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.
The Hennepin County Adult Detention Center is the state’s busiest jail with 90% of inmates facing felony charges; the facility is short 47 workers out of an authorized 247 staff
The Minnesota Department of Corrections mandate said the Hennepin County jail doesn’t have enough staff on duty and that it isn’t checking on inmates as often as it should
Corrections leaders praise the Stun-Cuff Dual Cuff Model as a critical tool for maintaining control over uncooperative inmates, offering a safe and effective alternative to traditional shackling
Inmate left the van to buy drugs but never returned
“He had used multiple reasonable means short of deadly force to prevent Trevino’s escape prior to using deadly force”
A minor fender bender caused 80 inmates to miss their court dates on Friday
A program employing former Northumberland County Prison correctional officers in positions transporting prisoners will conclude April 1
Another vehicle slowed in front of the transport van, causing the van to slow; inmates then jumped out the back
About 1,900 other inmates still need to be moved, should be completed by the end of the week
About 300 of the 2,800 inmates were moved Sunday from the Willacy County Correctional Center to other federal facilities
The Mac’s Prisoner Transport Lift allows officers to lift high risk offenders strapped into a restraint chair into the vehicle
“I think it’s a miracle that I’m sitting here,” Jason Self said
Brent James Taff was being extradited from Utah to Oklahoma when he assaulted one of his escort deputies
CO was driving van with five prisoner work crew when the brakes suddenly failed
Confusion may have been related to the winter storm that dropped several inches of snow
National Transportation Safety Board report states that a 225-foot section of metal guardrail was damaged in an accident the day before
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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
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