American Samoa Department of Public Safety
The American Samoa Department of Public Safety, formerly the American Samoa Territorial Police, is the police
The Department of Public Safety was established in 1978 under Public Law 16-29. It brought together the police system, fire, Correctional Facility, and the Office of Motor Vehicle, which was responsible for the licensing and registration of vehicles.[1]
The police on the island carry the
Corrections
It is in charge of the Tafuna Correctional Facility (TCF),[3] the sole correctional facility in the territory.[4]
In 2008 former Tafuna warden Mika Kelemete, along with a prison guard at Tafuna, received a civil rights violation prison sentence from U.S. federal authorities.[5]
References
- ISBN 9781573062992.
- ^ "Armed American Samoa Police to Get Psychological Assessment Archived 2018-01-20 at the Wayback Machine"
- East-West Center. December 10, 2013. Retrieved on December 9, 2015.
- Huffington Post. October 3, 2012. Retrieved on December 9, 2015.
- U.S. Department of Justice. Retrieved on December 9, 2015.
External links
| Federal Bureau of Prisons | |
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| Corrections by States |
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| Corrections by Federal district | Felons: Federal Bureau of Prisons, Misdemeanants: District of Columbia (incarcerated long-term felons until year 2001) |
| Corrections by Insular areas | |
| Military prisons | |
| State prisons | |
| See also |
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