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State prison staff extinguish bathroom fire
TRENTON — A bathroom in New Jersey State Prison caught fire Monday afternoon, but no injuries were reported. According to law enforcement sources, around 2 p.m. Monday, firefighters were dispatched to the New Jersey State Prison on 3rd Street to extinguish a bathroom fire. It remains unclear how the fire began, but sources say paper [...]
T-shirt flushed, inmate charged
MAQUOKETA, Iowa — An inmate at Jackson Detention Center has been accused of stuffing his T-shirt and a bed sheet down the toilet. Jackson County Sheriff Deputy Steve Schroeder charged Jason Laufenberg, 29 of Maquoketa with fourth-degree criminal mischief. He’s in jail on theft charges. Schroeder said Winegar Plumbing was called to the jail on Nov. [...]
Inmate Strangled, Killed Inside Oak Park Heights Prison
MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) — The Minnesota Bureau of Criminal Apprehension (BCA) is investigating the death of a 30-year-old inmate at the Minnesota Correctional Facility in Oak Park Heights Monday. At around 4:50 p.m., the victim, Shane Lawrence Cooper, was found dead on the floor of his cell with a ligature around his neck. It was determined he [...]
Escaped prisoner found guilty of multiple violent assaults and sex attacks while on the run
A prisoner who broke out of jail has been found guilty of committing a string of sexual and violent offences against women while on the run. Lee Cyrus, 48, also known by the alias Ivan Leach, went missing from HMP North Sea Camp open prison at Boston in Lincolnshire on October 9 last year after [...]
Prison chiefs backed over banning of Maghaberry prisoner’s cemetery visit
Prison chiefs were right to deny an inmate permission to visit his mother’s grave due to the severe threat against their staff, a High Court judge has ruled.Mr Justice Treacy dismissed Gerald Graham’s legal challenge to being refused temporary compassionate release to go to the cemetery in Coalisland, Co Tyrone.He said: “The proportionality of that [...]
Napa State patient allegedly assaults inmate in court
A Napa State Hospital patient incarcerated at the Napa County Department of Corrections allegedly attacked another jail inmate with a pen during a court appearance Tuesday at the Criminal Courthouse on Third Street, according to the Napa County Sheriff’s Office and court records. The incident occurred at about 10 a.m. in Department E on the [...]
Shakopee Mayor calls for prison fence after inmate escap
SHAKOPEE, Minn. - A prisoner is back in custody after escaping from the Minnesota Correctional Facility in Shakopee Monday night. The escape attempt is reigniting a longtime debate over whether a fence should surround the only women’s prison in the state. The Minnesota Department of Corrections says it’s the only female facility in the country that [...]
Texas Executes Inmate For Death Of Corrections Officer
HUNTSVILLE - Texas death row inmate Jerry Martin, 43, was executed just after 6 p.m. Tuesday in Huntsville for the death of a corrections officer during a short-lived escape from prison six years ago. Martin requested that no additional appeals be filed on his behalf, clearing the way for the execution Tuesday evening. Martin was serving [...]
Coroner: Inmate restrained in chair killed himself
YORK COUNTY, S.C. — The York County coroner has ruled that an inmate forcibly restrained in a chair killed himself. Joshua Grose died early Sunday morning October 12th after repeatedly beating his head against a cell wall. He had been arrested for running over his own stepmother and a neighbor with a stolen car and killing [...]
UPDATE: Foul play suspected in inmate’s death in eastern Kentucky prison
INEZ, Ky. - Officials say foul play is suspected in the death of an inmate at a federal prison in Kentucky. Prison officials at the United State Penitentiary Big Sandy in Martin County say just after 3:00 Monday afternoon an incident occurred between multiple inmates in a housing unit. They tell us several inmates in a [...]
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