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USP Atlanta Escapes Result in Convictions

Loaded on Dec. 5, 2017 by Monte McCoin published in Prison Legal News December, 2017, page 17
Filed under: Escapes, Conditions of Confinement. Location: Georgia.

by Monte McCoin

PLN previously reported the February 3, 2017 arrest of federal prisoner Justin B. Stinson, who was caught sneaking back into the minimum-security prison camp at USP Atlanta carrying a duffel bag filled with a cell phone, scissors, two 1.75 liters of Jose Cuervo tequila, two …

 

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