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 [...]
Kansas deputy accused of sexual contact with inmate
HUTCHINSON, Kansas (AP) – A deputy at a central Kansas jail is accused of having illegal sexual relations with a female inmate and bribing or intimidating two others. Reno County Sheriff Randy Henderson announced the charges Tuesday against 30-year-old Jonathan Diaz. Henderson says he asked the Kansas Bureau of Investigation to get involved after learning [...]
3 Attica COs injured in inmate attack
ATTICA, N.Y. (WIVB) – Three corrections officers were injured after allegedly being attacked by an inmate at the Attica Correctional Facility. The officers were taking Donald Adams to the Attica emergency room for evaluation on Monday when they say he began kicking, biting and spitting. Two of the officers were bitten by Adams, and one [...]
Inmate rearrested after drugs found in prison uniform after release
Mountain Home, AR – A former Baxter County Jail inmate was arrested on additional charges after jailers found contraband concealed in her jail uniform after she was released from custody on May 19th. BETHANY NICOLE WILLIAMS, 24 years old of Flippin, called the Detention Center several hours after being released saying she had left a small [...]
Inmate escapes Lebanon Correctional
LEBANON, Ohio (WDTN) – Law enforcement is looking for an inmate who walked away from the Lebanon Correctional Institution Tuesday. Stephen Ramey walked away from his garage work assignment as an auto mechanic, according to corrections officials. He was last seen at 11:50 a.m. Ramey is a white male, 5’10″ tall and Weighs 190 pounds. [...]
Nation’s longest serving death-row inmate dies in Florida
Convicted killer Gary Alvord no longer holds the distinction of being on death row longer than any other inmate in the United States. The 66-year-old inmate died Sunday at the Union Correctional Institution in Raiford. A spokeswoman confirmed the death but could not provide details, including whether Alvord’s body was claimed by relatives or whether [...]
Another Baltimore Jail Milestone: An Inmate Appears to Be Instagramming From Behind Bars
It hasn’t been a good spring for the Baltimore City Detention Center. Last month, an indictment revealed that a gang called the Black Guerrilla Family had essentially taken control of the facility, using it as a base of operations for a lucrative drug business. According to the indictment, some corrections officers were complicit in the scheme; four [...]
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