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.
One inmate was in critical condition
The deception was not discovered until June 4, just as the man was about to be released on parole
Authorities say a prison food employee who was smitten with an Indiana inmate smuggled a wedding ring behind bars
Woman who used her granddaughter to steal a donation jar from a store will spend some time behind bars
Man allegedly robbed a bank and then tried to get away on a light-rail train
Said that putting him on a diet free of animal products might help “diminish [his] bloodlust”
Middle-of-the-night attempt to escape ended with a retreat through ductwork and surrendering so fellow inmates could get some sleep
Asking for judge to force New Mexico DOC to let him worship Satan more freely and wants $140,000 in damages
Deputies found 5-month-old child in vehicle’s trunk, lying on hedge clippers
Woman sentenced to two years for tattooing a smiley face and derogatory word on the face of a 12-year-old girl
An inmate at Logan Correctional Center must pay almost $20,000 toward the the cost of his time behind bars from a financial settlement he received in a lawsuit
“Do what you gotta do. I pretty much dare you to give me the death sentence because I’m innocent.”
Contraband included four cell phones, four ounces of marijuana, tobacco and cigarettes
A man is spending some time behind bars after he went a little overboard trying to get his ex-girlfriend to thank him for work he’d done on their apartment
A 14-year-old boy who refused to leave bed and attend school was arrested
Comments from the prosecution led an appeal panel to overturn a murder conviction
Nekoase Antwan Vinson and Henry Ison Rouse retrieved drugs and other contraband from Emma Mae Faulk’s coffin, believed left in the coffin by other relatives
An inmate is facing new charges after he beat another inmate with a broomstick, allegedly as part of a bet for a cookie
Deputy is accused of spraying pepper spray on a slice of Domino’s pizza and then offering that pizza to an inmate
A murder investigation is underway at the Jessamine County Detention Center after an inmate reportedly died following an incident involving methadone-soaked underwear
Officers called Wal-Mart staff, and they said the cart is worth more than $1,800 and that they would like to file charges against Michael Johnson
Robert Burt sported a bright orange shirt with an image of his previous mugshot for a new mugshot in August
A Texas woman allegedly stole a bottle of $3.99 wine to get arrested and see her jailed boyfriend
“I assaulted her,” he yelled. “Take me to jail!”
A woman already incarcerated for petty theft involving shoplifting is now facing charges of identity theft and grand theft after she used her cellmate’s debit card to pay for her own bail
The men have since been transferred to the prison’s maximum security prison
Harold Eugene Montague was sentenced Wednesday after pleading guilty but mentally ill in May to first-degree murder with a deadly weapon
Officials found a crashed drone in bushes outside Lee Correctional Institution in Bishopville along with 21 cell phones and tobacco products
The soon-to-be 28-year-old spent most of his life in prison where he knows people and feels more comfortable with the routine
A man arrested in connection with a shooting found himself facing contraband and battery charges after a weekend in the Vanderburgh County Jail
Nigel Sykes has filed a lawsuit against Seasons Pizza and the police officers who arrested him, claiming he was assaulted and injured at the time
Comedian John Oliver’s latest segment on his show “Last Week Tonight” focused on America’s broken prison system
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