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 latest release reduces the prison’s population to 15, the fewest since it opened in 2002
The change comes after an inmate knocked a corrections officer to the ground and fled while being transferred from a prison van to UNC Hospitals in Hillsborough
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
Correctional Deputy Jeremy Meyst died of injuries received when he was ejected from an inmate transportation van
Claims that neither CO nor nurse helped him when he slipped getting out of a transport van
Driver lost control of the vehicle and struck a concrete pillar
Inmate attempted to escape during transport, striking a CO and injuring three people total
Official: “I think we have a long way to go. When you have a (statewide) recidivism rate of 70 to 30, we know there’s a lot more to do”
Move will give prisoners access to rehab programs
Inmates will be moved while issues are dealt with
Chadrick Evan Fulks was taken from federal penitentiary to help with search for remains of 19-year-old Samantha Nicole Burns
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
Possible leadership change looms
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
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