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.
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
Darrell Wayne Smith, who worked at the Federal Correctional Institution in Dublin, is the sixth employee at the prison charged with abusing inmates
After she was taken into custody, deputies discovered marijuana-laced cigarettes, a cell phone and a phone charger on her person
Ronald Herron was convicted in June of murder, racketeering, robbery and other charges
Jeffrey L. Williams, 20, is accused of shooting and wounding the officers on March 12
Judge and a prosecutor called 54-year-old Dwayne Wilson “the worst of the worst”
ACLU, others will argue that Miss. DOC fails to protect prisoners at the privately run Walnut Grove Correctional Facility
Massachusetts man has been sentenced to two and a half years in prison for making several false emergency calls to Connecticut dispatchers
Somerset County Judge D. Gregory Geary told 32-year-old Owen Fazenbaker III that he’d spend a week in jail if he didn’t pay the fine
A Lincoln man has been sentenced to 15 to 23 years in prison for assaulting another man, stealing his car then running the man over as he drove away
Authorities say an intoxicated man arrived by taxi to rob a Tallahassee, Florida, bank
Advocates say the attack shows the need for a fetal homicide law
Hugo Selenski has been imprisoned since June 2003, when authorities found at least five sets of human remains on his property
The transient woman, Kelly Harnett, and a male co-defendant jumped the 32-year-old victim in an Astoria Park
Mitchelle Blair, 35, was arrested Tuesday after court officers serving an eviction notice at her home opened the freezer and found the bodies of her children
Earned an additional two years for hitting CO during scuffle with other inmates
Maine man who’d been wanted by police for several weeks made a couple of critical mistakes that led to his capture
Pa. man who skipped out on jury duty 11 times in the last two years arrested inside a courthouse while seeking relief from a child support ruling
Supporters believe such a registry would help the public be aware of who they live with, while critics say it would only push ex-convicts to reoffend
58-year-old Eldridge Dukes and his son were fighting Sunday morning about the lack of orange juice
Supreme Court is adding a new case to decide whether its 3-year-old ruling throwing out mandatory life in prison without parole for juveniles should apply to older cases
Deasia Watkins was charged with aggravated murder after her daughter was found decapitated Monday
Martin Vasquez, 47, was arrested and charged with rape of a child and indecent liberties with a child
A probationer was arrested for leaving 24 death threats on his community correction officer’s voicemail
People busted in Connecticut for possessing small amounts of marijuana have the right to get their convictions erased because the state decriminalized misdemeanor possession of pot in 2011
Dameyion Kennedy, who was convicted in 2012 of trying to kill a San Bernardino County deputy, was sentenced to 120 years to life in state prison
A jury in Scioto County deliberated for nearly six hours before convicting the 53-year-old woman
Police say a Pennsylvania man dropped to the ground and rolled around in dog waste to avoid being arrested for public drunkenness, but he was taken into custody anyway
Carlos Avalos received an additional 5 years and 10 months on top of the 10 years he was already serving after stabbing a counselor with a contraband weapon
Sheriff Tom Dart is looking to speed up a justice system that takes too much time to process those who are accused of petty crime
Police have arrested a former husband as an arson suspect after a burning house was found with “My wife is a cheater” spray-painted in at least two places on the outside
Said in court on that she simply was trying to record violations occurring at a day care center when she filmed three toddlers attacking a fourth child there