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.
After 2,000 inmates were relocated, Viapath increased networking capabilities in these new housing areas to ensure continued access to communications services
In March, COs transported an inmate to a Boise hospital for treatment of self-inflicted injuries; Nicholas Umphenour ambushed the COs from behind, wounding two
Six prisons in Western N.C. were evacuated after Hurricane Helene damaged community water and electrical utility systems that serve the facilities
Pending transfer would be shelved if the Brown administration’s request this week to a special three-judge federal court for a three-year extension is granted
Police say inmate was armed with a butter knife
Officials last month became alarmed when reports surfaced that inmates were being guarded at hospitals by unarmed corrections officers
Ariel Castro was taken from the Lorain Correctional Institution and was transferred to the Correctional Reception Center
Inmate, at the jail on drug charges, was being transferred to the cell when he refused to enter it
Inmate elevator was installed in 1959 and had broken down before, but it was never out of commission this long
Somehow got loose even though he was still wearing his handcuffs
Girl was restrained by both a belly chain with handcuffs and hobbles on her feet, maneuvered out of window
Turned aside a plea from New Jersey’s public defenders to temporarily halt the jail’s closure
Omar Khadr, the last remaining Western detainee at Guantanamo, was repatriated to Canada last September to serve out the remaining six years of his sentence
Transfer of inmates to jails outside Bernalillo County is intended only as a temporary measure
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Is in secure housing where authorities can monitor him
Deputies were attempting to transport inmate for sentence hearing
Official: “Using interactive video conference technology will help us save money, operate more efficiently and improve security at the court”
One inmate used a radio in the vehicle to alert authorities of the accident
The Sheriff’s Department said the deputy is OK
Key state lawmakers don’t back proposal
“For reasons yet unknown, the offender was released by Illinois authorities without being held for return”
Highly unusual request was challenged by military and government prosecutors
Was still shackled when he slipped through a hole in a fence
The availability to reporters comes more than a year after the nonprofit John Howard Association issued a report about flooding, vermin, inoperable toilets, mold and more in the lockup
City and county officials have taken note and are working to find a way to move jail prisoners being released from custody, many of them homeless, who lack transportation options
No injuries were reported, though later all inmates complained of minor back, neck and shoulder pain
The move of the inmates was after business hours took under 3 hours
More inmates were added, too: 56 people were booked, 32 of them for looting during the city’s state of emergency
Their destination is the South Mississippi Correctional Facility in Greene County
There were no serious injuries
The inmate was being transported from Florida to Ohio by a private transport agency
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