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Milwaukee police capture escaped prisoner - TOC FOLLOW UP MILWAUKEE - Milwaukee police say they've caught a House of Corrections inmate who escaped from a van while traveling to a doctor's appointment. House of Correction assistant superintendent Jeffrey Mayer says 23-year-old Martin Williams had been held there since May 8 on a charge of armed robbery with threat of force. |
Four inmates charged with aiding escape Four jail inmates who authorities say helped eight others in a brazen escape were charged Wednesday, as officials kept searching for five prisoners who remain on the loose, including a convicted murderer. Two people close to the fugitives were also arrested. Authorities said the four inmates, who were not among the escapees, face six charges each, including assisting escape and harboring or aiding a felon. |
Former DOC officer: ER shooting could've been prevented COLUMBIA, SC - A woman is on life support after police say she grabbed a gun from a Department of Corrections officer at Palmetto Health Richland and shot herself. Our efforts to learn more about what happened inside the hospital did not go to far. Both the hospital and the department of corrections are not releasing many details. |
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EAST LANSING -- Three Grand Rapids-area men were ordered to jail in connection with an April 6 Cedar Fest riot. Tyler Cizek, 20, of West Olive, was sentenced to 20 days in jail after pleading guilty to throwing an object, the Lansing State Journal reported. |
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District Attorney Matt Chandler said Wednesday morning there were no significant developments overnight in the search for five inmates still missing from the Curry County jail. He said law enforcement officials continue to receive leads. In all, eight inmates escaped Sunday, but three have been captured — two in neighboring Texas and one in Clovis. Victor Apodaca was chased and captured soon after his escape; a tip led authorities to Raynaldo Enriquez not far away in Lubbock; another fugitive, |
Probe into Fulton inmate abuse is expanded The FBI has extended its investigation into claims of inmate abuse at the Fulton County Jail to include an Aug. 9 incident when officers allegedly beat an inmate who was in handcuffs and leg chains, a spokesman said Tuesday. FBI spokesman Steve Emmett declined to give details beyond confirming the bureau’s investigation of possible inmate abuse had expanded to include the case of Christopher Trammell, who was injured in the beating. The FBI already was looking into whether jailers beat another inmate, Richard Glasco, so badly he died from his injuries last March. |
Ky. Inmates Escape; One Still On The Loose FRANKFORT, Ky. – Two minimum-security inmates walked away from the Frankfort Career Development Center last night but at least one’s taste of freedom was short lived. Robert Fritz, 28, and John Alstatt, 53, were reported missing at approximately 10:20 p.m., Monday. |
Conway woman arrested in connection to Horry County jail escape An inmate, housed in the J. Reuben Long Detention Center’s minimum security jail, escaped around 2 p.m. Tuesday, according to Major Joey Johnson. Late Tuesday afternoon, authorities arrested a Conway woman who faces charges that she drove 24-year-old Sean Panilaon Maddox from the area near the jail after his escape. |
| International CERT Incidents - August 28, 2008 |
Officials knew of jail break 10 days before escape, minister acknowledges - Canada REGINA — Jail officials in Saskatchewan were tipped to the possibility of an escape more than a week before six prisoners busted out, the province's corrections minister acknowledged Wednesday. Darryl Hickie said the information came to the attention of staff at the Regina Correctional Centre 10 days before Sunday's escape. |
Big drug bust at N.S. prison - NS More than $10,000 worth of illegal drugs have been seized on their way into one of Nova Scotia’s largest prisons. Officials at Springhill Penitentiary say they confiscated 238 painkillers and 39 illegal cigarettes from a person who arrived at the medium-security facility to visit an inmate on Aug. 22. |
| CERT Incident Reports CIR™ - August 27, 2008 |
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Escape leads to changes at jail - TOC Follow Up Multiple law enforcement agencies continued Tuesday evening to pursue leads on the whereabouts of five escaped Curry County inmates, according to Sheriff Matt Murray. Law enforcement believes at least some of the escapees are still in the Clovis area, according to District Attorney Matt Chandler. |
Deputy’s lawsuit over Brian Nichols’ escape thrown out The federal appeals court in Atlanta on Tuesday threw out a lawsuit filed by Cynthia Hall, the deputy overpowered by Brian Nichols before his 2005 rampage at the Fulton County courthouse. The 11th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals ruled that Hall failed to state a proper claim in her lawsuit against Sheriff Myron Freeman and other sheriff’s officials. |
Prison inmate indicted for alleged jail assault A Big Island man who caused a 2006 car crash that killed two women has been indicted for allegedly assaulting a corrections officer at the Hilo jail. A Big Island grand jury indicted Vernon Costa, 43, on a charge of second-degree assault for allegedly injuring the officer on Sept. 29, 2007. |
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VINCENNES, Ind. - A southern Indiana community corrections officer winds up on the wrong side of the law. Police in Vincennes charged Beatrice Joyce, 39, with residential entry. Joyce was working as a home detention officer with Wabash Valley Community Corrections in Vincennes at the time of her arrest. |
Ky. Inmates Escape; One Still On The Loose FRANKFORT, Ky. – Two minimum-security inmates walked away from the Frankfort Career Development Center last night but at least one’s taste of freedom was short lived. Robert Fritz, 28, and John Alstatt, 53, were reported missing at approximately 10:20 p.m., Monday. |
Conway woman arrested in connection to Horry County jail escape An inmate, housed in the J. Reuben Long Detention Center’s minimum security jail, escaped around 2 p.m. Tuesday, according to Major Joey Johnson. Late Tuesday afternoon, authorities arrested a Conway woman who faces charges that she drove 24-year-old Sean Panilaon Maddox from the area near the jail after his escape. |
L.A. County Men's Central Jail Placed On Lockdown LOS ANGELES The Los Angeles County Men's Central Jail was placed on lockdown for eight hours Monday because of a disturbance involving about 20 inmates, authorities said. The disturbance began about 1 p.m. Monday, when a number of inmates apparently began damaging their cells, breaking sinks and setting small fires, Sgt. George Hosac of the Sheriff's Custody Operations Division said. |
| International CERT Incidents - August 27, 2008 |
Improvised weapons cache found in Manila city jail - Philippines MANILA, Philippines – Jail guards recovered 100 improvised weapons Monday when they inspected the Manila City Jail (MCJ), the scene of a riot on Saturday that left an inmate dead and another injured. Acting jail warden Supt. Hernan Grande, who took over when Supt. Emilio Culang was relieved of his post, said he immediately ordered the conduct of “Operation Greyhound” following a riot between two rival prison gangs – the Sigue Sigue Commando (SSC) and Bahala Na Gang (BNG). |
Prison escape continues to baffle officials - Canada Saskatchewan's Public Safety Minister says it's too early to say whether an aging prison structure is to blame for the brazen escape of six inmates from the Regina Provincial Correctional Centre. Darryl Hickie, a former police officer and corrections worker, said a police investigation into the prison break continues, along with an internal review by his ministry. |
Six inmates engineer mass breakout from Regina prison - Canada One is quickly recaptured, but five remain at large as minister orders review into how escape happened Five inmates awaiting trial on serious charges, including murder and attempted murder, are on the run from police after a mass breakout at a Regina prison. The men escaped from the Regina Provincial Correctional Centre just before 10 p.m. Sunday. Authorities would not say how the men eluded prison guards, but said they escaped from a section of the Saskatchewan facility built in the 1960s - not from a much older unit that is being replaced or from a recently built wing that opened earlier this month. |
| CERT Incident Reports CIR™ - August 26, 2008 |
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8 inmates escape from NM jail, including murderer CLOVIS, N.M. — Eight inmates, including a convicted murderer and another man charged with murder, escaped from a county jail by cutting a hole in the roof, authorities said Monday. Two inmates had been captured by Monday evening. Six remained at large and were considered dangerous, Curry County Sheriff Matt Murray said. |
Inmate escapes from state prison in San Diego SAN DIEGO—A minimum security inmate has escaped from a state prison in San Diego. Prison spokesman Lt. Michael Stout says 24-year-old Manuel Casillas escaped from the Richard J. Donovan Correctional Facility between 6 p.m. and 9:30 p.m. Sunday. |
