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Indonesia Police Capture Escaped Militant Months After Prison Riot
JAKARTA, Indonesia—An Islamic militant who escaped from a prison in northwest Indonesia in July has been captured in Malaysia, Indonesian police confirmed on Thursday. Associated Press North Sumatra Regional Police spokesperson Col. Raden Heru Prakoso shows the mug shots of four convicted terrorists who were among more than 200 inmates who escaped Tanjung Gusta prison following [...]
Dane County deputy breaks shoulder while moving inmate
A Dane County deputy fractured his shoulder while trying to move an inmate to another cell, according to the Dane County Sheriff’s Office. The deputy was moving the 34-year-old male inmate about 3:20 p.m. Thursday after the inmate appeared to be trying to harm himself, according to a news release. Mental health and nursing staff [...]
Green Haven on lockdown for 2nd day after inmate assaults CO
STORMVILLE — Green Haven Correctional Facility remains on lockdown for a second day after an inmate assaulted a correction officer, according to state officials. Acting Commissioner Anthony Annucci ordered the lockdown Saturday after a correction officer was struck in the face by an inmate, state Department of Corrections and Community Supervision Spokesman Thomas Mailey said in [...]
State police: Attica inmate deaths likely overdoses
ATTICA – The New York state police say two inmates who died in custody at the Attica Correctional Facility likely overdosed on drugs. The males, ages 25 and 51, were found in separate cells on Thursday. Police said Saturday they believe preliminarily the men died from overdoses, but toxicology results are pending. The investigation continues. A [...]
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. [...]
German inmate holds jail warden hostage
A 39-year-old German man detained for qualified trafficking and child abuse charges held hostage the warden of the Talisay City Jail last Wednesday noon. Thomas Rowland, a detainee since 2011, was armed with an improvised weapon made from a nail file, a tin can cover, nail cutter with knife and a can opener when he [...]
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 [...]
Corrections officer stabbed by inmate at Central Prison
RALEIGH, N.C. — A corrections officer at Central Prison in Raleigh was stabbed early Wednesday by an inmate, state Department of Public Safety officials said. Few details were released about the assault, which happened at about 8 a.m. The officer, whose name was not released, was being treated at a local hospital for non-life-threatening injuries, officials [...]
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 [...]
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