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.
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
Officials say in both cases, the couples from Florida and Nebraska communicated with the women while in jail and after their release
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
Prisons come in all shapes and sizes, but have you ever seen one that floats?
From 11 a.m. to 2 p.m., participants were thrown into the mock jail to raise bail in the form of donations by calling friends and family
Two lawsuits filed by a Missouri prison inmate who claimed that he was forced to swap food and sex for toothbrushes and toothpaste were settled for $4,000
Farad Polk says he spent more than 30 hours trapped in the Cook County Jail, and for the first time, he described the anguish of being locked up.
An inmate who was released early this month has found himself back behind bars after authorities caught him with jail property
Tyler Malmstrom apologized for the escape, explaining that it was “something he had to do”
Was trapped in an unoccupied room where people visit supermaximum-security prisoners
A couple in China have found themselves behind bars for selling both of their sons in order to support their gaming habit
A Racine County Jail inmate has been ordered to take a psychological evaluation after attacking jail staff to the point of needing to be TASERed
A man spent 31 hours in an empty maximum security visiting area until he broke a sprinkler head alerting firefighters
Authorities say a New Mexico inmate has been captured after he escaped from jail by hiding in a laundry basket
Became belligerent and attacked two COs, striking them in the head
Jason McClurg was with nine other inmates outside the Shannon County jail on Friday night when he broke free
John Kirwan told them he was on probation and wanted to go back to jail
A federal judge has overturned the conviction of a former New York City police officer accused of plotting to kidnap, kill and eat young women
Even inmates have to worry about identity theft
Will get vasectomy to have prison term reduced by five years
An inmate at the Otter Tail County Jail allegedly choked another inmate over a disagreement involving ramen noodles
Assaulted girlfriend, then asked her to lie so that charges would be dropped
Claimed that he had not done it because he was “not a fool”
What’s the weirdest attempted inmate escape that you’ve ever encountered?
Inmates were sent indoors when a hot air balloon landed in the parking lot of an Oregon women’s prison, but it wasn’t an escape attempt
Attracted more than 33,000 “likes” and drawing comments praising his high cheek bones, chiseled face and striking blue eyes
A central Florida man who weighs about 450 pounds faces multiple charges after sheriff’s deputies say he hid cocaine and 23 grams of marijuana under his “stomach fat”
62-year-old Rick Fancher of Big Sky was arrested early Friday and charged with his third DUI
This is the fourth time Edward Tobergta has been arrested for such an offense
A Florida judge is accused of punching a veteran public defender after a heated moment in the court room
New details of an assassination attempt of Charles Manson in 1984 are now coming to light following the retirement of a corrections officer