Monroe County authorities stop attempted jail fire KEY WEST, Fla. - Monroe County authorities say someone tampered with a jail oven to try and create an explosion and fire in a detention center. According to an incident report, a piece of clothing, along with a container of a substance that could have been flammable, were left inside a propane gas oven that was left running in the Monroe County Detention Center on Sunday morning. |
Inmate escapes South Bay prison Authorities are still searching today for a minimum-security inmate who escaped the Richard J. Donovan Correctional Facility in Otay Mesa on Sunday. Manuel Casillas, a 24-year-old inmate serving time for a second-degree burglary conviction, was last seen at Sunday's 6 p.m. inmate count, according to prison officials. Corrections officers discovered him missing at 9:30 p.m. during another inmate count, according to officials. |
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Officials are waiting for toxicology results to figure out what killed a inmate who died in police custody on Saturday. 27-year-old Bruce Reginald Smith of Bridgewater died in hospital, Saturday morning. Halifax Regional Police say they were called to a halfway house in the city's south end around 2 a.m. Staff at the facility believed two inmates were under the influence of drugs or alcohol. |
Small police forces get lift in transporting prisoners Police officers from small departments throughout the area will be spending more time on the streets and less time transporting prisoners to and from the Luzerne County Correctional Facility in Wilkes-Barre starting Sept. 1. Luzerne County Sheriff Michael Savokinas volunteered his deputies to transport prisoners from the county lockup to Luzerne County Central Court, also in Wilkes-Barre, for preliminary hearings. |
| International CERT Incidents - August 26, 2008 |
Prison wardens granted bail - Dutchland The four prison wardens who were accused of beating Dutch convict Perry Ingomar Toornstra were granted bail against a deposit of €2,000 and a personal guarantee of the same amount. The Dutchman insisted on taking the witness stand even though he was warned by the court that he could incriminate himself since he was being accused of trying to escape and of assaulting the prison wardens. |
Toothbrushes, ladles as weapons seized from Manila inmates - Philippines At least 100 improvised weapons were confiscated from inmates at the Manila City Jail Monday following the riot that left one detainee dead over the weekend. The seizures took place as jail officials swept cells for sharpened toothbrush handles, ladles and lead pipes. Officials also confiscated slingshots and spiked nails form the inmates. |
Manila jail warden sacked over bloody riot - Philippines MANILA, Philippines - Following weekend's bloody riot that killed an inmate and wounded another, the warden of the Manila City Jail was sacked from his post Monday. Radio dzBB's Carlo Mateo reported that the Bureau of Jail Management and Penology (BJMP) relieved warden Superintendent Emilio Culang Jr and ordered him to prepare his explanation for the riot that killed inmate Eduardo Mandap, 28, and wounded Joey Saclao, 44, last Saturday. |
Five prisoners considered dangerous at large after escape from Regina prison - Canada REGINA — Five prisoners described as dangerous and possibly armed were at large Monday after escaping from the Regina Correctional Centre. Police said six prisoners escaped around 10 p.m. Sunday night, but one was apprehended shortly before midnight. The jail was under lockdown, but police said no one was injured during the escape. |
| CERT Incident Reports CIR™ - August 25, 2008 |
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Prisoners Transferred to New Jail 350 inmates were transported from the former Bay County Jail to the new Jail Annex. The date of the move was kept from the public until just this morning to avoid any possible problems that public knowledge could have caused. |
Escaped Inmate Caught in Manassas Some Manassas residents got an unusual wake-up call Wednesday: a police helicopter hovered overhead while K-9 units sniffed the ground and patrol cars lined the streets. Authorities were looking for an escaped prisoner, Eric J. Pezely, 23. Just before 6 a.m., Pezely had slipped out of his handcuffs while he and several other prisoners, who were chained together, were being led to court by three jail officers, authorities said. |
Disturbance at Rock County Sheriff's Office On Friday, August 22 at approximately 6:27pm, Correctional Officers from the Rock County Sheriff's Office responded to the front lobby of the Sheriff's Office for a report of a male subject who was throwing a large stone repeatedly at the glass doors and windows at the front entrance of the building. |
Misplaced tools lead to Oakdale prison lockdown OAKDALE - The Oakdale prison was locked down most of Friday afternoon after some maintenance tools were discovered missing, Fred Scaletta, Iowa Department of Corrections spokesman, said. |
Inmates create sewage overflow Bedsheet, towel, jumpsuit stuffed down toilet cause backup at Worcester jail - SNOW HILL -- Inmates at the Worcester County Jail caused a septic overflow after flushing a bedsheet, a towel and a prisoner jumpsuit down their toilets, according to jail administrators. According to Warden Ira "Buc" Shockley, a maintenance worker on Aug. 14 noticed an overflow coming from a toilet in one of the jail's seven housing blocks. In the search of the clog, they fished a bedsheet from the main pipes running through the cellblock, and cleaned up the area. |
T.D.C. BOUND PAPER PRISONERS TAKING UP SPACE AT NUECES COUNTY JAIL At the Nueces County Jail the inmate population is down a bit from what it was. It went from 94 percent to 91 percent of capacity in just a few days. But we're told it's still too high for federal prisoners to be allowed back, and one major problem is said to be the logjam of inmates awaiting transport to state prison. They're called paper-ready prisoners meaning those who've already been through the judicial process and have been cleared to be transported to a Texas Department of Corrections facility. |
LSH staffer arrested in inmate's escape LARNED - An employee of Larned State Hospital has been arrested in connection with the early-morning escape earlier this month of a convicted child molester from the facility. According to Michelle Ponce, director of communications for the Kansas Department of Social and Rehabilitation Services, Topeka, Colleen McCoy was apprehended Tuesday by the Pawnee County Sheriff's Office and remained in custody Wednesday afternoon. Ponce was unsure where McCoy was incarcerated. |
| International CERT Incidents - August 25, 2008 |
Gangs riot in Manila City Jail, 1 dead - PI One was killed and another was injured when a riot went off between warring gangs inside the Manila City Jail Saturday afternoon. An initial report said the rumble erupted at around 3:20 p.m. between members of the Bahala Na and the Komando gangs. Victim Eduardo Mandap, 28, died while being rushed to the Jose Reyes Memorial Medical Center. He succumbed to a gunshot wound in the nape. |
Dutch prisoner guilty of smuggling cocaine into prison - Dutchland A Dutch prisoner who was allegedly beaten by four prison warders was jailed for a further nine months and fined e600 after he was found guilty of smuggling cocaine into the Corradino Correctional Facility. Perry Ingomar Toornstra, 28, is serving 15 years after he was found guilty of importing over 4,000 ecstasy pills and 460 LSD trips in 2000. |
Two B.C. inmates being sought after escape from Nanaimo prison - Canada NANAIMO, B.C. — RCMP say two inmates are at large after escaping from the medium-security Nanaimo Regional Correctional Facility last night. Twenty-five-year-old Allen Delmar Fandry is Caucasian, five-feet-nine inches tall and weighs 134 pounds. He has brown eyes and short, dark hair. Fandry has skulls tattooed on his right forearm, and a mushroom with a face on his chest. |
| CERT Incident Reports CIR™ - August 23 - 25, 2008 Weekend Edition |
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Inmates create sewage overflow Bedsheet, towel, jumpsuit stuffed down toilet cause backup at Worcester jail - SNOW HILL -- Inmates at the Worcester County Jail caused a septic overflow after flushing a bedsheet, a towel and a prisoner jumpsuit down their toilets, according to jail administrators. According to Warden Ira "Buc" Shockley, a maintenance worker on Aug. 14 noticed an overflow coming from a toilet in one of the jail's seven housing blocks. In the search of the clog, they fished a bedsheet from the main pipes running through the cellblock, and cleaned up the area. |
T.D.C. BOUND PAPER PRISONERS TAKING UP SPACE AT NUECES COUNTY JAIL At the Nueces County Jail the inmate population is down a bit from what it was. It went from 94 percent to 91 percent of capacity in just a few days. But we're told it's still too high for federal prisoners to be allowed back, and one major problem is said to be the logjam of inmates awaiting transport to state prison. They're called paper-ready prisoners meaning those who've already been through the judicial process and have been cleared to be transported to a Texas Department of Corrections facility. |
