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
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40 relatives of an NYPD officer gunned down in the line of duty flooded a parole office in Manhattan
The officer had lowered the rear window because the suspect was feeling ill
The lawman once dubbed “America’s Sheriff” was convicted in 2009 and sentenced to 5 1/2 years in prison
The Sheriff’s Office was supposed to file reports by April 15 each year, along with a check for the previous year’s unclaimed money
Killer claims that he fired shots randomly during the bank robbery and that he didn’t intend to kill the cop
Lawmakers plan to make eliminating parole eligibility for violent habitual offenders a legislative priority
After releasing a man who went on to kill a cop, the parole board is now offering sympathy to the officer’s family
Descendants of Old West lawman Pat Garrett and New Mexico Territorial Gov. Lew Wallace are outraged that Gov. Bill Richardson is considering a pardon for Billy the Kid
The 39 year old claimed that he “borrowed the gun from Lucifer”
A city panel signed off Monday on a plan to reassign 83 LAPD officers to work as jailers at new Metropolitan Detention Center
Police say that four bodies were systematically dumped, perhaps over a period of 18 months or longer
In 2008, the officer was attacked by a 300-pound prisoner who he was transporting to the city jail
Pleaded guilty for beating up the boy inside a stairwell at the Woonsocket Police Department in 2009
With credit for time served, Mehserle could be eligible for release in about seven months
Pictures on the inmates Facebook page show him smoking pot, and holding a bottle of booze and a bag of weed
She was allegedly beaten and attacked with a TASER by a 275-pound inmate who escaped
Smashed a glass door to an infant classroom and put a gun to a teacher’s head
Used a stun gun on a female deputy and escaped with her gun while being transported to the hospital
Will spend 25 years to life in prison for fatally shooting his 3-month-old son in front of state troopers
The department says the images will be used to help avoid cases of mistaken identity
Faces special circumstance allegations that could make him eligible for the death penalty
A Kentucky man spoke out for the first time since being forced to eat his beard last May
Jailers in a central Ohio county are accused of using the less-lethal devices to “soften up” inmates who pose no threat
Depending on the interpretation of the verdict, he could get probation or years in prison
The 21-year-old did not express remorse when he addressed the court in Spanish
Some of the 47-year-old’s posts mentioned snow and winning $600 playing Keno
Man overpowered a 52-year-old corrections officer during the bonding process
With anger and sorrow in his voice, he described living with the anguish of a “crime that is not over”
According to a recent study, murders inflict a tremendous monetary cost to society as a whole
Denies killing the woman, saying she died of a drug overdose
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