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Bullet Smuggling Guard Sentenced

Article • December 15, 1993 • from PLN December, 1993

Filed under: Misconduct/Corruption, Guard Misconduct

Bullet Smuggling Guard Sentenced by Former Southern Ohio Correctional Facility (SOCF) guard Robbie Stringer, was sentenced to two years in prison and a $5,000.00 fine for smuggling seven ...

Three Texas Prison Guards Among 13 Charged in Sprawling Smuggling Scheme

Article • May 1, 2024 • from PLN May, 2024

Filed under: Guard Misconduct

Three Texas Prison Guards Among 13 Charged in Sprawling Smuggling Scheme by On December 19, 2023, the U.S. Attorney for the Western District of Texas provided details about a sealed ...

News in Brief

Article • September 12, 2014 • from PLN September, 2014

Filed under: News in Brief

the package was ultimately removed. Texas: Jail guard Patrick Fitzgerald Perkins, 27, accepted a plea deal for his role in a scheme to smuggle a cell phone and drugs into the Harris County jail. On December 9 ...

Incompetence, Brutality and Scandal Infest Tennessee Prisons and Jails

Article • February 15, 2006 • from PLN February, 2006

Filed under: Corrections Corporation of America/CoreCivic, Prison Health Services, Staff-Staff Harassment, Misconduct/Corruption, Contractor Misconduct, Guard Misconduct, DOC/BOP misconduct, Jail Misconduct, Systemic Medical Neglect, OB/GYN, Diabetes, Prison/Common Area Searches, Drug Testing, Criminal Prosecution, Prison/Jail Murders, Escapes, Failure to Protect (General), Staffing, Jail Specific, Excessive Force, Failure to Protect (Wrongful Death), Medical Neglect/Malpractice, Suicides

prisoner from a courthouse parking lot resulted in the shooting death of a prison guard. Another guard smuggled a gun into a state facility for her imprisoned lover. And at the administrative level ...

Prison Guard Implicated in Derailing Drug Probe Avoids Prosecution

Article • January 12, 2016

Filed under: Guard Misconduct

with allegations that he not only participated in drug and tobacco smuggling into the prison, but accessed a state computer and tipped off other guards who were being investigated, thwarting a five month long ...

Smuggling Ring Busted in Georgia Jail, 11 Arrested Including Four Guards and Former Nurse

Article • March 1, 2023 • from PLN March, 2023

Filed under: Guard Misconduct, Cell Searches, Drug Laws/Offenses

Smuggling Ring Busted in Georgia Jail, 11 Arrested Including Four Guards and Former Nurse by Jo Ellen Nott by Jo Ellen Nott On December 19, 2022, a six-month investigation into contraband ...

News in Brief

Article • December 3, 2014 • from PLN December, 2014

Filed under: News in Brief

News in Brief by News in Brief Alabama: Six people, including an Alabama state prison guard and two prisoners, were arrested on April 10, 2014 for their roles in a large-scale meth operation ...

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Article • July 7, 2015 • from PLN July, 2015

Filed under: News in Brief

. Demarcus Woodard, Gemayel Culbert and Justin Terrell Gordon lured a guard into their cell and overpowered him before absconding. Gordon and Culbert were located separately in the hours that followed ...

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Article • February 15, 2011 • from PLN February, 2011

Filed under: News, News in Brief

the gun when Pedigo was searched. Previously, in September 2005, prisoner George Dupree smuggled a gun into the jail and kept it in his cell for three weeks. A sergeant and a guard were suspended. Several ...

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Article • August 15, 2009 • from PLN August, 2009

Filed under: News, News in Brief

following a shootout with officers and a 14-hour standoff. Dick Harbison, LCS vice president of operations, said two shift captains and five guards were fired for not adequately supervising the prisoners ...

Sprawling Indictment Targets Two Smuggling Networks Run by Georgia Prisoners

Article • December 15, 2024 • from PLN December, 2024

Filed under: Drug Laws/Offenses, Indictment/Information

Sprawling Indictment Targets Two Smuggling Networks Run by Georgia Prisoners by Two federal indictments unsealed on August 21, 2024, charged 23 current and former Georgia prisoners ...

News in Brief

Article • December 11, 2019 • from PLN December, 2019

Filed under: News in Brief

Complex in Marion, run by Management and Training Corporation (MTC). He was one of several ex-guards who tried to smuggle drugs into the facility. Borders was caught in November 2018 with packages ...

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Article • December 15, 2003

Filed under: News, News in Brief

News in Brief by Alabama: On September 2, 2003, Cedric Bothwell, 39, a guard at the St. Clair Correctional Facility in Springville pleaded guilty in federal court to one count of selling ...

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Article • March 31, 2016 • from PLN April, 2016

Filed under: News in Brief

Prison guard Douglas A. Keck pleaded guilty to six felony drug charges after he was caught smuggling numerous types of drugs into the facility. [See: PLN, Oct. 2015, p.63]. On January 27, 2016, Keck&rsquo ...

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Article • February 15, 1999 • from PLN February, 1999

Filed under: News, News in Brief

it was an exercise. Jail guard Shawn Davidson spent 10 minutes handcuffed and begging for his life from a masked, gun toting jail guard. The drill also took place during visiting hours and two visitors cowered ...

Colorado Women Prisoners Call Strip-search Procedure Demeaning, Traumatizing

Article • August 15, 2011

Filed under: Searches, Strip Searches

that contact with and comments by a lesbian guard have left them feeling demeaned. Still others write they are considering curtailing their visits with loved ones, as well as their involvement in prison programs ...

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Article • October 15, 2005 • from PLN October, 2005

Filed under: News, News in Brief

block and smashed windows, destroyed cell doors, light fixtures and toilets in their cells. Guards abandoned the unit during the uprising. Guards eventually subdued the prisoners using tear gas and pepper ...

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Article • April 9, 2015 • from PLN April, 2015

Filed under: News in Brief

whether Fuller, who has been urged to resign, should be impeached. Hawaii: PLN previously reported the arrest of Halawa Correctional Facility guard Mark Damas for smuggling meth into the prison. [See: PLN ...

Another Hawaii DOC Guard Goes To Prison

Article • August 9, 2016

Filed under: Guard Misconduct

Another Hawaii DOC Guard Goes To Prison by Christopher Zoukis For the second time in a year, a Hawaii Department of Corrections guard was convicted in federal court after being found guilty ...

Guard and Four Summit Food Service Employees Arrested for Smuggling at Troubled Atlanta Jail

Article • March 1, 2024 • from PLN March, 2024

Filed under: Contractor Misconduct, Guard Misconduct, Jail Misconduct

Guard and Four Summit Food Service Employees Arrested for Smuggling at Troubled Atlanta Jail by A former guard at the Fulton County Jail in Atlanta and four employees of its food service ...