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Prisoner Transport

The Prisoner Transport topic area gives COs the training and tools they need to safely complete the unique mission of transporting an inmate from one facility to another. The task can be one of the most dangerous periods of time for the officers charged with that duty, as subjects often see the ride as their last, best chance for escape.

After escaping by pepper-spraying a deputy and stealing a cruiser, the recaptured inmate also faces new charges, including attempting to smuggle cigarettes and a lighter into jail
Investigators are still trying to determine how the suspect obtained pepper spray; the deputy was in possession of her department-issued pepper spray, stun gun and service weapon after the escape
Deputy Charles Rivette was killed and another deputy was seriously injured; Deputy Rivette was an 18-year veteran of the Montgomery County Sheriff’s Office
Sheriff Michael Moore is advocating for a temporary solution due to his deputies spending up to 15 hours traveling as far as Tennessee to transport juvenile inmates from housing facilities to court
The inmate was originally at the Rutherford Correctional Facility but was transferred to the Marion Correctional Institution to be a work release inmate, deputies said
The inmate fled the hospital; police tracked him to a nearby home where he was found deceased
The lawsuit alleges that juvenile detainees had their civil rights infringed upon at the Adair County facility and that the center failed to properly train staff
The Lake County Sheriff’s Office corrections division is down nearly 40% of its normal staffing levels due to vacancies, family and medical leave and other absences
The detainee blamed in the crash, a homicide suspect, got into the bus’s driver seat after a CO left the bus unattended outside the courthouse, the DOC said
The agreement said if space becomes needed at the Youth Detention Center for a Baltimore City minor, staff from the Towson adult jail will pick up the Baltimore County detainee housed there within hours and bring the minor back to Towson
The inmate grabbed a CO’s holster after attacking him; another CO quickly grabbed her gun and ordered the inmate to drop the weapon
Lack of post-release transport in county’s inmate transfer policy raises concerns
Two prisoner transport vehicles and a civilian vehicle crashed in Pompano Beach
Officer Robert Clark, 42, was escorting two prisoners at Smith State Prison when the inmate assaulted him from behind with a homemade weapon
The Franklin County Regional Jail inmate died after she jumped out of the transport vehicle’s window, police said
All off-site medical transports will require two Marion County deputies and murder suspects will wear red clothing to indicate their potential danger
The Pickens County Sheriff’s Office requested a price increase from $45 to $55 per head/per day to offset higher staffing and maintenance costs
McLean County jail inmates are being transferred as a result of inadequate staffing
It’s crucial that correctional staff can pinpoint potential triggers for suicidal behavior either during or following court proceedings
The average Lancaster County Jail population for this year’s first quarter was 642, compared with 565 during the same three month timeframe last year
A Sacramento County Sheriff’s Office spokesman said there were no “visible or obvious” injuries but complaints of pain
Holmes had originally been ordered to begin her prison sentence on April 27, but won a reprieve that gave her more time with her children
Joran van der Sloot, the suspect in the teen’s disappearance, will be extradited to the U.S. to face charges he extorted thousands from Holloway’s mother
The man suspected in the 2005 disappearance of the Ala. teen in Aruba is currently serving a 28-year prison sentence in Peru for a 2010 murder
Worn by an inmate in contact with their body and hidden under their clothing, a stun device can be activated remotely by a trained transport officer to quickly stop an escape or violence
Robert Sylvester Kelly was transferred from the Metropolitan Correctional Center Chicago to the federal correctional institution in Butner, N.C.