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
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
Jacob Ray Johnson of Preston, Idaho was sentenced on two counts of first-degree attempted murder
Wealthy drug lords are reportedly hiring lawyers who smuggle women inside Miami’s Federal Detention Center
Buddy Herron, 42, was stabbed during his commute
Confessed mass killer Anders Behring Breivik belongs in psychiatric care instead of prison, prosecutors in Norway said
Tyress Mathews remained defiant during sentencing and did not show remorse, sources said
Investigators say the hatchet killing appeared to be a gang hit
Two men were convicted, but not sentenced, prior to The Fair Sentencing Act
Sources said two suspects engaged in oral sex while handcuffed, one claims she was resting
En route to Colo., the prisoner got into the driver’s seat and took off in the car
Some deputies were allowed to remain working in the county’s lockups after being convicted of crimes or found guilty of serious misconduct
Raymond Sheehan died in the bathroom after his wife fired 11 times
Natural gas rerouted to the office of a gang task force was rigged to explode
Jail surveillance video shows the police officer, his wife and a CO choking and restraining a woman before TASERing her
22-year-old Gregory Moon was still wearing the black-and-white striped costume when he was arraigned early Monday
A Utah man dodged prison and got himself deported to Mexico
Lifelong criminal Henry Michael Gargano, 79, died behind bars
Authorities say woman’s boyfriend convinced her to place the bomb
Former street gang member Frank Garcia killed his wife and Officer Hector Garza during a domestic
The move will prevent them from coming in contact with children
Terry Bowling received what essentially will be a life sentence in prison in the shooting death of Livonia Police Officer Larry Nehasil
Man was a part of a Georgia militia and the ‘birther’ movement that disputes Obama’s US citizenship
Shots ‘literally whizzed by the officers’ heads,’ Maj. Tom Wilson said
Ralph “Bucky” Phillips had stuffed a sweatshirt with other clothes to make it look like a dummy
Grenada Police Capt. John Wayne Haddock was killed on Friday