LSH staffer arrested in inmate's escape LARNED - An employee of Larned State Hospital has been arrested in connection with the early-morning escape earlier this month of a convicted child molester from the facility. According to Michelle Ponce, director of communications for the Kansas Department of Social and Rehabilitation Services, Topeka, Colleen McCoy was apprehended Tuesday by the Pawnee County Sheriff's Office and remained in custody Wednesday afternoon. Ponce was unsure where McCoy was incarcerated. |
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A state Department of Corrections officer remains suspended from duty at the Saginaw Correctional Facility after his arrest in connection with a BAYANET investigation of drugs in the prison. Undercover officers arrested John J. Singer III, 45, Tuesday in the parking lot at Fashion Square Mall in Saginaw Township as he was attempting to receive a half-pound of marijuana, Bay Area Narcotics Enforcement Team leader Lt. Mel Matthews said. The marijuana had a street value of about $550. |
States work to curb jail violence Serving time in prison isn't supposed to be easy. Surviving prison should be. That wasn't the case during much of the 1970s and '80s, during which time a prison riot in Attica, N.Y., left 43 dead and a riot in Santa Fe left 33 dead. As recently as 1980, the murder rate in prison was nearly five times as great as in the general population. "It was certainly a rougher time, where your emphasis was more on reprisal, retribution, punishment," said Shelby County (Tenn.) Sheriff Mark Luttrell, a former warden at three federal prisons and a member of the Commission on Safety and Abuse in America's Prisons. "We were a rudderless ship there for years and years without oversight." |
Prison guard pleads guilty to felony theft The North Branch man who was arrested and charged with theft entered a guilty plea yesterday, Aug. 20, to felony theft from the Minnesota Correctional Facility in Rush City. William R. Stanley, a sergeant at the prison, had been under investigation by the Department of Corrections, the U.S. Postal Service, and the Chisago County Sheriff’s Office when a search warrant was served at his residence on May 15. |
Officials investigate prison stabbing IONIA - Michigan State Police officials are investigating the stabbing of a 32-year-old a prisoner at the Ionia Maximum Correctional Facility. According to Michigan State Police Det. Sgt. Mike Morey, the inmate received multiple stab wounds in one of the housing units around 6 p.m. Tuesday. |
Another Pinal County jail inmate kills himself A 45-year-old man committed suicide inside the Pinal County Adult Detention Center early Wednesday, marking the third time an inmate killed himself in just over a month. Jail staff found Ricky Mann, who was physically handicapped, dead just after midnight. He strangled himself by tying a sheet to his medical walker, sheriff's officials said. |
| International CERT Incidents - August 22, 2008 |
Six inmates charged over prison assault - NZ Six prisoners have been charged with an assault that left four Paremoremo inmates with stab wounds in a gang fight earlier this month. A 38 year-old and a 20 year-old are facing three charges each of injuring with intent while four others aged between 21 and 27 have one charge of injuring with intent. |
Lockdown over after deal on talks at jail - AU THE lockdown at the Mid North Coast Correctional Centre was lifted after the Department of Corrective Services agreed to talk to staff about plans to increase inmate numbers. All inmates at the jail were locked in the cells at 1pm on Monday. Matt Bindley, chairman of the Prison Officers Vocational Branch, yesterday said there had been a resolution. |
| CERT Incident Reports CIR™ - August 21, 2008 |
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3 Inmates Escape From Texas Jail, Attack Guards and Maintenance Worker - TOC Follow Up Three inmates attempting to escape from the Tarrant County Jail on Wednesday morning injured two guards and a maintenance worker, authorities said. |
Ionia prison remains on lock-down after stabbing IONIA -- The Ionia Maximum Correctional Facility remains on lock-down following this week's stabbing, allegedly by fellow inmates, of a convicted murderer serving 25 to 50 years in prison. The warden's assistant said today that the inmate who was attacked, Melvin Chancy, 32, did not have life-threatening injuries, but remains hospitalized with multiple stab wounds. |
Lawsuit: Va. sheriff could have prevented killing CHRISTIANSBURG, Va. - The widow of a hospital security guard killed by a jail inmate as he escaped has filed a $9.8 million lawsuit claiming the Montgomery County sheriff and three deputies could have prevented the death. Cindy McFarland contends in the circuit court lawsuit that the defendants should have considered William Morva's violent history when he was taken to a hospital for treatment in August, 2006. Morva knocked out a deputy and took his gun, which he used to kill 32-year-old Derrick McFarland. |
Idaho inmate commits suicide in Texas The Idaho Department of Correction is investigating an Idaho inmate who apparently killed himself while imprisoned in Texas. Randall Demont McCullough was found in his cell at the Bill Clayton Detention Center in Littlefield, Texas, just after midnight Monday. |
Report highlights violence in County Durham jail Rising violence at one of Britain’s top security jails was highlighted in an official report today. Tensions increased at Frankland Prison, Durham, amid a growing gang culture and the arrival of convicted terrorists, according to HM Inspectorate of Prisons. The report criticised the amount of serious violence committed by inmates upon each other. In October al Qaida terrorist Dhiren Barot was scalded with boiling oil in the prison. |
Corrections officer charged with drug trafficking SAGINAW COUNTY -He was watching prisoners at a Mid-Michigan facility, but police say he was bringing them drugs. A corrections officer at the Saginaw Correctional Facility has been formally charged with drug trafficking. John Singer, 45, of Burton, was charged with two counts Wednesday morning, and police believe the drugs he planned to buy were going to go inside the prison. "Mr. Singer, you charged under count one of controlled substance, delivery and manufacturing of marijuana," said Saginaw District Court Judge A.T. Frank. |
Inmate facing felony charge for alleged attack on guard WILKES-BARRE –An inmate who was awarded $35,000 in a settlement of a brutality suit against the Luzerne County prison has been charged with aggravated assault for allegedly breaking the nose of a prison guard. The charge filed Tuesday against Nicodemo DiPietro stems from the alleged assault in March 2006 against correctional officer Stanley Fiedorczyk – the incident that DiPietro claimed led other guards to beat him while removing him from his cell. |
Pr. William Inmate Caught After Brief Escape MANASSAS, Va. - Prince William County police say an inmate escaped briefly as he was taken to court. Police say 23-year-old Eric Pezely removed his handcuffs and ran from officials about 6 a.m. Wednesday while he was being transferred to the county's main facility. |
| International CERT Incidents - August 21, 2008 |
Muslim inmates living in fear at UK prison - UK Rising violence at one of Britain's top security jails was highlighted in an official report today. Tensions increased at Frankland Prison, Durham, amid a growing gang culture and the arrival of convicted terrorists, according to HM Inspectorate of Prisons. The report criticised the amount of serious violence committed by inmates upon each other. In October al Qaida terrorist Dhiren Barot was scalded with boiling oil in the prison. It followed a similar incident when fellow terrorist Omar Khyam burnt a local inmate, then claimed he did it because he was afraid he would be attacked. |
Poorly planned escape bid at Kingston Pen a bust - CA Two federal inmates trying to escape from Kingston Penitentiary managed to get onto the roof of the maximum security prison and attach a homemade grappling hook to the razor wire near the walls before getting caught by officials last week. The attempted escape happened at about 1:30 p.m. Friday, according to a Correctional Service of Canada statement. Kingston police say an inmate in his early 40s and another in his late 50s had somehow made their way unnoticed to the rooftop of the gymnasium, about 12 metres away from the prison's west wall near Lake Ontario. |
Prisoners killed in New Bell jail fire - SA Yaounde - Nine prisoners died on Wednesday in a fire in Cameroon's notoriously overcrowded and rundown New Bell jail in the west African country's economic capital Douala, the penitentiary's chief said. The country's most populous jail is crammed with more than four times as many prisoners than its original capacity. "The fire began around four in the morning in the Regime wing which houses 1 468 prisoners," Joseph Tsala Amougou said over telephone. |
| CERT Incident Reports CIR™ - August 20, 2008 |
