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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Corrections officers, our protectors, need your interest, research and compassion just as much as the infamous predators and anonymous inmates they protect us from
The court highlights the differences in a policy violation vs. a constitutional violation in a case involving a jail suicide
State employee unions have been making cases for bonuses since early in the pandemic
Several officers are seen subduing Casey White and handcuffing him beside the car wrecked by Vicky White after she drove the vehicle into a ditch
Vicky White previously left the jail with Casey White in what investigators believe was a dry run for the escape
The Lauderdale County Sheriff’s Office did not elaborate on the nature of their relationship
Sheriff Rick Singleton said he is exploring the possibility of a romantic relationship between the inmate-officer pair that went missing last week
“Nobody saw this coming,” Sheriff Rick Singleton said at a Monday morning press conference
Sgt. Joshua Caudell’s K-9 team was helping deputies search for the suspect when he was shot
The city’s five police unions predicted that the surge in gun violence will get worse unless the bail reform laws are changed
Officers arrested Robert Brown and Christopher Osteen more than two days after they escaped from Northwest Correctional Complex
A county jail inmate is still on the run after deputies say he “meticulously” dismantled his jail cell window
Local news outlets report that 27 inmates also are in isolation after testing positive
The change comes after anti-death penalty activists said in a lawsuit the roadblocks impeded their free speech rights
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Sheriff Alex Villanueva didn’t show up to a meeting, despite a subpoena demanding he answer questions about the spread of COVID-19 behind bars
Advocates of accused offenders have called for “cash bail” to be ended, citing economic inequities
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Nathaniel Woods is scheduled to be executed by injection on March 5 at a south Alabama prison
Nikolas Cruz faces four charges in the Nov. 13, 2018, attack on Sgt. Ray Beltran
Grants available to support security, technology, training and vehicle needs for prisoner transport
A Wisconsin inmate has reportedly confessed to killing Theresa Halbach, whose slaying was at the center of the hit Netflix series
Some of the inmates were sentenced to life in prison for murder
Jail officials thwarted the attempt to help the inmate escape
A privately operated prison transport van had departed from Utah when Susan Barksdale pretended to have an “intestinal issue”
The man is charged with killing a Tennessee sheriff’s deputy and burning his body and patrol car last year
The inmate seized a gun from one of the troopers as they were driving the inmate back to prison from a court hearing
The 5-year-old Belgian Malinois named Jake suddenly became ill on July 18 after he came into contact with a drug known as flakka during a prison contraband sweep
The post was in response to outrage over cops being doused with water
The early Democratic front-runner’s plan aims to reduce incarceration, end the federal death penalty and expand the DOJ’s role in investigating police departments
First Step Act gives judges more sentencing discretion, eases mandatory minimum sentences and aims at reducing recidivism
The inmate asked the LEO to help him move a mattress in his cell. When the LEO went inside the cell, the inmate attacked him