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.
Lenton Vanburen Jr., 26, was found sitting on a bench near a department store in Baton Rouge
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
Erik and Lyle Menendez, convicted of killing their parents in 1989, are now eligible for parole after a California judge reduced their life sentences under the youthful offender law
The inmate has already been sentenced to life after pleading guilty in the March escape from a Boise hospital, but the murder charge is in a different county
The man, who was convicted of rape in 1983, was released from prison in 1995 and placed in a halfway house; he was recaptured in June, 29 years after he was last seen
The Walker County CO agreed to plead guilty to involuntary manslaughter involving reckless conduct in the inmate’s 2023 death
Flagler County Sheriff’s Office body cam video shows the inmate was practically invisible when the K-9 sniffed him out, bit down on his forearm and dragged him into the open
The 18-year-old, who had been on the run since April 1, escaped after he pushed a corrections officer, causing her to fall and hit her head
Investigators were tipped off to the laundering activity when deputies listened to the Harris County Jail inmate’s calls and observed his high balance in his commissary account
The man, who was in custody for a fatal brawl, was convicted of aiding two inmates’ escape by cutting a fence hole at the Philadelphia Industrial Correction Center in 2023
Idaho DOC officers were preparing to transport the inmate from a Boise hospital back to prison when the inmate’s accomplice outside the hospital began shooting
During a preliminary hearing for possessing contraband, the inmate’s girlfriend passed along an envelope to an unidentified person in an attempt to deliver it to the inmate
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
After hearing statements from the relatives of the students killed in the attack, the judge sentenced in excess of the recommended sentencing guidelines
Between September 2020 and May 2022, a group of inmates housed at Donaldson Correctional Facility used telephone scams called “skits” to trick Home Depot employees into activating pre-paid gift cards
The inmates, ages 14 and 15, fled after they overpowered and took a Jenkins County deputy’s 45-automatic handgun and knocked him unconscious with it
The former CO created a digital token he called Blazar Token and marketed it to police, fire personnel, EMTs and other first responders with the promise that it would supplement their pension plan
Police tracked the inmate and his accomplice down about 36 hours after their escape, but the pair is also suspected in the killings of two men while they were on the run
Nakie Nunley pleaded guilty last year to four counts of sexual abuse of a ward and five lesser felonies of abusive sexual contact of five women
The two wanted men were captured following a brief pursuit; Idaho State Police said they are now investigating whether the pair had killed two people while on the run
The CO’s sentence was the longest against six former officers sentenced in connection with an assault on an inmate at the Eastern Kentucky Correctional Complex
The inmate punched the sergeant, causing her fractures to her facial bones and detaching her retina in her right eye
After spending 568 days and 17 hours in jail, the man stole a Ford Crown Victoria corrections vehicle from the parking lot, Morgan County Sheriff’s Office said
After escaping by pepper-spraying a deputy and stealing a cruiser, the recaptured inmate also faces new charges, including attempting to smuggle cigarettes and a lighter into jail
The former Staton Correctional Facility sergeant was convicted by a jury of deprivation of rights under color of law, falsification of records and obstruction of justice
The CO was charged after he tried to pass off his husky as a “drug-sniffing dog” and used it to harass people at his apartment complex, authorities said
When the suspect was questioned, he told the officers that he stole the truck only because he had just gotten out of prison and needed a means of transportation home
The court’s opinion cited developmental differences between adults and children and their differing capacities for rehabilitation
The jury voted 11-1 in favor of the death penalty after convicting the 24-year-old man in the death of Mobile Police Officer Sean Tuder
The judge also ordered Charles Ryan to pay $8,500 to cover the Tempe Police Department’s costs in conducting the investigation of the encounter and designated the offense as a felony
The inmate used contraband cell phones to overseeing a drug dealing operation in 2020 while incarcerated in Atlantic County and Georgia