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.
ICE
Blocking corrections officers from transporting immigrants to ICE detention centers is a “sanctuary” policy, Attorney General James Uthmeier said
Officer Francisco Paul Flattes served with the Cherokee County Sheriff’s Office for four years; he leaves behind his wife, who also works for the county detention center
After being left unattended for nearly two hours, one inmate was able to break a window in the van and unlock the doors, allowing all seven to get out and call for help on an intercom
The inmate was found unresponsive in his cell Friday night. Investigators believe his cellmate killed him
With adequate funds for staffing and security, there are few attacks on correctional officers and little to zero use of solitary confinement in German prisons
The inmate was in a wheelchair inside the ambulance when he became violent and grabbed the deputy’s weapon
The deputy “was in a private ambulance transporting a prisoner” when the shooting occurred
The collision occurred when a pickup truck driver ran a red light and T-boned the van
The U.S. Bureau of Prisons online inmate log lists the 89-year-old Bulger as an inmate at the Oklahoma City Federal Transfer Center
The new Northumberland County Prison began taking inmates Tuesday night
Several prisons in the storm’s path are evacuating to safer facilities
Nearly 160 Northumberland County inmates will move to a new facility about six miles away
Tywon Salters overpowered a corrections officer, took his gun and held the nurses hostage
Tony Krueger, 20, escaped in a transport vehicle and led officers on a six-hour manhunt Wednesday
Officials say Brandon Viator, 46, removed leg shackles during transport, drove away with mother
Authorities say man escaped custody during transport and stole a police vehicle
No law enforcement officials were injured
Sheriff’s officials said the inmate slipped out of his handcuffs, shattered the passenger-side window and climbed atop the patrol car
The move comes after the deadly April 15 riot at Lee Correctional Institution that killed seven inmates
Antoine Fielder is charged in the shooting deaths of Deputies Patrick Rohrer and Theresa King who were transporting him between a courthouse and jail
Friends and family members spoke about the ultimate sacrifices made by Deputies Theresa King and Patrick Rohrer
Police Chief Terry Zeigler confirmed that Antoine Fielder is the inmate suspected of fatally shooting the deputies
Deputies Theresa King and Patrick Rohrer were killed by an inmate as they were preparing to leave a courthouse
The inmate, whose name hasn’t been released, shot deputies Theresa King and Patrick Rohrer on Friday in a gated area behind the county courthouse
Authorities say the officers were overcome by an inmate while driving a transport vehicle near a courthouse
Ricky Dubose and Donnie Rowe are facing the death penalty in the murder of two COs as they escaped a prison bus
The state will also load inmates into vans based on three levels of risk and will transport inmates alone who represent “an extraordinary safety risk”
Officials are moving 1,000 detainees, including asylum seekers, to a medium-security federal prison building
About 69 percent of arrests during the first 135 days of the Trump administration were transfers from criminal custody
The lawsuit alleges Prisoner Transportation Services prioritizes “transporting as many detainees, with as few stops for rest or care, as possible.”
Two COs and eight inmates were killed when a state prison bus and freight train collided on Jan. 14, 2015
The commonwealth is considering offloading some 3,200 inmates, apparently to privately run lockups across the water
An FBI agent testified that he thinks a man may have sexually assaulted 100 or more female inmates while transporting them between lockups around the country
