’s license, he said
Daniel Schlienz was being held in the jail on $2 million in bail for the courthouse shooting of two people in Grand Marais
The current law says prisoners cannot legally consent to having sex with a police or corrections officer
A distribution system meant to keep the drug out of prisons will remain in place
Officers thought the man who died was faking his symptoms
Immigration and Customs Enforcement agent Jaime Zapata was killed, colleague Victor Avila wounded
There were 11 people in the van when the crash occurred - nine prisoners and two COs
A couple faces charges over two stolen cars and a dangerous police chase
Officer Todd Young, 39, almost died as a result of a gunshot that ruptured his pelvis
Colton Harris-Moore, now 20, showed no reaction as the sentence was delivered
Training knife induces the stress necessary to give realistic edged weapon training
Founder: “In seven years we’ve had people try and no one can get out of our cuffs”
A female suspect filed a lawsuit after an officer pushed her in a jail
A district judge ordered a 19-year-old to stand trial on marijuana possession charges
Injured Deputy Charles Crausaz was reportedly in fair condition Tuesday morning
Convicted cop-killer Mumia Abu-Jamal said Monday that he was surprised and somewhat disappointed that he did not get a new sentencing hearing
Officer Peter Figoski was shot in the face early Monday
Prosecutors abandoned a 30-year push to execute convicted cop-killer Mumia Abu-Jamal
A police helicopter with infrared heat sensors spotted Cesar Sanchez, 37, who escaped from the Stateville Correctional Center
Prosecutor: “We had a courtroom full of heroes: the citizens who testified about what they saw. Mr. Mathews ... is a cowardly, cold killer”
A North Phila. drug dealer was handed the longest sentence of his life