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
From SWAT to narcotics, becoming an expert is a lot of hard work. If it wasn’t hard, everyone would be an expert
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
Convictions at risk of unraveling because cops failed to reveal misconduct before testifying
Nine members of the milita were going to be released from jail pending trial
Sgt. Joseph Bergeron was shot in the head sitting in his patrol car
A suspected white supremacist has pleaded not guilty to possessing the same kind of homemade gun used in a booby trap targeting an officer
Deputy Jeffrey Dempsey suspended for 10 days for use of excessive force
Effective programs start with strong, consistent philosophies
The case is being scrutinized after Bishop was charged with killing three colleagues
After a three-hour deliberation, Mabry Joseph Landor was sentenced to die
Clemmons vowed to kill police in jailhouse tapes
The jury will now decide whether or not the suspect faces death
Maj. Nidal Malik Hasan is charged with 13 counts of premeditated murder and 32 specifications of attempted premeditated murder
Michael Hunter admitted to covering up shootings after New Orleans storm
New law also prohibits sending the ex-convicts back to prison unless they are convicted of new crimes
Det. Anthony Orban is being held in the alleged attack on a woman; Jeff Jelinek, a corrections officers, is accused of being an accessory
Data tracking system now offered with less lethal device
Program only runs in female tents, but will be extended to male inmates soon
Lookout suspect says the Texas correctional officer had been ‘hunted’ by the Mexican gang
The chase started after a traffic violation
The suspect was cuffed and placed in the back of a cruiser
David Kofoed planted blood evidence during a murder investigation
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