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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
In this podcast segment, Jim and Doug discuss the topics of re-entry and recidivism
How can we limit our prison population, and save money in our prison system?
Bills introduced in the House and Senate would expand police officers’ immunity from civil liability and roll back prison system reforms enacted under previous Gov. John Bel Edwards’s administration
Staff Sgt. Jesse Sherrill was killed in 2021 while working at the site of an overnight paving project
The attack happened at the Federal Correctional Institution, Tucson, a medium-security prison
Caleb Rogers, 35, brandished his department-issued firearm at one of the robberies
Sgt. Terrence Carraway died the day of the shooting and Deputy Farrah Turner died nearly three weeks later from her wounds
The plan had surprised the union and even drew criticism from justice reformers
Funding for the Inside-Out training program will cover costs for one year
Lorenzo “Fat Cat” Nichols was linked, but never charged, to the slaying of NYPD Officer Eddie Byrne, 22, who was executed while sitting in his patrol car in 1988
Randy Halprin was part of a gang of prisoners who fatally shot a police officer in 2000 after they escaped from prison
Derek Chauvin has no criminal history and would likely be targeted for prison violence, his attorney argued
Police officials who opposed the move says it “sends a troubling message”
Police officials, prosecutors and lawmakers expressed dismay over the decision
Samuel Little had 60 confirmed victims and confessed to dozens more
A man was shot and killed after trying to smuggle contraband into the prison, officials said
The change comes after anti-death penalty activists said in a lawsuit the roadblocks impeded their free speech rights
The commission is using its voter-provided direct authority to use subpoenas to investigate conduct within the department
Moments after Thomas Lee Williams was released from prison, police say he attacked a woman in the parking lot, took her car and fled with her 1-year-old grandson
Joseph Garcia fatally shot Officer Aubrey Hawkins during a Christmas Eve robbery in 2000
Nikolas Cruz attacked an officer and now faces new charges including use of the officer’s electric stun device
Bulger was found unresponsive Tuesday morning at the U.S. penitentiary in West Virginia where he’d just been transferred
Involuntary manslaughter charges were filed against police Sgt. Ronald Buckley and paramedics Matt Dicosola and Leah Maynard in the death of inmate William Marshall
The killing of Officer Keith Boyer galvanized a movement to ask state voters to reverse some of the recent changes to sentencing laws and the prison system
It will be several years before the full effects of Prop 47 are seen, but 2015 offers a good glimpse into the ramifications
Months after he was released from prison for robbing a bank 5 years earlier, he was arrested for doing it again
The search had been concentrating on a heavily wooded area 20 miles west of Clinton Correctional Facility
Items from Adirondack cabin some 20 miles west of the prison were sent to labs for DNA and other testing