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 funding request includes anti-drone systems, mail scanning technology and a dedicated transport team following the 2024 hospital attack on COs
The inmate damaged the van and even managed to stick his head out while it was driving on an interstate, but corrections officers quickly subdued him before he could escape
The Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department said it has multiple vehicles on standby if they are needed to transport Pitchess Detention Center inmates
The Sheriff’s Department said the deputy is OK
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“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
All people in crisis — whether mentally ill, under the influence of drugs and/or alcohol, or simply having a traumatic time in their lives — are potentially dangerous
Victim’s brother urged re-placement
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John Lennon’s killer has been transferred to another maximum security NY state prison
Remember that you are responsible for your safety and the prisoner’s safety
Under jail policy, inmates who enter into county jails and disclose they are gay are placed into protective custody and separated from the general jail population
Police: 16 inmates, 3 staffers on board
The prisoner, who was handcuffed and shackled, was able to escape from the rear cage portion of the transport vehicle
Polygamist sect leader was treated after becoming sick while fasting
Utah street preacher convicted of kidnapping and raping Elizabeth Smart is being moved to a federal prison nearly 8 1/2 years after he was arrested
Juana Villegas testified that her wrists and ankles were bound while she was in labor during an ambulance ride from the jail to the hospital.
Two prisoners were handcuffed in front of their bodies but were not shackled to objects or to other inmates
Inmate sued the Colorado Department of Corrections in, arguing the prison’s policy of restricting death row inmates to a small exercise cell a few times a week was unconstitutional
Researchers say it’s not the first time a study has found lower death rates among certain groups of inmates
The incidents led to a new department policy that Tasers could not be used on inmates who had been handcuffed or otherwise subdued
Corrections officers say allowing that kind of reading would create a hostile and chaotic environment
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