Security prisoners rioted on Wednesday morning at Megiddo Prison, with three inmates suffering light injuries from pepper spray used by wardens to disperse the disturbances. Prisons Service spokesman Sivan Weitzman said that the prisoners began banging on the doors of their cells, throwing trash and other objects at wardens, and torched a drying rack they [...]
Prison riot suspects argue with judge
They argued and argued more. For hours and hours Monday, a group of state prison inmates accused of instigating a riot bickered with prosecutors and the judge who will try their case. Andre Jacobs, 30, Carrington Keys, 32, Anthony Locke, 34, and Derrick Stanley, 43, are slated to stand trial this week, but first they [...]
ACLU sues state prisons over media ban on inmates in Lucasville riot
In the 20 years since the deadly Lucasville state prison riot, the key inmates in the uprising have not been allowed to talk to the news media. That ban prompted the American Civil Liberties Union of Ohio to file a federal lawsuit yesterday against the Ohio Department of Rehabilitation and Correction. The ACLU contends that [...]
Fruit limits imposed after jail riot
Prisoners will not be able to have more than three pieces of fruit a day in New Zealand jails, after a major riot was found to have been caused by inmates who were drunk on home-brewed alcohol. Officials revealed yesterday that prisoners had been drinking a potent cocktail of fermented fruit and alcohol-based hand sanitiser [...]
Inmate Tries To Escape Shelby County Courtroom
A Shelby County Sheriff’s Deputy was injured Wednesday when an inmate tried to escape from court. It happened just before 11:00 am in Division 15. Cortavious Harris was waiting to see the judge on a Disorderly Conduct case when he jumped over the inmate partition and ran towards the exit doors of the court. A Deputy grabbed Harris and the two [...]
Niagara County Jail corrections officer kicked in a confrontation with an inmate
LOCKPORT – A Niagara County Jail corrections officer was threatened and then kicked as he attempted to secure a cell door on Saturday. A report on the case was released on Wednesday. The inmate, Hayes K. Hamby, 17, of Upper Mountain Road, Sanborn was charged with fourth-degree criminal mischief, second-degree harassment, third-degree menacing and second-degree [...]
Inmate Guilty Of Trying To Have North Texas Judge Killed
A federal inmate has been found guilty of trying to hire someone to kill a North Texas federal judge. Prosecutors say Phillip Monroe Ballard was convicted Wednesday of attempted murder for hire of a a U.S. District Judge in the Northern District of Texas. The verdict was returned after just two days of trial and [...]
Jail officer accused in inmate’s death felt ‘threatened’
RALEIGH, N.C. — A Wake County detention officer charged with causing an inmate’s death said in court Wednesday he felt the prisoner was a threat and needed to be subdued. Shon Demetrius McClain, 40, died from blunt force trauma to the head and neck 13 days after prosecutors say he got into a fight with officer [...]
Inmate facing additional charges after strip search at Metro Corrections
LOUISVILLE, KY (WAVE) – Metro Corrections employees said they discovered contraband hidden on an inmate during booking. Early Monday morning around 2:30 a.m., Davis Landrum, 31, was being booked into Louisville Metro Corrections on unknown charges when he was charged with four additional drug related charges. According to an arrest report, an employee was searching [...]
Ex-inmate tricks jailers, ends up back behind bars, police say
SOUTH SALT LAKE — A man who police say has a lot of experience being booked into jail, apparently used that background to drive himself to a restricted area of the Salt Lake County Jail where he was promptly arrested again. The man claimed to be a police officer, according to investigators. He and two [...]
Troopers: Spring Creek inmate critical after prison assault
An attack on a Seward prison inmate by another inmate Friday critically injured the victim, according to Alaska State Troopers. Troopers said in a written statement Monday that Jason Rak, 25, had assaulted Forrest Ahvakana, 48, late Friday. Charges were said to be pending. A corrections sergeant at Spring Creek Correctional Center called police dispatchers [...]
Pennsylvania solitary confinement inmates charged with rioting due in court
A group of Pennsylvania prison inmates who claim they were savagely beaten and abused by guards while held in solitary confinement three years ago are due in court Monday on charges that they sparked a riot in their unit. Authorities allege that in April 2010 six inmates at the State Correctional Institution (SCI) at Dallas [...]
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