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Newsby Staff WriterJanuary 29, 2009

Arpaio's Plan to Transport Inmates on Light Rail Concerns Phoenix

Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio's new system for hauling prisoners on Metro light rail isn't being met with universal praise. Arpaio spun the plan as a cost-saving measure and calls it "con rail."

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Newsby Staff WriterJanuary 10, 2009

Missouri Inmates to Get Cold-Case Playing Cards

In Missouri, the cards feature details about unsolved murders, missing persons and fugitives. Missouri State Patrol Sgt. Jason Clark said his agency had enough cold cases to fill several 52-card decks. So they had to be selective. The Brooks case has frustrated authorities because the young girl is believed to be dead and her body has never been found, despite promising suspects over the years.

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Newsby Staff WriterDecember 4, 2008

Washington Man Faces Third Strike Sentencing for Killing K-9

Sentencing for a Brush Prairie man who got his “third strike” for killing police tracking dog Dakota has been set over to Dec. 12.

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Newsby Staff WriterDecember 3, 2008

North Carolina Toughens Gang, Hate Crime Laws

Adults and young people involved in gang activity as well as people who burn crosses or sexually assault children now face tougher punishments as 25 new laws took effect Monday in North Carolina.

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Newsby Staff WriterDecember 2, 2008

Pa. Governor Rendell Lifts Parole Ban for Violent Inmates

Gov. Rendell lifted a two-month moratorium on paroling violent offenders yesterday after a consultant's report indicated that the state's procedures for releasing inmates were largely sound and safe.

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Newsby Staff WriterNovember 27, 2008

Surrendering Fugitives Overwhelm Camden, N.J., Authorities

During the four days of the program at Antioch Baptist Church, law enforcement agencies processed 2,245 people.

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Newsby Staff WriterNovember 26, 2008

Texas Prison Officials Plan Cell Phone Jamming Test

Buoyed by the successful test of cell-phone jamming technology Friday in a South Carolina prison, Texas officials confirmed Tuesday that they are working on a similar demonstration in the Lone Star State.

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Newsby Staff WriterNovember 24, 2008

BOP Senior Officer Specialist Melissa Foy Named NLEOMF Officer of the Month

The National Law Enforcement Officers Memorial Fund (NLEOMF) has announced the selection of Senior Officer Specialist Melissa Foy of the Federal Bureau of Prisons (BOP) as its Officer of the Month for October 2008 for saving a colleague who was being stabbed by an inmate.

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Newsby Staff WriterAugust 29, 2008

Fourth New Mexico Jail Escapee Captured, Four Still at Large

Victor Sotelo, the fourth escapee to be captured from Sunday's jailbreak in Clovis, N.M., was apprehended late Thursday night in Albuquerque. "We're four down, four to go," Curry County Undersheriff Wesley Waller said Friday morning. "We're optimistic."

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Newsby Staff WriterAugust 27, 2008

Federal Corrections Officer Murdered in California Prison

Jose Rivera survived two tours of duty in Iraq, but his job as a corrections officer at a high-security federal prison in California cost him his life.

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