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News in Brief
Loaded on Oct. 31, 2022
published in Prison Legal News
November, 2022, page 65
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Alabama: A convicted bank robber had 30 months added to his 17-year prison sentence on September 26, 2022, for bribing an Alabama jail guard to smuggle him a cellphone, K2 “spice” paper, and other contraband. According to a federal Department of Justice (DOJ) press release, while Stanley Young, 34, was ...
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