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Women accused of prison trafficking Indiana State Police arrested two women suspected of trafficking with inmates at Pendleton prisons this weekend. |
Jail’s private operator plans investigation LISBON - A spokesman for the private firm operating the Columbiana County Jail said company personnel will work with Sheriff David Smith to investigate an escape of four prisoners and take the necessary steps to ensure it doesn't happen again. "They'll evaluate what transpired," CiviGenics Senior Vice President Peter Argeropulos said Monday. |
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PRINCESS ANNE -- Somerset County Commissioners and other officials may have been made aware of problems at the county's detention center long before the launch of a police probe last year, according to documents included in a Wicomico Bureau of Investigation report. A handwritten statement from two former correctional officers document problems they witnessed at the jail, as well as steps they took to report them. |
Jury awards former prison guard $350,000 A federal jury has awarded $350,000 to a former Nevada State Prison guard who sued the former head of the Department of Corrections after he was fired allegedly for bringing DVDs into a gun tower while on duty. Richard Cosgrove argued that the DVD claim was bogus and said he was fired for publicly criticizing the management of the facility after a new warden, William Donat, was brought on board and ended a list of inmate programs. |
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VINELAND - A report that a female Cumberland County corrections officer allegedly left her gun in a public restroom at South Jersey Healthcare-Regional Medical Center on Sunday night is being investigated by the county Department of Corrections. |
Five-Acre Blaze Near Bannock County Jail Firefighters had their hands full Monday with a five-acre brush fire just south of Pocatello. The fire started around 11:00 Monday morning near South 5th and quickly spread toward the interstate. Crews from the Pocatello Valley Volunteer Fire Department were first on scene. They were later joined by the Pocatello Fire Department and crews from the BLM. |
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BARBOURSVILLE -- Authorities continued their investigation into the death of an inmate who was found dead Saturday night at the Western Regional Jail in Barboursville. Joe Thornton, Department of Military Affairs and Public Safety deputy secretary, said David L. Beaman died in what appeared to be a suicide at the jail at 9:16 p.m. Saturday, Aug. 16. Efforts to resuscitate Beaman by the jail's internal medical staff, the Barboursville Volunteer Fire Department's EMS and the county EMS failed, Thornton said. |
SFCounty Jail inmate facing additional charges after attempted escape A Forrest City man already facing felony charges for a May escape from the St. Francis County Jail will now have another date before the judge after allegedly attacking a jailer Monday night. According to a report from the St. Francis County Sheriff’s Department, Christopher Davenport, 21, 224 W. Dooley, Forrest City, was charged with second-degree battery and first-degree criminal attempted escape after he allegedly punched a jailer and wrestled with him in an attempt to take the jailer’s keys. |
| International CERT Incidents - August 20, 2008 |
'Growing violence' at UK prison An inspection of one of Britain's high-security prisons has raised concern about levels of violence. Frankland Prison had become even more challenging with rises in gang links and the arrival of a small number of convicted terrorists, the report said. The HM Inspectorate of Prisons found serious incidents of prisoner-on-prisoner violence at the Durham jail. The National Offender Management Service said issues raised in the report were being addressed. |
Union: Guards need protection tools The Corrections Association is calling for defensive tools to protect prison guards, as Auckland Prison at Paremoremo remains in lockdown after gang fighting left four inmates with stab wounds. While the prison is in lockdown, guards are going over the jail from top to bottom in a search for concealed weapons. |
| CERT Incident Reports CIR™ - August 19, 2008 |
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Court martial for US navy prison guards The US Navy has announced that six sailors working as prison guards in Iraq will face court martial for abusing detainees. Two prisoners are alleged to have suffered minor abrasions and eight others were injured after they were allegedly sprayed with a riot control agent and held in a sealed cell. The incident took place at Camp Bucca, a large US military camp in southern Iraq used to house about 18,000 prisoners. |
Newport News Jail inmate's death being investigated NEWPORT NEWS - The Newport News Sheriff's Department has identified the jail inmate who died yesterday after being found unconscious in his cell. Bruce Raymond Parker, 46, was in the Newport News Jail awaiting sentence on two counts of parole violation. He had been arrested on July 7. |
Ex-prison official will face three trials in sex case The former head of security for Virginia's largest women's prison will face 30 counts of having carnal knowledge of inmates divided into three jury trials. Patrick Owen Gee, 45, appeared briefly in Fluvanna County Circuit Court yesterday for a motions hearing. Jeff W. Haislip, the county's commonwealth's attorney, considered trying all three cases together but withdrew his motion. |
Inmate killed at federal penitentiary An inmate at the U.S. Penitentiary in Florence was killed Sunday in an attack involving a handmade shank. Mark James Baker, 40, had only been at the facility a couple months, according Fremont County Coroner Dorothy Twellman. On Sunday afternoon, he was sitting with a group of inmates, playing cards when another inmate reportedly came up behind him and stabbed him in the neck. |
Corrections Corporation of America's Large ELOY, Ariz., Corrections Corporation of America (CCA), the nation's largest provider of corrections management services to local, state and federal government, has completed Phase One of the company's largest undertaking in its 25-year history - the 3,060-bed La Palma Correctional Center in Eloy, Ariz., which houses inmates for the State of California. The first phase of La Palma Correctional Center features 1,020 beds and was completed approximately two months ahead of schedule on July 1. The facility began receiving inmates from the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation (CDCR) less than two weeks later on July 12. |
New Jersey Guard gets ready for war McGREGOR RANGE, N.M. - The town of Al-Hadiz rises from the desert, an insurgent stronghold of dilapidated concrete houses, bombed-out pickup trucks, and civilians screaming as soldiers point guns into their bedrooms. Buildings are marked with Arabic graffiti and AK-47s chatter in the background. But all is not as it seems. Al-Hadiz is in New Mexico. The insurgents are taxpayer-funded actors, some wearing traditional Arab clothing. And the troops are actually firing blanks as they train how to search an Iraqi home. |
Inmates spreading menace online EVER wondered what our nation's prison population get up to with all that spare time on their hands? Well, cultivating their image on social networking internet sites has developed into a cult among the prison population. Many now seem to use crime as a 'road to stardom' and it's not hard to see the overlap enjoyed by some of the Bebo/YouTube/Big Brother generation. |
Two men get state prison in related 9mm gun cases SCHENECTADY — A 9mm handgun was at the center of two sentencings Friday. In one sentencing, prosecutors gained valuable insurance against a convicted killer. In the other, prosecutors fulfilled their end of the bargain with an important witness to the killing. Omari Lee, 27, was sentenced to four years in state prison in connection with possessing the 9 mm handgun during a January 2007 shootout on Prospect Street. |
Two Persons Killed in Prison Riot A prison officer and a member of personnel were killed by inmates on August 14 in prison number 16 in northern Kyrgyzstan. Special Forces have surrounded the prison where most of the inmates were convicted for grievous crimes. Deputy Justice Minister, Sergey Zubov, has arrived to the prison together with officials from the Main Department for Penitentiaries. |
| International CERT Incidents - August 19, 2008 |
Riot breaks out in Bishkek prison - Bishkk Forty inmates staged a riot in ITK-16 penitentiary located 40 kilometers south of Bishkek at 21.00 yesterday, August 14, Deputy Justice Minister Sergei Zubov informed the news agency "24.kg". Special task forces that arrived at the riot scene surrounded the entire perimeter of the prison. Despite all the efforts of the special forces to take the situation under control, two officers of the Main Department for Penitentiaries were stabbed to death by an inmate sentenced to life imprisonment Kadyrbek Abdyshev, 1965. Abdyshev was sentenced under Article 97 of the Criminal Code ("Murder"). |
