imprisonment and detention

Florida Everblades defenseman A.J. Thelen thought he was making a typical school appearance on Thursday at Gulf Elementary School in Cape Coral, but less than five minutes after he entered the building with teammate Dominic Osman and team intern Caity Kauffman, Thelen found himself involved in a school lockdown. After a student reported to school officials that he spotted a man with a gun in a student bathroom, a code red was signaled, and all students, teachers and guests were ushered into classrooms.

We were out waiting in the lobby when the principal came and asked us if we had used the bathroom   -A J Thelen

 

It is important for the public, not just law enforcement professionals, to gain insight into the thinking of those who commit heinous crimes. How often have we heard murderers described by friends, co-workers and neighbors as "normal" people? Learning what makes them different may - just may - provide some safeguards against them.  

For the first time since 1972, the number of state prisoners in the country has declined. Rhode Island saw the biggest decrease by percentage, at over nine percent. But, California's system shrunk the most by over 4,000 people.  

A pro-democracy activist from Myanmar who is a naturalized American citizen was released from prison a month after a court sentenced him to five years of hard labor, the United States Embassy in Yangon said Thursday. The American, Nyi Nyi Aung, had been in detention since September, when he was arrested soon after arriving at the country's main airport in Yangon. Mr. Nyi Nyi Aung, who has spent the better part of the past decade working with exile groups who campaign for democracy in military-run Myan

In one way, I’m really happy, but on the other side, all my friends and my family are still in prison. That’s my only message   -Nyi Nyi Aung

 

The Blair County Prison Board is investigating a state-run program that could help save the Sheriff's Department time and money when it comes to prisoner transportation. Sheriff Mitchell Cooper said Thursday that his deputies must drive inmates housed in state correctional facilities to and from Blair County many times each week. The trips require the use of a county sheriff's vehicle and normally involve two officers.  

The actions were announced Thursday by Donald W. DeVore, secretary of Maryland's Department of Juvenile Services. He would not name the affected employees but said two residential assistants were fired, a high-level administrator was demoted, and a supervisor and a program manager were suspended. The suspensions were for 10 days or less, officials said.  

On Thursday night, more than 11 years later, Paul Warner Powell, 31, was executed in Virginia's electric chair. He was declared dead at 9:09 p.m. The Jan. 29, 1999, murder of one sister and the rape and near-slaying of the other in Manassas were among the most notorious crimes in the region's recent history. Besides the savage attacks, the case was known for Powell's boastful jailhouse letter to Prince William County's chief prosecutor, which provided the crucial evidence that resulted in Thursday's exe

I need to know that he's gone, that we don't have to deal with this anymore   -Kristie Reed

 

Thursday, Raybon and probation and parole agents around the state got a dose of good news about their jobs. House lawmakers voted Thursday morning to restore $2 million to their agency's budget, ensuring probation and parole offices in every S.C. county will remain open and dozens of agents will keep their jobs. The agency, which conducts home visits and drug tests and supervises 32,000 S.C. sex offenders, murderers, burglars and other offenders out on parole and probation, had feared a massive budget

We're thankful to the Legislature. We're in way better shape than we were 24 hours ago   -Peter O'Boyle

 

The Obama administration still wants to buy a nearly vacant prison in northwestern Illinois even if it's not used to hold Guantanamo Bay detainees, a Justice Department official said Thursday. The plan was outlined in a letter to Republican Congressman Don Manzullo, who supports turning the state's Thomson Correctional Center into a federal prison but opposes holding detainees there. "The Department has made clear, however, that it would be seeking to purchase the facility in Thomson even if detainees

The Department has made clear, however, that it would be seeking to purchase the facility in Thomson even if detainees were not being considered for transfer there   -Ronald Weich

 

The Michigan Senate will begin holding hearings next week to investigate past state tax credits after a convicted embezzler out on parole snagged one for his business. State police arrested RASCO CEO Richard A. Short on Wednesday, a day after the 57-year-old shared the stage with Gov. Jennifer Granholm as she announced RASCO would get $9.1 million in tax credits for setting up its headquarters in Flint. He was to be charged Thursday or today with violating the conditions of his parole, state Correctio

We did find some additional things of concern to us when we searched his home yesterday. So there may be some additional charges that come from that   -Russ Marlan