Authorities are searching for an inmate who escaped from custody early Monday while visiting the Sierra Community Health Center in Fresno. Authorities say 32 year old Thanousone Volart escaped out a bathroom door at the medical facility on Monday and was picked up by someone driving a red Honda. Volart is described as being 5’7″, [...]
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Brevard jail puts triple check in place after inmate released by mistake
Inmates coming into the Brevard County jail now have their fingerprints checked against national databases twice — and a third time when they are released — to be sure they are who they claim to be. Additional fingerprinting steps were one of several changes former Brevard County Sheriff Jack Parker implemented after an internal investigation [...]
Inmate death after NE Pa. prison fight probed
Officials say an inmate at a federal prison in northeastern Pennsylvania died after a fight with another inmate. Prison spokeswoman Kim Straesser says the fight broke out Friday morning in a housing unit at the federal penitentiary in Canaan Township, Wayne County. She says staff responded and separated the inmates, but 29-year-old Ephiram Goitom was [...]
Guilty plea for Md. inmate in fellow prisoner’s murder
A state prison inmate is facing 20 more years after pleading guilty to murdering a fellow prisoner. The Allegany County State’s Attorney’s Office said Friday that 32-year-old Robert Eubanks pleaded guilty to second-degree murder in the asphyxiation death of 53-year-old Saleem Abdullah. Abdullah died in September 2011 at the Western Correctional Institution near Cumberland. He [...]
Inmate escapes from Merced County
An inmate escaped from the John Latorraca Correctional Facility (JLCC) in Merced County Wednesday morning. 39-year-old Adrian Hicks of Merced was arrested on December 13th on a warrant by Merced Police Department for possession of stolen property, grand theft, both with priors and felony evading a peace officer, as was being held without bail. Correctional [...]
Hudson County inmate smears toothpaste on face before court appearance
It looked like Michael Brown’s face was bandaged when he appeared in court on charges he assaulted two corrections officers but it turned out he had spread toothpaste all over it. Michael Brown, 54, of Myrtle Avenue in Jersey City, refused to speak when he appeared this afternoon on two counts of aggravated assault [...]
Dade County inmate escapes jail with emergency ploy
An inmate who escaped from the Dade County Jail coaxed a deputy to speak with him, then grabbed the deputies taser and fled, according to Dade County Sheriff Steven Stapp. William Korry Smith escaped from the jail in Greenfield about 2:30 a.m. Monday. In an email to media, Stapp says that Smith told the on-duty jailer there [...]
Inmate accused of climbing prison fence waives hearing
MichiganA 28-year-old prison inmate accused of trying to climb the fence at the Gus Harrison Correctional Facility in Madison Township last year was ruled competent to stand trial at a hearing Monday in Lenawee County District Court. Roosevelt Dean waived a preliminary examination on a prison escape charge after the ruling on his mental competency. [...]
Inmate Arrested After Leaving Tonopah Conservation Camp
The Dept. of Corrections says an inmate who walked away from a Tonopah conversation camp was arrested on Monday.
Fla. inmate dies awaiting murder trial
TAMPA, Fla. (AP) — A 62-year-old inmate has died after collapsing at a southwest Florida jail where he was awaiting trial for a murder charge. Hillsborough County Sheriff’s deputies said Randall Walton Willis collapsed in the general population housing unit Saturday. He was rushed to the hospital and died eight hours later. Willis was arrested [...]
Quinn still plans to close Tamms supermax
Gov. Pat Quinn is moving ahead with plans to close the state’s controversial “C-Max” prison at Tamms, Ill., despite a plan by state lawmakers to keep it open and convert it to a lower-security facility. In February, Quinn announced plans to shutter the prison, which holds about 200 inmates in solitary confinement at an estimated [...]
Prison inmate caught after escaping from hospital
A prison inmate was caught hours after he escaped from a hospital on the Near West Side, officials said. Alex Bell, 23, was caught by Chicago police at about 8:50 a.m. near Montrose and Long avenues on the Northwest Side, authorities said. Bell was serving a six-year term for residential burglary and had been living [...]