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PIERRE, S.D. - The death of a penitentiary inmate is being investigated by the state Division of Criminal Investigation, which is standard procedure whenever a prisoner dies. The South Dakota Corrections Department said Patrick Powell died Friday at the penitentiary in Springfield. |
Camp St inmate found with gun, ammunition. Stepped up security at prison Prison officers at the Georgetown Prisons yesterday afternoon discovered a prisoner with a .38 revolver and eight matching rounds of ammunition in his possession, sparking an intense lockdown and search. According to a police press release, the discovery was made at approximately 3 pm and the prison authorities called in the police and a search of the entire complex was conducted. |
Lawrence County inmate dies at Springfield prison State prison inmate Patrick Powell, 52, died Friday at the Mike Durfee State Prison in Springfield. He was serving a 15-year sentence for aggravated assault in Lawrence County. An autopsy will be conducted. The state Division of Criminal Investigation is investigating the death, which is routine in the death of a state inmate. |
Mistakenly freed inmate captured A man who had been mistakenly released from prison was arrested in West Baltimore last night, a Baltimore Sheriff's Office lieutenant said. Thomas Lee, 26, was arrested without incident by members of the sheriff's special operations team as he left a house in the 2900 block of Edmondson Ave. about 7:40 p.m., Lt. Sam Cogen said. |
Inmate dies after incident at upstate prison DANNEMORA, N.Y. - State officials say an inmate at a northern New York prison died a few hours after assaulting a guard. Department of Correctional Services officials say 52-year-old Bradley Ceasar assaulted the guard Monday afternoon after being ordered back to his cell at Clinton Correctional Facility near Plattsburgh. |
Inmate Escapes from Carson City Saturday Afternoon Deputies with the Carson City Sheriff's Office are looking for an inmate who escaped while performing duty work. Sheriff Ken Furlong says 20-year-old Kyle Carpenter walked away from the animal shelter on Butti Way in Carson City around 4 p.m. Saturday. |
Suspicious powder leads to Jail lockdown Charlotte County - The Charlotte County Jail was locked down Wednesday afternoon after a white substance fell out of a letter in the mail room. The Charlotte County Hazmat Unit is now on scene. They went into the building at 2:49 p.m. to do preliminary testing. The new mailroom is in a smaller building detached from the main jail structure but according to established procedures, the entire jail is now in lockdown. The smaller building does not share HVAC systems. |
Prosecutors want Ohio inmate to wear stun belt COLUMBUS, Ohio — Federal prosecutors want a prison inmate to wear a stun belt during his upcoming trial on charges he escaped from a hospital, robbed two banks and took hostages before surrendering. Billy Jack Fitzmorris, 35, requires extra security because he has damaged jail cell sprinklers and has been caught with contraband in his shoes, said Deputy U.S. Marshal Tom Genz. |
Sedgwick County jail inmate dies A Sedgwick County Jail inmate died Sunday at a Wichita hospital, and authorities said that an autopsy will be done on the man. The Sedgwick County Sheriff’s Department said that 46-year-old Gary E. White died at about 8:15 a.m. at a Wichita hospital where he was receiving treatment for existing medical issues. |
| International CERT Incidents - August 18, 2008 |
Kyrgyzstan: Two Persons Killed in Prison Riot A prison officer and a member of personnel were killed by inmates on August 14 in prison number 16 in northern Kyrgyzstan. Special Forces have surrounded the prison where most of the inmates were convicted for grievous crimes. Deputy Justice Minister, Sergey Zubov, has arrived to the prison together with officials from the Main Department for Penitentiaries. |
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Plan to transfer inmates in Oklahoma jails could help avert violence Officials with the state Corrections Department are hopeful that transferring nearly a dozen inmates to out-of-state facilities will help stem the violence that prompted seven state facilities to be locked down and inmate movements and visitation restricted. Justin Jones, executive director of the Department of Corrections, said the department is in the process of transferring several inmates to prisons outside Oklahoma. Jones said the inmates being transferred have been linked to fights at prisons in May and late June. |
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The state penitentiary in Hazelton is on lockdown Wednesday afternoon after a fight there this morning. |
Jail locked down after white substance found in letter CHARLOTTE COUNTY - The Charlotte County Sheriff's Office received a call at 1:50p.m. this afternoon after a Jail clerk opened a letter in the new mailroom and had an unknown white substance of dry powder fall out. County Hazmat and County Health Officials entered the Jail trustee visitor building, which also has the jail's mailroom at 2:49 p.m. this afternoon. |
Correctional Employees Claim Their Rights Were Violated In The Name Of Safety HAGERSTOWN, MD - Prison officials at the Maryland Correctional Training Center say they're cracking down on contraband, but employees say it's harassment, and a violation of their rights. On Tuesday morning, at least ten employees at the Maryland Correctional Training Center say they were singled out for a strip search. |
Inmate to face trial on attempted escape A Somerset County Jail inmate accused of attempting to escape from the jail’s work release center by setting off a fire alarm will go to trial. Kenneth Lee Rose, 25, will face charges of assault by prisoner and aggravated assault, both felonies, false alarms of agencies of public safety, a misdemeanor, and a summary harassment. His attorney, Kenneth Johnson, of Somerset, stipulated to the charges Tuesday at a preliminary hearing before Somerset District Judge Arthur K. Cook. |
2 employees admit smuggling contraband into Union County jail A janitor and a corrections officer have admitted in an Elizabeth courtroom that they smuggled cigarettes into the Union County jail for inmates. The janitor, Joseph Pecoraro, 37, also admitted Tuesday to supplying a cell phone to one inmate, convicted murderer Jeremy Watson. |
BSO Changes Transportation Policies After Deputy’s Death FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. -- The death of a BSO deputy leads to some changes in security and prisoner transportation policies in Broward jails. In November 2007, deputy Paul Rein was transporting a prisoner who was in a wheelchair from jail to court. The prisoner was able to get out of his wheelchair and kill Rein. Michael Mazza was charged with Rein's death. As a result the department took a comprehensive look at how prisoners are transported. |
DOC: Fire accidentally started near youth prison CHESTERFIELD -- A fire yesterday in the laundry facility of the Albert C. Wagner Youth Correc tional Facility was extinguished with only minimal damage to the laundry and no injuries, the state Department of Corrections said. Deirdre Fedkenheuer, a DOC spokeswoman, said the blaze at the prison off Ward Avenue was acci dentally started about 4:30 p.m. by workers who were grinding a gate at the rear of the laundry facility. She said sparks from the grinder ignited pieces of lint in a "piece of laundry equipment" that was not in use. |
Deputies Negligent In Quadriplegic Inmate Dumping TAMPA - A Hillsborough County Sheriff's Office corporal was fired and a second deputy resigned over the treatment in January of a quadriplegic inmate, according to internal affairs reports released Tuesday. Six others were suspended without pay or reprimanded for not intervening when Deputy Charlette Marshall-Jones tipped inmate Brian Sterner's wheelchair and dumped him on the floor of Orient Road Jail's central booking area, the investigative documents said. |
Inmate dies while incarcerated at Wells County Jail An inmate at the Wells County Jail has died while in medical isolation. Jared S. Schoeff, 22, of 120 North Johnson St., died Tuesday at Bluffton Regional Medical Center where he had been transported from the jail by Wells County EMS. According to Sheriff Bob Frantz, Schoeff apparently suffered from an obstructive airway disorder in which growths formed on his airway that required laser surgical removal every three to four months. |
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Paremoremo Prison in lockdown - NZ A near-riot at the country's toughest prison, has guards saying enough is enough. Guards say the maximum security Auckland Prison at Paremoremo is in lockdown after three inmates stabbed each other yesterday afternoon. Four inmates suffered stab wounds and one is in hospital in a serious condition. Guards are refusing to open cell doors in fear for their own safety. |
Massive jailbreak in Nepal terai, 54 inmates flee coop - Nepal Kathmandu, In the biggest jailbreak of its kind since the Maoist guerrillas signed a peace pact two years ago, nearly five dozen prisoners, armed with daggers and other weapons, staged a jailbreak in southern Nepal Wednesday, giving rise to fears that some could have fled to India across the border. |
