Corrections Duty Gear News & Articles

• More than 40 inmates involved in Wash. prison fight

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  Fight started between 2 inmates before erupting

• 12 Texas Mexican Mafia gang members sentenced

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  The gang is among the largest in the Texas prison system

• The danger in dealing with gang leaders

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  Why we should never negotiate with gang bosses

• NC inmate starts fire and cuts officer with shank

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  Shank was made of 2 toothbrushes and a razor

• 40-inmate fight breaks out at Ore. prison

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  Prison is on lockdown but there are no reported injuries

• After 27 years on the run, Va. escapee gets 5-year term

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  By Louis HansenThe Virginian-PilotCHESAPEAKE, Va. — A Circuit Court judge Thursday sentenced escaped convict Richard Boucher to five years in prison, ending a saga of silence and stealth that laste...

• Serial rapist in Ohio sentenced to 'die in prison'

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  David S. Hopper was known as the "blue-eyed rapist"

• Train the mind and the body will follow

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  Why incorporating mental preparedness into staff training is critical

• No officers witnessed Neb. inmate's allegedly violent death

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  Family members say Jesse Perrigo died from head trauma; an investigation is ongoing

• Video: Main prison in Haiti destroyed, over 3,000 escape

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  Prisoners also allegedly burned criminal records

• Video: Haitian warlords escape prison in earthquake

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  Gangs are now taking control of the streets

• Mich. inmate dies after allegedly stabbing 2 officers

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  Facility placed on lockdown following incident

• Ark. skinhead pleads guilty in plot to kill Obama

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  1 of 2 accused of plotting to assassinate Obama while dressed in white tuxedos

• Ark. prisoner transport escapee, Justin Welch, caught

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  By Dan O'Donnell AM620 WTMJ NewsradioSALLISAW, Okla. — The Sallisaw, Oklahoma Police Department confirmed Thursday that officers re-captured fugitive murder suspect Justin Patrick Welch a day after...

• Guard was asleep during violent Ark. prisoner van escape

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  Wis. murder suspect stabbed officer on bathroom break then stole van

• Man "wanted" to go to jail, just waited for cops

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  Left apologetic robbery note at store and just waited for police out front

• Elderly Pa. inmate accused of attacking hospital aids

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  The Tribune-ReviewSOMERSET, Pa. — An 83-year-old prison inmate at Laurel Highlands state correctional institution in Somerset County is accused of attacking two women Wednesday while a patient at S...

• Dozens back in prison after Ill. parole crackdown

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  Crackdown came in response to secret program that released 1,700 inmates weeks ahead of time

• UK fugitive who taunted police on Facebook caught

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  Craig "Lazie" Lynch was caught after nearly four months on the run

• Inmate slit officer's neck with homemade blade

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  By Stephanie Reitz Associated PressHARTFORD, Conn. — An inmate at the state's highest security prison slashed a guard's throat with a homemade blade during a routine security check, prompting a loc...

• How to Buy: Duty Gear

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  By The Staff of Corrections 1 Duty gear has come a long way since the Sam Brownes of generations past. Manufacturers have begun investing substantial time and money into improvements that more effe...

• Texas drug suspect licks meth off jail floor

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  A Texas man will spend 16 years behind bars for drug possession after he was caught on tape licking methamphetamine off the jail floor. The surveillance video, taken after a January 2008 traffic st...

• Mock Prison Riot Scenario: Cell Block Disturbance

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• Establishing gear protocol

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  With so many product options to choose from these days, it's easy to make the wrong purchase. How do you narrow it down to the right, quality stuff? First, a few facts about gear.Not all gear is cr...

• Conn. Sen. calling for protective Kevlar gloves for COs

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  From Connecticut Senator Kissel (Media Release)Would protect COs from making contact with bodily fluids during inmate extractions State Sen. John A. Kissel, R-Enfield, today said he is calling for ...

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