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.
Officials say she was told how to get out of the building but she got lost and ended up in a stairwell where all the doors were locked
The inmate filed a $5 million lawsuit accusing authorities of refusing to treat his painful erection that lasted four days
The inmate said he was allergic to onions and was placed on a special diet that excluded them
A Texas jury that convicted a Houston woman of fatally stabbing her boyfriend with the 5 1/2 -inch stiletto heel of her shoe is set to hear more testimony before deciding on a sentence
From the day of his 1989 arrest in a deadly New York City shooting, Jonathan Fleming said he had been more than 1,000 miles away, on a vacation at Disney World
Christopher Maddocks, 25, pleaded no contest to a second-degree felony arson charge in February in exchange for a sentence of no more than 10 years in prison
A Missouri man has been ordered to spend four years and four months in federal prison for robbing a southern Illinois bank while clad in a wig, polka dot dress and sunglasses
Already serving a 40-year sentence for killing an ex-girlfriend
Kurtis Michael Kresal, 23, is in jail on a parole violation and a misdemeanor charge of theft
Authorities say a Georgia teen is under arrest and accused of spending about $25,000 that a bank accidentally deposited into his account
22-year-old woman was on probation for drunken driving, social media post gets her in trouble
Suspect also attended church with victim
Rhode Island State Police has been asked to investigate allegations of potential criminal activity by key correctional officials
TV’s Judge Joe Brown was jailed on a contempt of court charge issued by a Tennessee juvenile judge Monday
Convicted murderer Christian Longo offered his organ to local man Kevin Gray, who has been panhandling for a new lease on life
Police have arrested a man accused of sucking on a woman’s toes at a Wal-Mart after convincing her that he was a podiatry student
A convicted child molester is accused of sending a threatening letter to President Barack Obama — albeit to the wrong address
After the video surfaced online, SCDC increased security at its facilities this week
Man accused of killing his parents and then throwing a party with their bodies still inside their house was ordered to life in prison without the possibility of parole
Assistant Director asked CO who calls herself psychic to perform readings while he was still on duty
Life extension technologies could lead to an eternal life; what would a life sentence be like then?
Minnesota’s FCI Waseca is getting a beauty salon with all the fixings, all on the government’s tab
Crawled through holes in the wall and used bricks to threaten CO
Jailed in Ohio on child endangering charges because police say they overdosed on heroin in a McDonald’s play area
Sheriff: “He sucker punched one of our corrections officers”
‘Right now, to feed my family — I’d do it again,’ Ross says during episode of ‘RapFix Live’
Pretended to represent inmate, then tried to goad her into sex acts
Nixing a 38-year-old section of city code that states “no person shall willfully annoy another person.”
Rodney Glenn Lee was arrested on complaints of burglary and assault and battery
Deputies said owner decided to not pursue charge because of media attention that Kayla Michelle Finley’s arrest received
19-year-old in court on underage drinking charge
Inmate Jamie Cruz, who’s currently serving time for a burglary conviction, is trying to back up his claim with a lawsuit
A man just released from prison has been arrested again, this time on charges of carjacking a woman and crashing the vehicle into a house
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- Inmate made, served salad seasoned with genitalia rub, spit, deputies say
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- Teenager arrested for Facebook post beaten up in prison
- Man handed 3-year prison sentence for skipping out on bill