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Officer Tries To Bring Gun Into Jail, Reinstated After Administrative Leave ORANGE COUNTY, Fla. -- Orange County corrections officer Carlos Lopez could face felony charges for trying to walk through the security checkpoint, at the jail with a semi-automatic handgun that was inside his lunch bag. Part of the jail was put on locked down. |
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Court officials said Norman Heflin slipped out of a handcuff and bolted from the van after it arrived at Providence District Court. About 15 minutes later, he was spotted and arrested just blocks away on Point Street by two plainclothes officers from the Providence Police Department. |
Most Okla. prisons loosening lockdowns Lawton_Oklahoma prison officials say that they have adopted new security measures, and transferred 16 inmates suspected of starting several fights to out-of-state prisons. The move should partially lift the lockdowns from the seven prisons that were involved in the fights. |
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NASHUA – For a few, fleeting minutes Monday, Peter Gibbs was a free man. Then the cops fished him out of the Nashua River, as he sunk in the water with his hands still bound in shackles. Gibbs, a Nashua native who has spent most of his 43-year-old life behind bars, escaped Monday morning from Hillsborough County Sheriff's officers at Nashua District Court. |
NAACP Official Faults Pr. George's for Silence on Jail Death The head of the local chapter of the NAACP said today that six weeks of silence by law enforcement agencies investigating the death of Ronnie L. White in a Prince George's County jail is undermining the credibility of county government and its corrections agency. |
Inmate kills himself in regional jail NELSONVILLE, Ohio - A man being held for an abduction in Athens apparently killed himself early Saturday at the Southeastern Ohio Regional Jail. Johan Londono, 18, of Cleveland Heights, was found dead in a jail restroom about 1:30 a.m. Saturday, said Lt. James Eddy of the prison staff. |
BSO Changes Transportation Policies After Deputy’s Death FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. -- The death of a BSO deputy leads to some changes in security and prisoner transportation policies in Broward jails. In November 2007, deputy Paul Rein was transporting a prisoner who was in a wheelchair from jail to court. The prisoner was able to get out of his wheelchair and kill Rein. Michael Mazza was charged with Rein's death. As a result the department took a comprehensive look at how prisoners are transported. |
8 inmates charged with directing deadly jail riot LOS ANGELES - Eight men implicated in a deadly jail riot pleaded not guilty to murder and conspiracy charges Thursday. A grand jury indictment unsealed in Los Angeles Superior Court alleges the men conspired to target black inmates in a gang-related hate crime. |
U.S. Marshals Capture Escaped Elkhart County Inmate CHICAGO, Ill. — An inmate who escaped from the Elkhart County Jail over a year ago was caught Tuesday in |
O.C. inmate: Jailer kicked, punched him with key in fist A jail inmate has sued Orange County Sheriff Sandra Hutchens, accusing a jailer of kicking and punched him with a key held in a fist, and also alleges that he and thousands of other prisoners are deprived of access to exercise, dayroom, religious services and telephone access. Blaine Bowker says he was assaulted on March 12 and 13 while he was incarcerated in the Men's Central Jail in Santa Ana, according to the federal lawsuit. |
Inmate Hangs Herself in Pickaway Jail A woman being held in the Pickaway County Jail for an arrest in Fairfield County is dead after hanging herself last week. Sheriff Dave Phalen says 29 year old Breha Smith of Columbus killed herself last Wednesday. |
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Investigation into prison fight continues - NZ Police are continuing to investigate a gang fight that left four Paremoremo inmates with stab wounds. Detective Sergeant Scott Armstrong said police were still pouring over security camera footage from Auckland's maximum security prison to decide whether charges would be laid. |
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Court Upholds Prison Grooming Policy - Legal Update A federal appeals panel says Arkansas prison officials did not violate an inmate's rights by disciplining him for refusing to cut his hair or trim his beard - which he said he must keep long for religious reasons. |
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ROCKVILLE, Ind. (WTHI) - The second accomplice in a recent prison escape went to court Monday. Jamie Long, 41, is accused of helping Scott Spitler Sr. sneak Sarah Pender out of the Rockville Correctional Facility. Pender has been on the loose for an entire week. She was serving time for a double murder out of Indianapolis. On Thursday, US Marshals arrested Long for helping Pender escape. |
Escaped prisoner found in Tennessee |
Region needs to get behind Pontiac prison effort |
Guard charged with smuggling drugs into Neb prison |
Former prison guard will soon be inmate |
Defense: Jail guards are scapegoats |
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Islamist threat to behead prison officer - UK Prison authorities have compiled an action plan for dealing with a kidnap plot involving radicalised Muslim convicts inside Britain's jails. The dossier has been compiled in the past few months following rising tension in the prison system. |
Stabbing forces lockdown at Matsqui Institution - Canada |
Prison contraband penalties could increase - NZ Tougher penalties are on the cards for prisoners and Corrections officers who break rules concerning contraband and illegal communications in jails. Parliament's Law and Order Select Committee is recommending changes be made to the Government's Corrections Amendment Bill. |
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Off-duty corrections officer attacked |
Inmate stabbing forces lockdown at facility |
Guard charged with smuggling drugs into Neb prison |
Former prison guard will soon be inmate |
Prison Population Growth Impacts Corrections Professionals |
Floyd County corrections officer admitted having sex with inmate |
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Prison service draws up emergency plans over fears of Muslim plot to kidnap guards - UK |
Prisoner in hospital after assault at Ngawha jail- NZ |
Cellphone pictures suggest Auckland prison out of control - NZ |
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Inmate: I made bomb to blow up South Bay guard SOUTH BAY — A prison inmate confessed to crafting a homemade bomb to try to blow up a guard, and the guard has been charged with smuggling contraband into the prison, the Palm Beach County Sheriff's Office said. Jordano LaGuerre, 24, of Lauderhill was arrested Tuesday afternoon at the South Bay Correctional Facility on charges of making an explosive device. According to the report, deputies called in to investigate a bomb threat Tuesday morning found four empty honey bottles filled with gasoline and connected to batteries and wires. |
Corrections Officer Taken Hostage - SECURED TOC Follow Up An officer from the Noble County correctional facility was taken hostage Wednesday while driving an inmate on Interstate 70 to the Franklin County Jail. Authorities say 27-year-old James Gillman slipped out of his handcuffs, reached over the back seat of a sheriff's van and overpowered 68-year-old Ken Jackson. |
Prisoner Back In Custody After Overpowering Corrections Officer - SECURED TOC Follow Up A Noble County Jail inmate is back in jail Thursday after officers said he slipped out of his handcuffs and overpowered a correctional officer. |
Prison Escape Getaway Driver Arrested Woman Drove Sarah Pender Away From Prison - INDIANAPOLIS -- A woman police said drove convicted murderer Sarah Pender away from a Rockville prison was arrested Thursday afternoon in Indianapolis, officials said. Jamie Long, 41, was arrested around 3 p.m. at her home at 5116 E. 9th Street, 6News' Jack Rinehart reported. Authorities were searching Thursday for Pender, 29. Police said Pender was driven outside the gates of the Rockville Correctional Facility Monday by corrections officer Scott Spitler. Police said Long then picked Pender up in the parking lot of the prison. Authorities did not say what the relationship was between the two women. |
HAMMONTON MAN INDICTED IN CRASH THAT KILLED A CORRECTIONS OFFICER MAYS LANDING--Charges of aggravated manslaughter and vehicular homicide are brought against a man in connection with a crash that killed an Atlantic County corrections officer back in January. |
Inmate allegedly pulls switch, escapes custody |
Women Arrested In Connection With Rockville Escape, Spitler In Court |
Jail Guard Injured In Attack |
Officials search for escaped CCI inmate |
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Gang feud sparked stabbing of inmates A riot between gang members at Paremoremo prison in which four inmates were stabbed was a result of escalating rivalry between two notorious gangs. Police are not revealing what gangs were involved in the dispute but sources have told the Herald it was a dispute between members of the Killer Beez and Mongrel Mob. Inspector Gary Davey said police would decide next week if charges would be laid. |
