- Kentucky police launch manhunt for escaped inmate
11 (UPI) -- The Kentucky State Police said they're searching for a prison inmate who escaped custody ... He was an inmate at Christian County Detention Center....[
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UPI.com, Saturday, January 11, 2020
- A Georgia death row inmate has asked to be executed by firing squad
(CNN)A convicted murderer in Georgia has asked that he be executed by firing squad, arguing an execution by lethal injection would cause him "excruciating pain" because of the condition of his veins....[
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CNN, Saturday, January 11, 2020
- Former prison supervisor sentenced to two years
According to a Department of Justice release, Khristal Ford, 33, was sentenced by U.S. District Judge Marcia A. Crone to 24 months in prison followed by one...[
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Times Record News, Saturday, January 11, 2020
- Officials Say Inmate Stabbed Lincoln Prison Staffer
LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) — An inmate at the Lincoln Correctional Center stabbed a prison staffer with a sharpened toothbrush, causing serious injuries, Nebraska...[
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U.S. News, Friday, January 10, 2020
- Report Questions Expanded Ohio Inmate Electronic Monitoring
COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — There's limited evidence that expanding the electronic monitoring of inmates in Ohio would reduce the rates at which ex-offenders...[
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U.S. News, Friday, January 10, 2020
- Ex-Officer Pleads Guilty to Assaulting Jail Inmate
He admitted to choking and shoving the inmate without provocation. The 40-year-old victim was being booked for violating a court order and had been insulting...[
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U.S. News, Friday, January 10, 2020
- 3 Arrested in South Carolina Prison Contraband Operation
Contraband valued at $35,000 was confiscated when the South Carolina Department of Corrections busted a smuggling operation...[
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U.S. News, Friday, January 10, 2020
- Inmates Attack Guard at Massachusetts Max Security Prison
SHIRLEY, Mass. (AP) — Three guards were injured and a maximum security Massachusetts prison was placed in lockdown Friday after a group of inmates...[
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U.S. News, Friday, January 10, 2020
- Officer Must Face Paralyzed Inmate’s Suit Over Medical Delay
A Tennessee corrections officer doesn’t have qualified immunity from civil rights claims for allegedly causing a delay in medical care for an inmate who had a spinal abscess that led to temporary paralysis and incontinence, the Sixth Circuit said Jan. 8....[
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Bloomberg Law, Thursday, January 9, 2020
- Inmate Imprisoned for Assault, Weapons Counts on the Run
LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) — The hunt is on for an inmate who walked away from a low-level corrections center where he was serving up to 10 years for weapons and assault counts — including assault on a police officer...[
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US News, Thursday, January 9, 2020
- Arkansas Inmate Cites Mental Illness in Death Penalty Appeal
An Arkansas death row inmate convicted of killing a state legislator's daughter was diagnosed with schizophrenia and should not be...[
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The New York Times, Thursday, January 9, 2020
- Sheriff: Inmate Pushed Guard, Escaped From Hospital
OCEAN SPRINGS, Miss. (AP) — An inmate is accused of escaping from custody in Mississippi by pushing down a guard and running away from a hospital....[
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US News, Wednesday, January 8, 2020
- 2 Inmates Plead Guilty in Vermont Prison Disturbance
SPRINGFIELD, Vt. (AP) — Two Vermont prison inmates have pleaded guilty to assault charges in connection with what officials called a unit takeover....[
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US News, Wednesday, January 8, 2020
- Tennessee Inmate Who Escaped Work Site Is Found in Alabama
MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) — A Tennessee jail inmate who escaped a work site in a truck has been found in north Alabama, authorities said....[
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US News, Tuesday, January 7, 2020
- Calls for prison reform in Mississippi after inmate murders and escapes
Over the last 10 days, five inmates were killed in different Mississippi state prisons. At one troubled site called Parchman Farm, two violent inmates escaped last week, but have since been caught. Mark Strassman reports on the situation in Parchman Farm and the claims that gangs, not the guards, run the facility....[
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Yahoo News, Tuesday, January 7, 2020
- Rights groups call for federal inquiry into Mississippi prisons
Prisoner advocates in the United States are calling for a federal investigation into the state of Mississippi's beleaguered prison system for possible civil rights violations, saying a recent spate of violence highlights deliberate violations of inmates' constitutional right to be free from cruel and unusual punishment....[
