Arrests & Sentencing

Full list of Arrests & Sentencing results

1. Sort By:
2. All
3. Articles
4. Columns
5. Photos
6. Videos

• Calif. inmate confesses to killing 2 inmates in letter to newspaper

  – ₂

  “As I got to the lower tier, I saw a known child trafficker, and I figured I’d just do everybody a favor,” Watson wrote. “In for a penny, in for a pound”

• 16 inmates charged in beating of 4 Mass. COs

  – ₁

  All four officers were hospitalized after being beaten and kicked by a group of inmates last month

• Sponsored content

  How one Indiana jail stops contraband at the door

  –

  Smiths Detection

  Since adding a body scanner to its intake process, the facility has seen a significant drop in drugs found during random shakedowns

• NY inmate sentenced for attacking corrections officer

  – ₃

  The inmate struck an officer in the face and head several times after he was counseled about smoking last July

• Tenn. inmate indicted in death of prisons administrator

  –

  Curtis Watson is accused of killing a corrections administrator and escaping prison on a tractor

• 2nd escaped Miss. inmate captured in Tenn.

  – ₁

  Dillion Williams escaped from Parchman during a statewide lockdown prompted by deadly violence

• $5M bond set for Ill. CO accused of triple homicide

  – ₃

  Clifford Brewer, a corrections officer at the Pontiac Correctional Center, faces six counts of first-degree murder in the killings

• Okla. man in 'The Innocent Man' case released from prison

  –

  The conviction of Karl Fontenot, which had come under intense scrutiny for years, was the subject of John Grisham's bestselling book “The Innocent Man"

• Ark. CO arrested for trying to smuggle contraband into prison

  – ₁

  Jordan Davis, 22, attempted to smuggle 12 grams of marijuana and 17 grams of tobacco into the Wrightsville Correctional Facility

• SC corrections officer arrested after facilitating attack on an inmate

  – ₁

  The former sergeant opened an inmate's cell door, which allowed other inmates to enter and assault him

• Last of 4 teens arrested after escape from Tenn. juvenile center

  –

  The teenager was taken into custody along with two other individuals in the apartment with him

• Judge releases 25 Baltimore COs charged with excessive force

  –

  The indicted officers, accused of assaulting and threatening inmates, were released on their own recognizance

• 25 Baltimore COs indicted for allegedly using excessive force

  –

  The indictment accuses the officers of assaulting and threatening detainees at four correctional facilities

• Former Ohio CO sentenced for assaulting inmate during riot

  – ₃

  John Hinkle fractured inmate Malcolm Cox’s jaw and left a hole in his mouth during a 2018 riot started by rival gang members

• Fla. senator files bill to reduce outdated drug sentences for inmates

  – ₂

  The bill would require judges to give inmates sentences that are consistent with current state laws

• More than 450 Okla. inmates released during mass commutation

  – ₃

  All the released inmates had convictions for low-level drug and property crimes, were released under a bill applying retroactive misdemeanor sentences

• Load More