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Corrections Officer Taken Hostage - SECURED TOC Sent An officer from the Noble County correctional facility was taken hostage Wednesday while driving an inmate on Interstate 70 to the Franklin County Jail. Authorities say 27-year-old James Gillman slipped out of his handcuffs, reached over the back seat of a sheriff's van and overpowered 68-year-old Ken Jackson. |
Prisoner Back In Custody After Overpowering Corrections Officer - SECURED TOC Sent A Noble County Jail inmate is back in jail Thursday after officers said he slipped out of his handcuffs and overpowered a correctional officer. |
Prison fight erupts at Fort Grant A fight at the Arizona State Prison-Safford on July 23 resulted in four inmates transported to hospitals for medical treatment and a temporary lockdown of the prison's Fort Grant unit. Warden Lyle Broadhead said Friday that four or five inmates began fighting around 2 p.m. Wednesday on Fort Grant's recreation yard. Quick actions by the facility's staff stopped the fight. |
California Prisons Start Desegregating Inmates For decades, corrections officials assigned inmates of the same race to bunk together to keep the peace among race-based prison gangs. That's about to change as the prison system prepares to comply with a U.S. Supreme Court ruling that effectively deemed the practice unconstitutional.A group of white inmates gathers around a bunk bed in a packed prison dormitory at California Correctional Institution in Tehachapi, north of Los Angeles. The dorm is integrated. But each double bunk bed is its own racially segregated island. |
Troopers: Corrections officer ran red light DOTHAN, Ala. - An investigation has found that a sheriff's corrections officer ran a red light and caused a three-vehicle wreck that left a state prison inmate dead. The findings were released Tuesday by Houston County Sheriff Andy Hughes. He said the report by Alabama state troopers found that Officer Michael Brian Shelley was talking on his cell phone at the time of the crash on July 22 at an intersection in east Montgomery. |
Summit County deputy acquitted of murder of mentally ill inmate A Summit County sheriff's deputy has been acquitted of murder in the death of a mentally ill jail inmate. Stephen Krendick's actions as he and others attempted to subdue Mark McCullaugh in a jail cell were not the proximate cause of McCullaugh's death, visiting Summit County Judge H.F. Inderlied ruled today. He said he will file his complete ruling Thursday. |
CNCC lockdown scrutinized, prisoner freed The two-and-a-half hour sentencing hearing in the case of Frank Hannay, 38, of Wasaga Beach concluded Tuesday with testimony from the deputy superintendent of operations at the Central North Correctional Centre in Penetanguishene. The defendant, who received a sentence of time served, pleaded guilty July 22 to a charge of possessing stolen liquor. He was found guilty in that court before Mr. Justice Joe Wilson who had prior knowledge of the accused. |
Inmates caught brewing liquor in jail SUMMIT COUNTY — While cleaning out the cells in the Summit County Jail, guards found an unfamiliar plastic bag on top of one of the inmate’s bunks and opened it to find a medley of rotting fruit and bread. Given that it is unlikely that an inmate would be experimenting with composting, guards determined that the concoction was “hooch,” a liquor made from fermented fruit. |
Prison transport company, driver deny responsibility in fatal crash A prison transport company and its driver last week denied responsibility in a February crash that claimed the life of a Chatham woman. Tiffany N. Chaney, 23, died in a Feb. 3 crash with a van carrying prison inmates. The accident happened on Route 40, about five miles west of Gretna. Chaney's husband, Carroll Chaney Jr., is suing Brevard Extraditions Inc. of Melbourne, Fla., and driver Julio R. Alicea of Orlando, Fla., for $25.3 million. |
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Officer hurt in prison violence - UK Cells were damaged in the latest riot at the jail A prison officer was injured when inmates rioted at a Durham jail. Trouble flared at Frankland High Security Prison on Sunday night when around nine prisoners began smashing up their cells, the Prison Service said. |
Location shortlist for new jail - UK Four sites in north and south Wales have been announced as the shortlist for the location for a new prison. Prisons minister David Hanson made the announcement, which aims to deal with an estimated shortfall of 13,000 jail places in Wales. The chosen sites are Cwmbran's police training centre, a brownfield site east of Merthyr, Wrexham's former Firestone and Caernarfon's old Ferodo land. |
Police investigate prison riot - Ireland POLICE have launched an investigation after terrorist inmates rioted in a North-East jail. Nine convicts smashed up cells at the high-security Frankland prison, near Durham, late on Sunday night, causing £20,000-worth of damage. One prison officer suffered ligament injuries to a hand during the four-hour siege. No prisoners were hurt. |
Prison locked down after stabbings - - NZ A near-riot at New Zealand's toughest prison has guards refusing to open cell doors in fear of their own safety. The maximum security Paremoremo Prison in Auckland is in lockdown after inmates stabbed each other on Wednesday afternoon. Guards say four inmates suffered stab wounds and one is in hospital in a serious condition. Corrections Association president Bevan Hanlon says they are telling management the prison is an unsafe place in which to work. |
Prison to stay in lockdown after stabbings - Auckland NZ The country's highest security prison will stay in lockdown today and possibly tomorrow until all inmates and cells have been searched for hidden weapons. Prisoners were locked in their cells at Auckland Prison at Paremoremo after an outbreak of violence yesterday when four prisoners were stabbed. |
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| Fugitive shot, wounded by DOC officer - TOC Alert Sent |
Woman Escapes from Rockville Prison |
Officials Investigating Death of an Inmate in Reeves County REEVES COUNTY - Reeves County deputies are trying to find out why an inmate killed himself over the weekend. Officials say the man, who's from Mexico, tore apart a razor blade in his cell and slashed his own throat. We're told authorities check on inmates at the detention center every 30 minutes. |
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BLACKMAN TOWNSHIP, Mich. - State police are investigating a fatal stabbing of an inmate at a prison in Jackson County. Michigan Corrections Department spokesman Russ Marlan tells the Jackson Citizen Patriot 21-year-old Frank C. Smith was in a fight with another inmate who stabbed him Saturday. |
UPDATE: Corrections Officer Ran Red Light in Crash Which Killed inmate The accident report has been released on the wreck on July 22 in Montgomery involving a Houston County corrections van in which an inmate was killed. The report shows the wreck was caused by the driver of the corrections van running a red light. Authorities say 25-year-old Michael Shelley of Dothan ran the red light while talking on a cell phone which resulted in a three car accident and killing inmate Terry Irvin. |
Madison County makes emergency purchase of jail fire alarm Madison County will install a new $28,000 fire alarm system in the old portion of its jail. County supervisors this week approved an emergency purchase for the alarm system for the Madison County Detention Center in Canton “for the safety of the prisoners.” |
Correctional officer arrested for aiding in prison escape ROCKVILLE, Ind. (WTHI) - The Indiana Department of Corrections told News 10 it all started Monday afternoon around 4 p.m. When prison officials discovered 29-year-old Sarah J. Pender missing from the Rockville Correctional Facility in Parke County. Pender was serving time for a double murder in Indianapolis, but the story does not end there. A correctional officer, Scott A. Spitler is now in custody, charged with helping Pender escape. |
Two police cars crash in pursuit: Multi-agencies chase escaped Butte County Jail inmate OROVILLE — A Butte County Jail inmate escaped from custody Sunday evening, resulting in a multi-agency manhunt and two damaged patrol vehicles. Oroville Police Chief Kirk Trostle said the inmate escaped from Oroville Hospital after being transported there for an injury incurred while in custody. The identity of the inmate could not be confirmed by Trostle and calls placed to the Butte County Sheriff's Office and the jail were not returned by deadline. |
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Michigan State Police are investigating the stabbing death of a 21-year-old prisoner at the G. Robert Cotton Correctional Facility in Blackman Township. Frank Carnell Smith was involved in an altercation with another prisoner about 9:45 a.m. Saturday and the other prisoner apparently stabbed him, said Russ Marlan, Department of Corrections spokesman. Staff members at the prison on Elm Road heard the dispute, went to check on it and saw Smith fall to the ground, Marlan said, declining to release details because of the ongoing investigation. |
