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Federal report documents inmate sex abuse at US facilities
Inmates at jails in Indianapolis, Baltimore, St. Louis and Philadelphia face the nation’s highest levels of sexual abuse at the hands of guards, according to a new federal report based on surveys of inmates at U.S. jails and prisons. The report by the U.S. Department of Justice found that the Marion County Jail’s inmate-intake center [...]
Inmate firefighting program at risk
SAN DIEGO — One of the consequences of a 2011 state law aimed at relieving prison overcrowding is that it also reduced the pool of lower-level offenders eligible for inmate work camps that help fight brush fires. The Public Safety Realignment Act transferred responsibility for housing and monitoring some offenders convicted of nonviolent, nonserious crimes from [...]
Prisoner claims another inmate raped him
PALMER — Alaska State Troopers are investigating an alleged rape between two inmates in a prison near Sutton. According to an AST press statement, the rape was reported at 1:45 p.m., May 11. “A male inmate at Palmer Correctional Center was sexually assaulted by another male inmate. The Alaska Bureau of Investigation responded and this [...]
Inmate Charged with Killing Cellmate in 2011
STERLING, Colo. (AP) - An inmate accused of beating and strangling his cellmate at the Sterling Correctional Facility has been charged with second-degree murder. The Sterling Journal-Advocate reports 41-year-old Michael Carr was charged Thursday for the Nov. 25, 2011, death of Mark Hanson. Prosecutors waited to file charges because of a large caseload and lack of [...]
Georgia inmate remains on loose Sunday
CARNESVILLE, Ga. — Sheriff’s investigators still were looking Sunday for an inmate who escaped Friday from the Franklin County Detention Center. Keibron Brock, 20, was in the detention center awaiting trial on several charges, including burglary, armed robbery and aggravated assault. He went over the detention center wall around 11 a.m. Friday and hasn’t been seen [...]
3 arrested for bringing phone to inmate
NEWPORT NEWS, Va. (WAVY) – Three people were arrested and charged with smuggling contraband into Newport News City jail after an inmate was found with a cell phone. A spokeswoman for the Newport News Sheriff’s office told WAVY.com deputies received a tip on May 15 which led to the arrests. A food service worker, Samuel [...]
Baltimore has high rate of staff-inmate sex
The Baltimore City Detention Center had the nation’s second-highest rate of sexual contact between jail staff and inmates, according to a U.S. Department of Justice study released less than a month after federal prosecutors accused corrections officers at the jail of sleeping with gang members. The report, released Thursday, also found higher-than-average rates of inmate abuse [...]
Inmate faces new charges after allegedly hiding drugs
An inmate at the Scott County Jail is in even more trouble with law after deputies found drugs on him. According to Sheriff Rick Walter, 24-year-old Arron McCrary of Truman, Arkansas was transferred from another jail to Scott County’s lockup on a warrant for burglary. Corrections officers say they found a controlled substance while taking [...]
Deputies investigate death of Mohave County inmate
KINGMAN, Ariz. – Mohave County Sheriff’s detectives are investigating the death of an inmate at the Mohave County Adult Detention Facility. Deputies say detention officers found an unresponsive inmate early Saturday morning and medical staff began performing CPR. A short time later, the inmate was pronounced dead. The inmate was already being housed in a [...]
Inmate In Wisconsin Jail Knocks Out Officer With 1 Punch (VIDEO)
It was swift and brutal. An inmate at a Wisconsin jail knocked out an officer with one punch, newly released video shows. Caught by surveillance cameras, the March 27 fight apparently erupts as three corrections officers gather lunch trays and another enters the room. The alleged puncher, identified by the Marathon County Sheriff’s Department as [...]
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