The Minnesota Department of Corrections has agreed to a $400,000 settlement in a federal lawsuit over the death of a 27-year-old St. Paul man. Xavius Scullark-Johnson suffered at least seven seizures in his prison cell through the night of June 28, 2010, and into the next morning at the Rush City prison. Nurses and correctional [...]
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FCI inmate charged with assault
A federal grand jury in Bridgeport on Tuesday indicted a 61-year-old inmate at the Federal Correctional Institution in Danbury with using a dangerous weapon to assault another prisoner. The indictment alleges that Yvonne Davis attacked the other inmate on Nov. 25. Davis is currently serving a 37-month sentence after having been convicted in the Northern District of Texas of [...]
Accused corrections officer preferred drugs to money
NEW YORK, May 22 (UPI) – A New York jail inmate told a jury an allegedly corrupt corrections officer at Rikers Island preferred cocaine to money for bribes. Rafael Montadoca testified Tuesday at the trial of Robert Whitfield, the New York Post reported. Montadoca was one of five inmates allegedly approached by Whitfield with offers to [...]
Inmate’s handcuffs have to be cut off at Bel Air courthouse
A prison inmate was briefly stuck in his handcuffs while making an appearance at the Harford County Circuit Courthouse in Bel Air Wednesday morning. Officials at the courthouse called for bolt cutters at about 10 a.m. when they were unable to get the inmate out of the cuffs. The unidentified inmate was brought to Bel Air from a state [...]
Orleans Parish Prison inmate dies of cancer, authorities say
An inmate being held at the Orleans Parish Prison died late Tuesday, authorities said. John Alexcee Jr.File photo John Alexcee Jr., 50, died just before midnight, according to John Gagliano, chief investigator for the New Orleans Coroner’s Office. According to a statement from the Orleans Parish Sheriff’s Office, Alexcee was diagnosed with metastatic cancer during his incarceration and [...]
Marion Co. deputy fired, accused of inappropriately touching inmate
A jail deputy with the Marion County Sheriff’s Office was fired Wednesday after officials said he inappropriately touched a female inmate that was in his custody. Investigators are expected to meet with the Marion County Prosecutor’s Office to seek criminal charges against Warren Hoosier, a 13-year member of the sheriff’s office. Authorities said the incident [...]
Orleans Parish sheriff searches for missing inmate
NEW ORLEANS — The Orleans Parish Sheriff’s Office is searching for an inmate who walked away from a job assignment in a transitional work program, a month shy of his release from the local jail. This is the second time in recent weeks an inmate participating in a work release program has walked off the job. [...]
Officer late to work spots escaped inmate
VANCOUVER — Sometimes tardy is timely. Wash. Corrections Officer Brandy Boyer says if she hadn’t been 10 minutes late leaving for work Saturday morning she wouldn’t have spotted a prison escapee. Boyer told The Columbian she was driving to Larch Corrections Center in southwest Washington for her shift when she spotted a man wearing a prison-issued outfit [...]
Threats get Ore. prison inmate 5 more years
PORTLAND — An Oregon State Penitentiary inmate had five years added to his prison time Monday for crimes against law enforcement while he’s been in custody. The U.S. attorney’s office in Portland says 32-year-old Andrew Laud Barnett mailed a threatening letter in 2008 to the Washington sheriff and deputies. In 2011, he threw human waste [...]
Attorneys argue over notes about death row inmate Rodriguez
FARGO — Federal prosecutors in North Dakota say the refusal by defense attorneys to turn over notes in the case of death row inmate Alfonso Rodriguez Jr. is meant to prolong the appeal. Rodriguez was sentenced to death after a jury found him guilty of raping, beating and stabbing University of North Dakota student [...]
Convicted murderer faces new charges after beating of Salem County corrections officer, authorities say
murder, a Salem County inmate is now facing new charges for beating a corrections officer this weekend, authorities said Sunday. Jonathan P. Thomas has been charged with aggravated assault after viciously attacking Officer Michael L. Shimp at the Salem County Correctional Facility, officials said. The incident took place Saturday around 2:25 p.m.when Thomas approached Shimp [...]
Judge dismisses post-conviction arguments for death row inmate Marlon Howell
NEW ALBANY — A judge has dismissed the post-conviction arguments of death row inmate Marlon Howell convicted in the 2001 slaying of a newspaper carrier. In 2008, the Mississippi Supreme Court allowed Howell to pursue post-conviction arguments that challenged the testimony of a prosecutor’s witness, on whether he was denied an attorney to be present at [...]
