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.
Potter was released from the Minnesota Correctional Facility-Shakopee and will be on supervised release until December
The officers pleaded no contest to a misdemeanor charge of willful neglect of duty and were sentenced to 100 hours of community service and fined $1,000
After an assault, Maryland corrections officials placed Chelsea Gilliam in solitary confinement for months, according to the lawsuit
Harold Eugene Montague was sentenced Wednesday after pleading guilty but mentally ill in May to first-degree murder with a deadly weapon
The FBI reports on its website that Jose Manuel Garcia Guevara surrendered to authorities in Mexico and returned to La.
The soon-to-be 28-year-old spent most of his life in prison where he knows people and feels more comfortable with the routine
Behind bars, Holloway converted to Islam, passed a high school equivalency exam and largely stayed out of trouble
Nebraska prison officials say the errors made in calculating sentences for hundreds of inmates will cost the state about $4 million over the next decade
Rondell Sanders is a free man after spending twenty years in prison for a murder he always maintained he did not commit
An inmate shaved some time off of consecutive sentences for theft, shoplifting, criminal mischief, and more by giving a heartfelt apology
More than 500 federal inmates sentenced in New Mexico for drug crimes could be released early over the next six years under changes approved Friday by the U.S. Sentencing Commission
The Obama administration recently encouraged nonviolent federal inmates — most of them drug offenders — to apply for early release
Tens of thousands of federal inmates serving time for drug crimes may be eligible for early release
A man who stole a woman’s vehicle after swiping her car keys from a Webb County Jail waiting room was arrested Tuesday
The stunning remarks by Wayne County Judge James Callahan came as he sentenced Latrez Cummings to six months in jail
Billy Vercher, a man convicted of aggravated robbery last year, was sentenced to four years in prison for assaulting two Tom Green County jailers
Brother and sister of a man who was captured after escaping jail July 1 appeared in court on charges they assisted him
SCOTUS: Hundreds of Michigan prisoners automatically sentenced to life behind bars for murder as teens aren’t entitled to a new day in court
An inmate has lost his appeal to have an additional two days of good-time credits per month added to his sentence
Derrick D. Brocks, 40, was sentenced by Washington County District Judge Richard Ilkka to 98 months in prison after he pleaded guilty to three charges
Nebraska mistakenly released hundreds of prison inmates over several years because corrections officials miscalculated their sentences
Will get vasectomy to have prison term reduced by five years
Offenders convicted of certain crimes charged after July 1 will be spared years in prison, or face no jail time at all
Deemed ineligible for the death penalty because of a mental disability
The jury that convicted Derrick Brantley, 22, decided against recommending the death penalty
Jose Montalban approached a seated officer and stabbed him three times with a six-inch sharpened plastic knife
Supreme Court may be deciding if you can go to jail for a violent or threatening social media post
A former paramedic who sexually assaulted an unconscious woman in an ambulance in Connecticut has been sentenced to 3.5 years in prison
Believed it was OK to not handcuff prisoners, but the double escape of the same man has them rethinking their policies
Without changes, court systems could become bogged down with unnecessary work
A Michigan inmate might not be released for years — or ever — despite winning an unprecedented case at the state Supreme Court that challenged a governor’s ability to alter his sentence then change her mind
ACLU of Ohio is urging the U.S. BOP to terminate its contract to house immigrant prisoners at a for-profit prison
Attorney General Eric Holder on Tuesday called for the proposal to be applied retroactively for certain prisoners