Arrests and Sentencing
Arrests and Sentencing are critical components of the criminal justice system, directly impacting the correctional workforce. This section provides articles that explore the processes, legal standards, and implications of Arrests and Sentencing in various jurisdictions. Understanding how arrests lead to sentencing decisions and how these outcomes affect correctional facilities is essential for professionals in the field. For more insights, see our related resources on Re-Entry and Recidivism.
Criminal justice student charged with two felony accounts for smuggling drugs and cellphones into the county jail
The group made hundreds of thousands of dollars selling “faces,” described as squares of paper soaked in drugs, and planned to sell a novel-style book with drug-soaked pages
The large-scale contraband smuggling operation involved Dixon Correctional Institute inmates, trustees, an employee and several civilians, Louisiana State Police said
“The current Board has repeatedly and consistently released violent offenders after they have served only a minute portion of lengthy sentences,” the DA wrote
Despite first denying he was involved, the inmate later confessed to the killing on tape, prosecutors say
Cleveland Municipal Judge Michael Nelson said he won’t send people to the Cuyahoga County Jail because he believes it is no longer safe
The inmate made the 9,617 calls while incarcerated from March to September to a person covered by an order of protection
California will give a second chance to potentially hundreds of people serving time for murders they did not commit
The inmate was already serving a 25-year sentence for a fraud scheme that raked in over $6 million
Laurie Watt, 47, admitted to trying to bribe a fellow CO for access to an inmate
The inmates are accused of premeditated murder and conspiracy to commit murder
“It is time for justice,” Montgomery County Judge Steven O’Neill said
Tykeil Huggins, 21, attempted to escape from the detention center, but didn’t make it over a fence
Taylor Fender, 23, was part of an inmate crew from Putnam Corrections Institute
Valerie Victor said she’d had “non-professional relationships” with four inmates
Jerry Hooley, a prison counselor, was attacked and seriously injured by an inmate in 2016
“There is no closure for the family and there never will be. They have agreed to do the plea deal and we as a family do not agree with it”
CO D’Andre Glasper was charged with aggravated assault after an inmate died when he hit his head during a UOF incident
20 violent offenders will now be granted hearings
An inmate told the DOC the CO had said he was willing to smuggle in “anything except needles and heroin”
A prosecutor said that the suspect was picked out of a photo array by one witness, implicated in a statement by a second
Rigoberto Sanchez killed his colleague, Edwin Lima, when he found out Lima was having an affair with Sanchez’s estranged wife
The inmate could get more time if convicted for a separate assault on an officer in March
Gifford Hunter, 30, was charged with murder, weapons possession and criminal use of a firearm
One overlooked “victim” of the opioid epidemic are children born to opioid-dependent mothers who actively used throughout pregnancy
According to testimony, the inmate died in a jail restraint chair in 2016 after being confined there for 54 hours
Corrections spokesman Ken Pastorick said the men escaped by scaling a fence along the prison’s perimeter
The officer was accused of battering a handcuffed inmate and ordering another CO to “hurt him”
Nancy Crampton-Brophy, the writer of mysteries such as “The Wrong Husband,” was arrested on Sept. 5
Officers arrested 32 people and confiscated cash, guns and cellphones
Michael Jeffrey Scott escaped from jail by climbing out of a hole in his holding cell ceiling
Bail reform might be the most consequential and far reaching reform yet, legal experts said
A 2016 Supreme Court ruling found mandatory life-without-parole sentences for juveniles were cruel and unusual punishment
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