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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Mount Vernon PD says a concealed .22-caliber revolver was fired during the trip, prompting new screening protocols for processing inmates
The order on bail threatens to withhold federal funding from cities and states that have eliminated or reduced the use of cash bail
Aaron O’Neal Shipman Jr., 25, “succumbed to a sudden illness” hours into his first day serving at the Columbus County Sheriff’s Office
The corrections officer said he was “fighting for his life” as the man was “trying to kill him”
Charges dropped against 120+ defendants, including assault suspects, because they can’t get attorney
The Massachussetts case dismissals, which include an alleged assault on cops and domestic assault, are the result of public defenders refusing to take cases over a pay dispute
Investigators had found no signs that the suspect and Agent Joshua Byrd had any prior contact
Agent Joshua Byrd, 40, who leaves behind his wife and three children, began his career with the department as a cadet in 2014
Prosecutors say attackers used fireworks and anti-ICE graffiti to lure out unarmed corrections officers from Prairieland Detention Center before opening fire with rifles
A former Contra Costa deputy convicted in a 2018 on-duty fatal shooting may have his record cleared after serving time as part of the San Quentin Fire Department
The inmate fatally shot Officer Francisco Flattes with his service gun during a medical visit before being arrested after a brief standoff, Cherokee County Sheriff Dustin Smith said
The board noted that Prade, 79, will come up for parole again in 2033; the panel said Prade lacked the programming “to address his risk to reoffend”
An ex-jail employee is accused of driving one escapee to a relative’s home, while another friend helped him hide in a vacant apartment he had been hired to repaint
Grant Hardin, dubbed the “Devil in the Ozarks,” was found just 1.5 miles from the Calico Rock prison he walked out of by impersonating a corrections officer
“It disheartens me that the cold-blooded killer of [an officer] can be released without serving the penalty our justice system handed down,” Milford Deputy Chief John Sanchioni said
Flagler County Sheriff Rick Staly explains how A&E’s “Booked: First Day In” is helping bust myths, boost morale and bring new recruits through the jailhouse doors
In a letter to Mayor Cara Spencer, Sheriff Alfred Montgomery said his office, dealing with a budget crisis, had neither the money nor the responsibility for the service
The two Orleans Parish Jail escapees led Huntsville PD on a pursuit, driving on the wrong side of the road and weaving through traffic before abruptly stopping and surrendering
Grant Hardin, former Gateway Police Department chief and convicted rapist and murderer, fled after disguising himself as a corrections officer
Grant Hardin was “wearing a makeshift outfit designed to mimic law enforcement” when he escaped the North Central Unit, where he has been held since 2017
Jimmie K. Nelms and another man were sentenced to serve two life sentences for the aggravated kidnapping and murder of Trooper Conroy O’Brien following a traffic stop
A maintenance worker shut off water to a toilet covering a hole in the wall after an inmate threatened to “shank” him, arrest documents state
Gov. Jeff Landry said a jail audit is underway and called for accountability across the justice system, “except for the police, who seem to be doing their job”
Orleans Parish Sheriff Susan Hutson said the escapees broke through a cell wall and used a blind spot to flee undetected, likely with help from inside the Orleans Justice Center
The Broward County project, which cost a total of about $80,000, was funded by a U.S. Department of Health and Human Services grant and took about a year to roll out
President calls on BOP, DOJ, FBI and DHS “to reopen a substantially enlarged and rebuilt ALCATRAZ, to house America’s most ruthless and violent Offenders”
The Michigan Department of Corrections will step away from managing the 200-inmate facility, prompting the Detroit Police Department to recruit over 60 civilian staff
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