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.
In the unit where one of the attacks took place, there is one officer for every 64 inmates and officers routinely work 16 hour shifts, the union said
Ameen Hurst and Nasir Grant escaped from the Philadelphia Industrial Correction Center on May 7 by cutting a hole in a fence
Smith was set to die in 2022, but survived after workers couldn’t start an intravenous line for the lethal injection drugs before the state’s execution warrant expired
The U.S. Marshals Service said in a news release that Austin was serving a 15-year sentence for armed robbery
Doctors performed more than 20 surgeries after Byas doused his wife, Angela, 35, with gasoline and set her on fire
He was convicted of helping to terrorize and assault an SUV driver and his family during a motorcycle rally in 2013
The suspect attempted to bite off his fingertips in order to make his fingerprints indiscernible
Two deputies and three inmates being transported from the jails in Chesapeake and Portsmouth suffered minor injuries
Another daughter of Warfel’s, a 5-month-old, died in 2013 in Cleveland
He is sentenced to more than three years in prison for attempting to buy threatened turtles captured in violation of state law
Cesar Mazza, 25, of Pittsburgh, was awaiting arraignment Wednesday on two counts of criminal homicide and a charge of kidnapping his 11-week-old son
Admitted to being naked in a public cemetery across from a parish and school just a year after completing a two year sentence for public nudity
William B. Wells, 24, is charged with murder in Monday’s fatal shooting of Kendrick Armond Brown
Palm Beach County Judge Marni Bryson sentenced Jarvis Jackson on Monday to four consecutive 25-year prison terms
The 52-year-old Republican was fingerprinted and photographed before being released on bond
35-year-old Esteban Castillo, of Paterson, faces up to 15 years in state prison when he’s sentenced Oct. 2
Officials from the American Civil Liberties Union and the Public Justice Center said their lawsuit will continue until detainees receive better health care and more humane treatment
Robert Davis Bever, 18, and Michael John Bever, 16, were each charged with five counts of first degree murder
15-year-old boy charged as an adult with raping and killing his 8-year-old neighbor in California is too young to understand what he is accused of doing, youth advocacy groups said
It’s unclear if any of those inmates will be required to return to prison to complete their sentences
James Spero, special agent in charge of the San Antonio Division, said Thursday that nearly two dozen people were charged last week with human smuggling
A television director with credits on “Law & Order” has been arrested in suburban New York on child pornography charges
Jessie M. Radice “was directed” by Kyle J. Whitenack to mail him the contraband
Twenty-five-year-old Ray Tensing appeared at his arraignment wearing a striped jail suit, with his hands cuffed behind him
Sixty-three-year-old Dr. Robert Neulander was sentenced Thursday in Onondaga County Court
Jury selection is scheduled for Sept. 23 for the trial of Christian Englander
A Palm Beach County judge sentenced 24-year-old Jason Scott Falbo II last week after he pleaded guilty to felony animal cruelty charges
John Oliver made the case for doing away with mandatory minimums that require fixed prison sentences for certain crimes
He faces up to a year in prison when he’s sentenced in October
The suspect will face the same counts as his 18-year-old brother, Robert Bever
A jury convicted Adam John Lilienthal, of Andover, of four counts of first-degree murder in the death of a 55-year-old man who was renting one of Lilienthal’s rooms
An Arizona prison inmate who sliced off the penis of a seriously mentally ill inmate before killing him has been sentenced to death
Kayla Mendoza wrote that she’d learned her lesson after just three months of incarceration and would like the ability to make amends; victim’s families were shocked and appalled by the request