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Loaded on March 15, 2006 published in Prison Legal News March, 2006, page 42
Filed under: News, News in Brief. Location: United States of America.
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Alabama: On March 2, 2005, Ellis Hudson, 40, was arrested on trespassing charges for breaking into the Bullock County jail in Union Springs. Hudson was apparently trying to smuggle tobacco to jail prisoners, which is banned.

Arizona: On March 8, 2006, an unidentified Maricopa county sheriffs deputy ...

 

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