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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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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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
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