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.
The inmate, a confirmed MS-13 gang member, is one of four inmates charged with killing K-9 Rivan and assaulting a corrections officer at Sussex I State Prison
A search of one of the two former Limestone County jail employees’ homes uncovered meth, marijuana, other drugs and drones, the Alabama DOC said
The inmate struck the dog hard enough that the dog had a concussion and scraped the inside of her pupil, Genesee County Sheriff Christopher Swanson said
Jeff Boppre is seeking to reopen his case by using latent fingerprint technology to identify fingerprints left at the crime scene
Prosecutors say Christian Gulzow fatally stabbed 29-year-old Brian Lucero in the parking lot of a Denver restaurant
Officials said DNA evidence ties Alexander Christopher Ewing to the slayings
Attorneys for Nathanial Cook said the court had no other choice but to release the 59-year-old now that he has completed serving 20 years in prison as part of an agreement
Johnny Ray Priester, 40, has been in the county jail since May 29, 2012
Prosecutors have accused Miguel Angel Corea Diaz of carrying out major drug trafficking and conspiring on Long Island to commit murder
A Maine man has received a 10-year prison sentence for frightening a woman during a burglary and causing a fatal heart attack
Prosecutors say the ring was responsible for at least 14 daytime robberies or attempted robberies in shopping malls over two years
Hog-tying is specifically prohibited under agency policy, according to authorities, and parts of the incident were captured on a surveillance camera at the institution
Prosecutors said the inmate beat Officer Joseph Gomm to death with a hammer and stabbed him with a homemade knife
The inmate was apparently complaining about his attorneys and was ordered to be silent multiple times
The state agreed to the change of venue out of “an abundance of caution”
Elvis Mark Hartrick pleaded guilty in April to assaulting a corrections officer with a deadly weapon after nearly running over the CO
Norman Seabrook was arrested in 2016 on conspiracy and fraud charges
Native American inmates and defendants in Oklahoma have already begun appealing their convictions or asking for their cases to be dismissed on the same jurisdictional grounds
The officer suffered severe damage to his hand, prohibiting him from working as a correctional officer
Body cam video shows an escaped inmate who had been on the run for two months being arrested by authorities
Police said an inmate is back in custody after he unbuckled himself from an ambulance and ran away
Officials said Darnell Green choked CO Ray Calderon from behind while another inmate sliced the officer’s face
The publisher of a weekly newspaper in south Mississippi says he unwittingly gave a car ride to a convicted murderer who had just escaped from a state prison
Curtis Green and two other inmates overpowered and attacked an officer in the Orangeburg County detention center and escaped on May 19
The inmates reportedly used a an electrical outlet, toilet paper and an empty toothpaste tube to spark the blaze
The bill would add a section to federal civil rights statutes that would include a penalty for wearing a mask
Authorities say a councilwoman for a tiny Kansas town kicked, hit and scratched deputies and that they had to use a TASER to subdue her
Dwight and Steven Hammond were convicted in 2012 of intentionally and maliciously setting fires on public lands
Jodi Arias is asking an appeals court to overturn her murder conviction in the 2008 death of her former boyfriend
The inmate had been placed on a gurney with his wrists and ankles in restraints when he managed to get free
The attorneys for death-row inmate Dzhokhar Tsarnaev are asking for the recordings of interviews with a suspect in a triple-homicide in Massachusetts
Authorities are searching for evidence in a very nontraditional place — an inmate’s poop
Leslie Van Houten was found guilty of taking part in the brutal killings of Leno and Rosemary LaBianca in 1971
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