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.
“Jailbreak: Love on the Run” charts Vicky White’s 17 years working as a Lauderdale County CO, with coworkers noting her behavior leading up to the escape was erratic
Similar to the diet of a common college freshman, inmate recipes are both unique and often disgusting
John Manard escaped in 2006 with the help of a woman who ran a dog rehabilitation program; A CO who recognized the woman did not thoroughly search the van at the time
A three-judge panel ruled the name change to “Better Off Dead” would be too confusing
The find was documented in a medical journal as the cause of a stone formation in the inmate’s nose
Keisha Houser received special permission to have her wedding in jail while she remained incarcerated
Andrew Pleviak allegedly showed a fake memorandum in an attempt to release an inmate
At the time of the search, state law permitted patients to smoke marijuana to relieve symptoms but did not cover butter or other edibles
It’s at least the fourth time in the last six months that a Cuyahoga County Jail inmate was released by mistake
Ken Richey has been accused of threatening two former judges who prosecuted his original case
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
Officials say in both cases, the couples from Florida and Nebraska communicated with the women while in jail and after their release
A female correctional officer found $6,233 along with “a clear plastic bag” of roughly 1 gram of methamphetamine in Ashley Rolland’s vagina
A Brazilian gang leader’s attempted jailbreak on Saturday had all the hallmarks of a thriller movie
Jurors on Tuesday recommended that Thomas Knuff be executed for fatally stabbing his former prison pen-pal and the man she lived with
In early June, with no warning, Amy Le, who started her career in the county in 1989, was ordered to hand over her badge
There were at least 12 “clogging” incidents, according to authorities
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
The woman was arrested not far from the prison
Reports say the inmate ‘did the procedure as a preventative’
The judge declared a mistrial, finding the man’s disturbance had affected the other potentials jurors
Work-release inmates helped pry open a door of the SUV for another inmate who unlocked the car with a coat hanger.
The comedian says he’s a political prisoner, lumping himself with civil disobedience icons MLK, Gandhi and Mandala
The inmate continuously made fake emergency calls and sent police to his mother’s home because she wouldn’t pay his bail
Officers found four stolen watches in the suspect’s vaginal cavity after arresting her on multiple charges
A comedy show in a prison might seem a bit far-fetched, but there’s a purpose, and it only starts with keeping up spirits
Officers removed three syringes from the man’s rectum during a search
A sheriff is turning himself in for a night in jail to learn more about prisoners’ complaints on living conditions
The officer tested above the DOC’s legal limit for morphine in 2016 after eating a poppy seed bagel before a drug test
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