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Aljazeera, Tuesday, January 7, 2020
- Shocking photo shows prisoners rammed in an overcrowded cell at troubled jail where three were killed in gang clashes between inmates
Shocking photos show prisoners rammed in an overcrowded cell at a troubled jail where three inmates died in gang clashes and from which two escaped last week....[
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dailymail.co.uk, Tuesday, January 7, 2020
- Escaped Miss. inmate arrested in Fayette County, Tenn. according to US Marshals
FAYETTE COUNTY, Tenn. (WMC) - An inmate who escaped from the Mississippi State Penitentiary on Saturday has been captured in Tennessee....[
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WMC Action News, Monday, January 6, 2020
- Federal Case Moves Forward Over Missouri Inmate's Death
ST. JOSEPH, Mo. (AP) — A judge is refusing to dismiss several medical workers and Missouri sheriff's department employees from a lawsuit alleging that improper medical care contributed to the death of an inmate soon after he was sent to prison....[
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US News, Monday, January 6, 2020
- Colorado agrees to pay inmate $500,000 for alleged prison beating
DenverColorado has agreed to pay $500,000 to a convicted murderer serving a life sentence who allegedly suffered a prison beating at the hands of a guard, an incident a federal jury initially awarded him a record $6 million over. The award was rescinded in a second trial....[
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Denver Post, Monday, January 6, 2020
- Tennessee Immate Escapes Work Site in Truck, Search Begins
MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) — Authorities searched on Monday for a Tennessee jail inmate who escaped a work site in a truck....[
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US News, Monday, January 6, 2020
- Inmate Lawsuit: Guards Stood by or Helped Facilitate Attack
CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) — A black West Virginia inmate says in a federal lawsuit that he was attacked by a member of the white supremacist Aryan Brotherhood while state prison guards either did nothing or helped facilitate the assault....[
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US News, Monday, January 6, 2020
- Two more inmates die by suicide in California’s state prison system
Two California prisoners who died late last month became the 37th and 38th prisoners to die by suicide in the state’s prisons in 2019. Their deaths pushed the suicide rate among prisoners to 30.3 deaths per 100,000 incarcerated people — a 30-year high in the state....[
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San Francisco Chronicle, Monday, January 6, 2020
- Miss. prison chief says 4 of 5 inmate killings done by gangs
SUNFLOWER COUNTY, Miss. — Mississippi's outgoing prisons chief said Friday that at least some of the five killings of inmates since Sunday stem from gang violence, as guards struggle to maintain control of restive inmates....[
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correctionsone.com, Sunday, January 5, 2020
- One Mississippi prison escapee still at large, one in custody after days of riots, bloodshed
JACKSON, Miss. – One of two inmates who escaped from the Mississippi State Penitentiary at Parchman during a statewide lockdown is in custody, authorities say....[
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USA Today, Sunday, January 5, 2020
- Five Mississippi inmates were killed in a week, officials say. Then two went missing.
An inmate is missing from the notorious Mississippi State Penitentiary at Parchman after five prisoners were killed and several others injured this week across the state’s corrections system. The state’s prisons are on lockdown as authorities try to identify what sparked the violence at three facilities....[
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Washington Post, Sunday, January 5, 2020
- Louisiana Inmate Dies Following Fight With Another Inmate
ANGOLA, La. (AP) — A man being held in a Louisiana prison died after a fight with another inmate, authorities said Sunday....[
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US News, Sunday, January 5, 2020
- Inmate Killed in Fight at Central California Prison
SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — An inmate was killed in a fight at a California prison and homicide investigators have arrested one of his fellow prisoners, authorities said Sunday....[
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US News, Sunday, January 5, 2020
- British death row inmate could be freed after 33 years as lawyers reveal new evidence 'that proves his innocence'
A British man, who has spent 33 years imprisoned in the US – 10 of them on death row – could be freed after judges agreed to hear an appeal that lawyers claim will prove his innocence....[
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independent.co.uk, Saturday, January 4, 2020
- Morgan County inmate recaptured; authorities searching for second
HARTSELLE, Ala. (WAFF) - Morgan County Sheriff’s Deputies captured a man who walked off work release on December 30th. A second inmate remains in the run....[
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Waff 48, Saturday, January 4, 2020