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
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State law abolishing the death penalty quietly took effect Friday
Shaun Michael Bosse overpowered a guard and drove away in a police car Sunday
Law enforcement officials testified before the House Homeland Security Committee about prison inmates who adopt a radical interpretation of Islam while incarcerated
Officers, frustrated that repeat offenders face no additional punishment, to seek new law
The meetings are a response to a spike in gang activity
Police say Supreme Court requires the state to slash its prison population by 33,000 inmates within two years
Authorities say two inmates attacked and killed 63-year-old Ronald Johnson inside the Sioux Falls prison and then used his uniform in an unsuccessful escape attempt
A jury earlier this year found 24-year-old Riccardo McCray guilty of three counts of first-degree murder
Federal prosecutors admit mandatory-minimum-sentencing laws can be “draconian,” but key to getting drugs off street
Narrow 5-4 decision affirms order mandating a prison population of no more than 110,000 inmates
Nearly 200 inmates at San Quentin State Prison rioted in the dining hall, leaving four men injured
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County supervisors say they want the Sheriff’s Office to pay back money that they misspent
I don’t screen people; it’s a free process here for people to come in and observe if they choose,” the Gov. said
Arpaio says he hopes the increased Web traffic will highlight the work of his employees
Authorities are unsure where the inmate got the gun he used to kill her before driving away in the sheriff’s van
Was allegedly involved with “threatening bodily harm”
The injured marshal received treatment for a knee injury and a cut on his face
Georgia’s stockpile of the drug has been a target of death row inmates and capital punishment critics due to connection with an alleged ‘fly-by-night’ supplier
Gov. Pat Quinn also commuted the sentences of all 15 inmates remaining on death row, who will now serve live in prison
Deliberated for two hours before announcing a 7-5 decision recommending the man be executed for the 2009 shooting
The 52-year-old man who fatally strangled officer Jayme Biendl is currently serving a life sentence for rape convictions
The IACP is helping to refine the pretrial release process in order to help ensure citizens are being kept safe
The judge pulled a gun on a crutch-swinging defendant who went wild after he was found guilty of harassment
He had been awaiting trial on charges of assaulting his girlfriend
A massive manhunt for a suspected killer ended in the fatal shoot-out
Corporal Chuck Nesbitt had served with the Sumter Police Department for 10 years
The officer was found strangled with a microphone cord in the prison chapel
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