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
Officer Kellie Pena had served with the Texas Department of Criminal Justice for seven years
“It’s been almost three years since my wife Stacy went missing...”
Say he refused to turn over records after allegations that he discriminates against Hispanics
Prosecutors point to new, recently approved procedures for lethal injections, saying the state is ready to execute condemned inmates
Mamdouh Mahmud Salim, 52, stabbed a prison guard in the eye in 2000
California has more than 100,000 parolees, and about a third of them live in Los Angeles
The beloved Brooklyn liquor-store worker had turned his back on the world of hip-hop to become an Orthodox Jew
He planned an elaborate escape from prison and appears to be intelligent, resourceful, and motivated
She said in a letter that she has encountered a “staggering lack of communication and respect” from the feds
The ranger approached the couple and later notified authorities, who swarmed the campsite about three hours later
A huge percentage of prison inmates at the state and local level will be coming out one day — and some of them could be seduced by radicalized Islamist militants
He mailed a threatening letter to the White House that read in part, ‘The president needs to be shot.’
‘All information indicates McCluskey and Welch are still traveling together and should be considered armed and extremely dangerous,’ the marshals service said
The attacker was licensed by DPS as security guard and resigned a few days ago from his security guard position with Encore Wire Corp.
The recordings could provide an unparalleled look at how foreign governments aided the U.S. in holding and questioning suspected terrorists
The 10-page handwritten letter was delivered to Chicago Sun-Times columnist Michael Sneed last week
She was a drug mule for a white supremacy group and agreed to become a police informant weeks before the escape
Coroner’s report lists ‘acute methamphetamine toxicity’ as the primary cause of death
One other fugitive and a suspected accomplice are still on the loose
Cops say the escaped inmates could be hiding in Yellowstone National Park
Patrolman Glen Agee had served with Jackson PD for only two months, previously serving with the Jackson State University Police Department
Last winter, more than 1,700 inmates — hundreds of them violent — were secretly released early from prison
Will face prosecution for a two-year string of break-ins and plane thefts across the US
The New Year’s Day 2009 shooting was captured on video and has been viewed by millions of people
Says overtime costs are largely driven by the needs of the city court system
David Kofoed planted blood at a 2006 murder scene
Police and eyewitness accounts differ on what exactly the corrections officer did as drug store employee strangled shoplifter to death
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