Illegal Immigrants Who Return after Deportation Commit More Crimes, Study Finds
from the Los Angeles Times
Illegal immigrants who have been deported at least once from the United States are far more likely than other immigrants to repeatedly commit crimes, according to a study by the nonprofit Rand Corp. The data indicated that illegal immigrants, overall, were not a greater crime risk, according to the study, which looked at all inmates released from Los Angeles County Jail for a month in 2002.But among those who previously had been deported, reentered the U.S. and were arrested and released from jail, nearly 75 percent went on to commit another crime within a year. More

Officers are Told to Cover up Tattoos
from The Associated Press via the El Paso Times
There will be a police cover-up in Corpus Christi beginning Nov. 1 -- cover-up of officers' tattoos. The department is implementing a new policy to require officers to cover their tattoos while on duty. Capt. Todd Green said the agency's rules manual didn't include guidance on tattoos and more people have them than 15 years ago. More

FBI Releases 2007 Statistics on Law Enforcement Officers Killed and Assaulted
from the Federal Bureau of Investigation
The FBI reported last week that 57 law enforcement officers were feloniously killed in the line of duty last year; 83 officers died in accidents while performing their official duties; and 59,201 officers suffered assaults while on duty. The 2007 edition of "Law Enforcement Officers Killed and Assaulted" provides comprehensive tabular data about these incidents and brief narratives describing the fatal felonious attacks. More

'Move Over Law' Sought after Trooper Struck
from the Boston Globe
State Trooper Dana Cresta had no time to run. As he stood in the breakdown lane of the Massachusetts Turnpike, investigating a car crash early yesterday, a fast-moving 2008 Nissan Maxima careened into him. The impact sent Cresta through the Nissan's windshield. The accident was a prime example of the dangers troopers face when they pull over to investigate crashes or make traffic stops. Now, some legislators have renewed calls for a state law that would require highway drivers to move out of the right lane when emergency vehicle lights are flashing. More

Law Enforcement to Pay Fee for Off-duty Use of Cars
from the Atlanta Journal Constitution
Alpharetta, Ga., is requiring its police officers to pony up for use of equipment and fuel during off-duty jobs. At least one officer has argued it amounts to a new tax on law enforcement. As of Saturday, police officers with take-home patrol cars will be required to remit 10 percent of their pay from "extra-duty jobs," said James Drinkard, assistant city administrator. The cities of Suwanee, Ga., and Holly Springs, Ga., assess similar fees, and Gwinnett and Cherokee counties are considering them, according to an internal Alpharetta police memo. More

California Correctional Facilities to Gain Efficiency Retrofits, Solar Power
from FM Link
The California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation (CDCR) has announced an ambitious retrofit, conservation, and solar energy plan in response to Governor Schwarzenegger's Green Initiative Executive Order. The Wasco State Prison is one of six prisons slated to be a site for new solar power fields, which will each produce more than one megawatt of pollution-free electricity per year. More

Video: Overcrowded Jail Releases 'Non-violent' Offenders
from WCNC-TV
Jail overcrowding is such a problem in Stanly County, N.C., that a judge has issued an extraordinary order. Unless the crime is violent, anyone arrested now in the county is going to be able to stay out of jail until trial. More

South Carolina Prisons Take on Feds over Jamming Phone Signals
from The Associated Press via US News and World Report
South Carolina might already have started jamming cell phone signals in prisons to prevent convicts from committing further crimes, if it weren't for one significant problem with the plan: It's against the law. The struggle to stop cell phone use in prisons - where some experts say the devices have become a new form of cash - has states trying old-fashioned cell searches, sophisticated body scanners, even dogs trained to sniff out batteries and memory chips. More

Monroe, Wash., Sex Offender Program has 93 Percent Success
from the Tri-City Herald
The sex offender said he found freedom behind bars. The 22-year-old, who said he was doing time after being convicted of breaking into a home and molesting a young girl, said he's been transformed. He's owned up to what he did, and said he's learned how to identify and control the deviant feelings that might lead him to re-offend. More

New Program Aims to Help Morgan County Inmates Learn Life Skills
from WATE-TV
Each year in Tennessee, about 6,000 inmates are released into communities and around 3,600 of them will be back in prison within three years. However, a new program by FOCUS Group Prison Ministries in the Morgan County Correctional Complex is working to reduce that number. More