This question was brought to mind by a news story. 15 years ago, a man was convicted for murder and sent to state prison here in CT. Recently, he sent threatening letters to a judge in an attempt to get another prisoner in trouble. (He had signed them in the other prisoner’s name). He is now charged with a number of offenses.
The news stories state that he was arrested at the Correctional Institution. This seems rather redundant to me. An arrest is usually the point at which a suspect is taken into the custody of the police. This person already is in state custody – he certainly isn’t going anywhere.
Am I correct that the “arrest” in this case is, in fact, just going to “Joe’s” cell and informing him of the charges? Anyone here familiar with this situation?
Sounds right to me. They probably just took the toilet paper out of his cell so he couldn’t bend the bars, roll the toilet paper out the window, slide down the roll and have an escape.
He is served with the arrest warrant, and scheduled for transport from prison to the jail for court appearance and arraignment. At arraignment, he is informed of the charges and given the opportunity to apply for a public defender. Then he’s taken back to the jail for transport back to prison.
But only if the evidence against him included 27 8" by 10" colored glossy pictures with circles and arrows and a paragraph on the back explaining what each one was…