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Officer hurt in prison violence - UK A prison officer was injured when inmates rioted at a Durham jail. Trouble flared at Frankland High Security Prison on Sunday night when around nine prisoners began smashing up their cells, the Prison Service said. One prison officer suffered a minor injury and it took three hours to bring the situation under control. |
Terrorist inmates riot after jail siege - UK TERRORIST inmates in a North-East jail have rioted following a tense stand-off with prison officers – causing thousands of pounds-worth of damage. Nine convicts, the majority Muslim, smashed up cells in the top-security Frankland Prison, near Durham City, late on Sunday night, causing £20,000-worth of damage. |
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Fight hurts 9 inmates at Terre Haute prison - TOC Follow Up |
Five Escape Juvenile Detention Center COLUMBIA, Tenn. - Five youths ran away from a juvenile detention center over the weekend. Maury County Sheriff's deputies searched dense woods and battled stifling heat at night to find the escapees. They also didn't know what their suspects looked like. "I was stopped by police at the front of the park and they asked me, 'Did you know anything about any escapees?' And I said, 'No, sir.'" |
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DOC Reports Inmate Suicide at Garner |
Officials Investigating Death of an Inmate in Reeves County |
Escapee Captured |
Morning power outage prompts short jail lockdown in Indio |
New warden named at Baltimore's Central Booking |
Corrections officer arrested on charge of soliciting sex from a teenage girl |
| International CERT Incidents - August 5, 2008 |
Prisoners spy for extra chicken - India |
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Federal Penitentiary Lock-down - TOC Alert Sent |
Fight at Federal Penitentiary - TOC Alert Sent |
Corrections Officer Attacked; Juvenile Escapes A Juvenile Corrections Officer was attacked by a teen inmate, who then stole his car. Before the attack, the 17-year-old inmate was taken to Wesley Medical Center to be checked for a possible injury. As he left with the officer, he complained his handcuffs were too tight. When the officer went to loosen them, the teen punched him in the face, jumped into officer's car, and took off. |
Prison inmate indicted for murder KINGSTON – An inmate at the Shawangunk State Correctional Facility in Wallkill has been indicted by an Ulster County grand jury for killing another prisoner. Luis Rosado is accused of stabbing Larry Davis to death with a 9 ½ inch by 1 ¼ inch flat metal shank on February 20, 2008. |
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Another area jail is dealing with the issue of prison overcrowding. With the inmate population at 51, the city of Eunice is 8 over its mandate set by the State Fire Marshall. Police Chief Gary Fontenot said his hands are tied, and a project to double the size of his facility actually back-fired, resulting in more prisoners to house, putting more of a strain on his budget. |
Judge scolds state on slow progress on youth prisons Pressure on California's distressed youth prison system intensified Thursday, with the judge overseeing a court-ordered overhaul admonishing state officials on the stalled pace of reforms, and protesters clamoring outside Central Valley prison gates for the system to be shut down. |
Texas ranks first in juvenile prison sexual abuse AUSTIN — A just-released federal survey says juvenile prisons in Texas had the most incidents of sexual misconduct with youths during 2005 and 2006 than any other state. The U.S. Department of Justice survey said Texas reported 21 instances of sexual violence among staff and juveniles. No other state reported more than nine. |
Inmate hurt in fight at Alamance County jail |
Gitmo interrogators shift focus to prison - Military GUANTANAMO BAY NAVAL BASE, Cuba — Interrogators at Guantanamo Bay are asking detainees primarily about activity inside the U.S. military prison, the mission commander said, revealing a shift in focus from the wider fight against terrorism. The information gleaned from detainees is most important to preventing them from hurting themselves or attacking guards, said Navy Rear Adm. David Thomas, the top officer at the detention and interrogation center. |
Escaped Marion inmate back in custody |
Prison official fired in porn probe ordered back to work COLUMBIA -- A prison official fired last year during a probe of allegations that some prison employees viewed porn on their prison computers has been ordered back to work by a state grievance committee, the prison system's director told The Greenville News. The prison system plans to appeal that decision but must first by law get the permission of the State Budget and Control Board, director Jon Ozmint said. |
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Pampered prisoners supplied with £221,726 of PlayStations - UK Prisoners across the country are being supplied with computer games consoles costing thousands of pounds of taxpayers’ money. The Prison Service has spent £221,726 on PlayStation, Xbox and Nintendo systems and software to keep jailed criminals entertained. Ministers have previously admitted spending only £10,000 on the machines. |
Inmate still in critical condition after attack - NZ A Rimutaka Prison inmate attacked by another prisoner remains in a critical condition in Wellington Hospital. |
Mianwali jail inmates take officials hostage - Pakistan |
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Jail Emergency Responders Learn to Fight Flames |
Beeville prison officials stop escape attempt CORPUS CHRISTI-The McConnell Unit at Beeville's state prison remains under lockdown after two convicted murderers were discovered missing during a morning inmate count Wednesday. The prison was put under lockdown while guards tracked down the two inmates identified as Jeremy Robinson and Abelino Monge. Both men were from minimum security cells. Guards stopped and checked all incoming and outgoing cars at the prison due to heightened security. |
Corrections officer charged in criminal sexual conduct case COLUMBIA, SC (WIS) - A 54-year-old man has been charged with first degree criminal sexual conduct with a minor, and authorities say the victim was under 11 years of age. Richland County Sheriff Leon Lott announced Thursday the arrest of 54-year-old Charles Deveaux, a correction officer at the Alvin S. Glenn Detention Center. |
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"He wasn't perfect by any means, but he was a good man," said Anderson, who has a 1- and 3-year old child with Harrison. Prosecutors contended Mudd, 41, made hooch fermented from fruit, cereal and ingredients pilfered from the jail cafeteria. The men were allegedly drinking on Aug. 12, 2006 when contention erupted between Mudd and Harrison. |
Local inmate escapes thanks to “well executed plan,” and is still at large Tonight the search for a man who escaped from jailers in Bertie County continues. Danyashi Wood has been on the run since yesterday afternoon. On Tuesday a judge sentenced him to nearly 8 years in jail for assault with a deadly weapon, assaulting an officer, and resisting arrest. |
Fort Dodge prison snuffs smoking earlier than expected |
Former guard admits helping inmate escape |
Inmate mounts a not-so-great escape ROSEBURG, Ore. -- A jail inmate climbed over a clear barrier in an interview room Wednesday afternoon and assaulted a private investigator before climbing into the crawl space above the ceiling, according to the Douglas County Sheriff's Office. A corrections deputy subdued the inmate with pepper spray but abandoned an attempt to take the inmate back into custody after discovering the ceiling supports were not strong enough to hold his weight. |
Escaped inmates found in trash dumpster BEEVILLE, Texas -- Two inmates reportedly attempted to escape from a Texas prison Wednesday morning, but rather than freedom, their plan landed them in a dumpster. Jeremy Robinson, Abelino Monge and Robert Anderson are seen in these TDCJ photographs. During an offender count at 5:30 a.m., officers determined two of the inmates were missing from their cells. |
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Middletown man stabbed by fellow inmate A fellow Butler County Jail inmate slashed the throat of a Middletown man convicted last week of stabbing his girlfriend. Joshua D. Pointer, 19, apparently used a homemade knife made from pieces of a disposable razor and attacked Walter Thomas, of Middletown, cutting his throat area at about 7:30 p.m. Tuesday, July 29, according to the sheriff's office. |
Investigation launched into inmate's death St. Bernard Parish law enforcement authorities have opened an investigation into the death of a man who was transported from the parish jail to a New Orleans hospital. Ryan Williams, 29, of Chalmette, died Saturday at University Hospital, an attorney representing his wife said. Williams had surgery to relieve swelling in his brain on July 16 after being brought to the hospital from St. Bernard Parish Prison, said the attorney, Rhett Spano of Baton Rouge. |
Former guard admits helping inmate escape |
