Prisoner Transport
The Prisoner Transport topic area gives COs the training and tools they need to safely complete the unique mission of transporting an inmate from one facility to another. The task can be one of the most dangerous periods of time for the officers charged with that duty, as subjects often see the ride as their last, best chance for escape.
Ramone Alston was captured on Aug. 16, more than 24 hours after escaping while he was being transported to a hospital
Ramone Alston, who has not been seen since Aug. 13, is serving a life sentence for the murder of a 14-month-old girl in 2015
The man has been on the run since Aug. 13, after he removed his leg restraints during a prison-van ride to a hospital for a medical appointment
Was transporting inmate to Livingston County Court in Geneseo when it crashed and overturned in northbound lanes
Rep. Senfronia Thompson, D-Houston, said she does not want to conduct a witch hunt or lay blame for the accident
Plans are in the works for a memorial ceremony to be held at the prison for officers Christopher Davis and Eligio Garcia
For the first time, four veteran correctional officers were used instead of local police or constables
Corrections officer Jason Self remains in critical condition Wednesday at University Medical Center in Lubbock
Four inmates who survived were taken to Medical Center Hospital, which bars relatives from visiting any inmate who comes to the hospital in Odessa for treatment
Eight prisoners and two long-time veteran prison department officers, including the driver, were killed
Deputies Frank Crosby and Robert Noonan pulled over during a transport after seeing a truck that had rolled over on the side of the road
The bus was carrying 12 prisoners and three corrections officers, traveling from Abilene to El Paso
Prisoner somehow had obtained a handcuff key and emerged unrestrained, head-butting a correctional officer
Two inmates and one of the staff members sustained moderate injuries
Rhonda Commodore, a provincial corrections officer, was thrown from a van during an inmate transfer Thursday morning
Officer countered with a story that the inmate battered him in an attempted escape
The unmarked state van transporting the prisoners was rear-ended by a tractor-trailer, seriously injuring one inmate and another suffered a broken hip
Deputy Tai Chan was being held without bond at the Dona Ana County Detention Center
Deputy is accused of shooting colleague who was fleeing from an alcohol-fueled argument
2015 Ford Transit Prisoner Transport vehicle can carry as many as 12 inmates in 3 separate compartments
DeKalb County is the only core Metro Atlanta County where officers still walk prisoners out in the open to their first court appearances
Second order of corrections transport buses the state has placed with Blue Bird
Some of the most dangerous prisoners have been removed from the privately-run Walnut Grove Correctional Facility following a July 10 riot
Sheriff encourages court officials to use it, but judges say it’s not as easy as it looks
12-seat van is split into three passenger compartments, allowing for many uses
A woman originally held at the Bay County Jail due to unpaid fines now faces a felony charge for trying to escape from authorities
Charged with driving on a suspended license
Said he had ingested C-4, causing hospital evacuation
The 60-year-old officer was only 17 days away from retirement
It is still unclear what caused the van to crash
Jesse Vega, 33, fled from the van by opening the rear door while the vehicle was stopped at a gas station
Hours after an arsonist set a squad on fire in a cop’s driveway, a drunk stole a jail van
