Weird News
The Weird News topic gives corrections officers a place to get articles covering the bizarre, including strange crimes, wacky courtroom appearances, and oddball encounters COs have on a daily basis. The job is deadly serious, but there are dozens of moments in corrections that leave officers shaking their heads and laughing as they make their rounds.
“It’s a proven fact that I will not tolerate foolishness,” Sheriff Burnis Wilkins said
The victim was rescued after she flagged down a detention officer in the jail parking lot
In addition to garnering major attention, the post has already led to some credible leads, the sheriff said
Official says he violated the terms of his parole
She faces up to 20 years in prison on each count
Inmate is at the maximum security federal prison in Florence, Colorado, after pleading guilty in 2013 to unlawfully transporting a firearm
‘Philly Jesus’ blocked off an aisle at an Apple store and refused to leave
CO was drafted to play professional baseball, leaving behind his career in corrections
Officials lacked sufficient evidence to make the arrest in 2002, but have now gathered new evidence
Ex-convict beat Obama in 10 W. Va. counties during the 2012 primary
A jury has recommended the death penalty for Daniel Wozniak
The inmate said he posted the photos to boost his morale and let his friends and family know he was doing well
People leave prison without access to healthcare they’re entitled to, jeopardizing their own health and the public’s
The inmate bought a bottle of whiskey, two bottles of vodka, 15 packs of cigarettes, a lighter, rolling papers and three packs of gum
The food banks association has a public-private partnership with the prison system
The issue of prison employee retention and a shortage of mental health specialists within the prison is a concern for officials
Man charged with felonious assault and robbery after the victim died from a testicular infection
Officials said man claimed he bought the jumpsuit off of someone on the street
Authorities are still searching for inmate’s head
Former actor undergoing treatment and care for schizophrenia
Courts rejected arguments that inmate was mentally ill and should be exempt from the death penalty
The inmate developed a severe infection on his forearm after receiving a tattoo from another inmate
Authorities say a police dog detected drugs but police did not find any in the minivan
Silica gel packets, which soak up moisture, aren’t poisonous
One image showed the gun’s magazine and bullets
Man who posed as an officer fooled other officers into letting him drive squad car and assist an arrest
State police say a 78-year-old nun was caught shoplifting $23 worth of coffee, snacks and toiletries
Corrections officer who was serving a sentence for attempting to sexually assault inmates died just one week into his sentence
A felon offered a musical apology before being sentenced to up to 17 years in prison
After 19 years in prison, Darryl Hunt was exonerated in February 2004
State records list him as a corrections officer I in 2014
The comedian was found ‘lying on the ground with his hands behind his back ready to go to jail’
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