Correctional Officer Senior Yashea J. Chapel died Nov. 10 at a hospital following an asthma attack, an Alabama DOC spokesperson said
The remaining allegations in the lawsuit are made against specific corrections and police officers and include charges such as excessive force, battery, negligence, and failure to intervene
“This has got to be the most we’ve sworn in at once in at least 10 years,” Jail Commander Nate Uhlorn said
The December 1996 killings of check-cashing store owner Ira Epstein and Officer Charles Davis, working off-duty as a security guard, sparked an intense manhunt
The inmate told prosecutors he would have killed the former police officer had correctional officers not responded so quickly
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Two Delaware Department of Corrections and Parole Officers visited the students to explain training requirements and career opportunities
In this excerpt, the author discusses whether rookie officers should begin their career in a minimum unit, or at the highest and most restrictive level of security
The plan includes $5K retention and signing bonuses for personnel in the jail that has 14 of its 36 positions vacant
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Tracking data from pretrial to release leads to better outcomes for supervisory agencies, probationers and parolees
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Panelists review the training required for officers to manage custody transitions, as well as highlight strategies to improve safety during this process
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Detecting and identifying drugs entering correctional facilities
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