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 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
The woman was arrested not far from the prison
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
Says he struck roommate with fists, witness claims he used a cutting board
It was a VHS tape. Of a Jennifer Lopez movie.
Thomas McCall, a CO at the Foothills Correctional Institute in Morganton wanted to get to work Thursday morning
Former CO Leodagario Buan claims there was no misconduct or unlawful act
Served a lethal concoction of pills in a milkshake to his roommate
Man mugged two Texas women, sketch artist’s drawing was cartoony at best
He admitted forging prescription and tricking pregnant girlfriend, who lost 6-week-old fetus
Officers arrested suspect less than two hours after he shared a wanted photo of himself and taunted police for not being able to find him
Powder was initially identified as anthrax but later deemed not hazardous
Prompted court-ordered drug testing and an investigation into the jail
CO Leodegario Buan may have been caught on camera getting a foot massage by a maximum security inmate while in uniform and on duty, but he contends it was his former employer that acted inappropriately
Original sentence of 5 years was reduced as she is a first-time offender
After complaints from inmates, Christmas music goes from 24 hours to 4 hours a day
Looking to outsource laundry to save money
Inmates at a Kentucky Prison started facebooking, Instagraming and even tweeting from jail
Prison officials say they’re hoping to find the kittens homes among the staff
Prosecutors: “The defendant put the entire institution at risk”
Anthony Larsen was awaiting a cell when he pulled the full monty act and ran from cops
Caught 30 minutes after stealing a pair of shoes
Man by the name of Brad Davis suffocated the man with his own underwear and struck him in the head
Idaho man slapped a crying 19-month-old boy on a Delta flight in February
Developed painful infection in his scrotum during incarceration
Officials stated that prisoners are prohibited from giving massages to DOC staff
Nidal Hasan was held at the Bell County Jail for nearly 4 years before his August court-martial for the 2009 attack at the Army post
Husband of Kansas inmate with Iowa marriage certificate not fighting Corrections no-contact order
Corrections officers discovered Michael Bird was missing shortly before 11 a.m. Wednesday
East Tennessee man awaiting trial on a charge of second-degree murder now also faces a charge of assaulting an officer
Deputies arrested Assif Mayar on suspicion of felony possession of marijuana for sale and later asked prosecutors to charge him with animal abuse