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.
More than 1,000 inmates in Rio Cosumnes Correctional Center were evacuated after a 2023 “atmospheric river storm” in Sacramento caused levees to breach
The sheriff said the Woodbury County Sheriff’s Office has spent over a year preparing for the move, with staff working overtime, taking on extra duties and adjusting their hours
After 2,000 inmates were relocated, Viapath increased networking capabilities in these new housing areas to ensure continued access to communications services
Casimiro M. Pomales served 22 years as an officer at the Eastern Correctional Facility in Napanoch, New York
Gov. Brown proposes to send thousands of low-risk convicts, and all youth offenders, to county lockups to relieve overcrowding in state facilities.
Coalition writes to Gov.-elect Deal, cites beatings.
Since his release in July, Michael Anthony Green has worked for his attorney as a volunteer, reading letters from inmates, looking for others who might be wrongfully imprisoned
Abuse of inmates at Abu Ghraib prison in Iraq and complaints of detainee torture will be one focus of the study
Under Australia’s Extradition Act, a person cannot be deported to face prosecution on a capital charge unless there is an assurance the death penalty will not be imposed
ssful U.S. prosecution could set a precedent for bringing other international crime kingpin suspects to trial
What do libraries and museums have that prisons and bars don’t?
Officials attribute the high overtime costs to several factors, including steady growth in the prison population
Local law enforcement agencies entering into agreement with Immigration and Customs Enforcement
Bill also passed to stop Obama from buying a prison to house the detainees
State still moving forward with plan to sell Thomson Correctional Facility to feds
Emergency escape hood guards against a number of smoke, gas, chemical threats
Governor helped smuggle cocaine through Cancun to the U.S.
Eight inmates have been confined alone in small cells for refusing to comply with jail hair policies
Van “cloned” to look like either a tour van or a security van, authorities say
In Ohio, as in other states, holding of federal prisoners is financially stabilizing county facilities
Ray Edward Brookins was convicted of improper sexual activity with a teen inmate
Captured without incident after 2 days
Manhunt underway for Derek A. Capozzi
1,633 sent out of state already with 467 left to be sent by the end of the month
Maj. Nidal Hasan will be kept in isolation at the Bell County Jail
Data tracking system now offered with less lethal device
Discussions focusing on individual cases
Transfer leaves 183 left in Guantanamo
No indication that Gitmo. prisoners won’t be sent there in letter
By expanding space, prison will cut costs by not shipping out the juveniles
Hasan will be housed in a cell at the Bell County Jail medical unit
