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Article • February 5, 2020 • from PLN February, 2020

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to fight the smuggling. We are making progress in our fight to rid our state prisons of contraband, but we must stay the course and continue our aggressive efforts.” Maryland: Fellow prison guards ...

OH Visitor Search Illegal

Article • November 15, 1995 • from PLN November, 1995

Filed under: Strip Searches, Visitor Searches, Crime/Demographics, Informants

OH Visitor Search Illegal by The Franklin County Court of Appeals in Ohio has held that an anonymous letter alleging drug smuggling by a prison visitor is insufficient to constitute ...

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Article • May 15, 2006 • from PLN May, 2006

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smuggling narcotics to her son while he was in prison. North Carolina: On September 29, 2005, Constance Locklear, 25, a guard at the Scotland Correctional Institution was arrested and charged with shooting ...

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Article • April 15, 2002 • from PLN April, 2002

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a prisoner, then seized two guards as hostages. The prisoners demanded a review of their sentences, that the warden be fired, a refrigerator in every cell, plus fans, barbeque grills, cotton swabs, shampoo ...

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Article • January 8, 2018 • from PLN January, 2018

Facility, were charged on February 28, 2017 with being members of a contraband smuggling network that brought methamphetamine, heroin, marijuana and cell phones into the prison. The former guard, Anibal ...

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Article • April 15, 2014 • from PLN April, 2014

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as attorney’s fees. Angola: A cell phone video, which went viral on the Internet, showed several Angola prison guards kicking prisoners and beating them with sticks, then laughing as they left them ...

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Article • July 15, 2013 • from PLN July, 2013

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News in Brief by Arizona: Approximately 400 prisoners were involved in a March 3, 2013 fight that resulted in a lockdown at the Arizona State Prison Complex-Tucson. Guards quickly responded ...

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Article • October 15, 2009 • from PLN October, 2009

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guard, Woodrow W. Richardson, 37, pleaded guilty on August 25, 2009 to felony charges of smuggling marijuana to a prisoner in exchange for $800. California: On August 28, 2009, Jorge Zorrilla, 52 ...

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Article • March 15, 2013 • from PLN March, 2013

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News in Brief by ARIZONA: Five Pima County Jail guards were fired following a September 19, 2012 fight outside the Buffet Bar in Tucson. John Hyatt, 30; Matthew Garcia, 24; Anthony Bonfiglio ...

17 Indicted in SC Prison Smuggling Ring

Article • July 2, 2019 • from PLN July, 2019

Filed under: Misconduct/Corruption

an investigation into a prison contraband smuggling ring that authorities called “Operation Cash Cow.” The indictments against four prisoners, one guard and a dozen free-world persons claim that cell ...

14 Overdoses in Two Weeks Leave One Dead at Phoenix Jail

Article • April 1, 2025 • from PLN April, 2025

Filed under: Drug Overdose, Accidents, Drug Laws/Offenses

before—one of whom later died. Deputies of newly elected Sheriff Jerry Sheridan suspected that one or more detainees at the jail, all of whom are women, smuggled the contraband in their genitalia ...

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Article • October 15, 2010 • from PLN October, 2010

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), the union that represents the state’s 30,000 prison guards and parole officers, announced on Sept. 20, 2010 that it was endorsing Democratic gubernatorial candidate Jerry Brown. The CCPOA, a major player ...

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Article • August 15, 2005 • from PLN August, 2005

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to stay away from the jail. Arizona: On January 17, 2005, three guards at the Arizona State Prison Complex-Tucson were injured when a fight broke out in the prison's dining hall. Thirty prisoners ...

Multiple Indictments, Prison Sentences, for Guards and Officials at Violence-Plagued Cleveland Jail

Article • May 1, 2020 • from PLN May, 2020

Filed under: DOC/BOP misconduct, Police/Govt Misconduct

with prisoner Lamar Speights, were indicted in September 2019 on charges they with ran a drug ring inside the jail. The guards allegedly smuggled cellphones, vape pens and drugs — including heroin, fentanyl ...

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Article • June 15, 2005 • from PLN June, 2005

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of vodka, cocaine and tobacco into the federal facility. He is the fourth guard arrested for smuggling contraband into the privately run facility in the past 30 months. Texas: On January 4, 2005, prisoner ...

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Article • March 15, 2005 • from PLN March, 2005

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: On May 20, 2004, Julio Vega, 41, a guard at the US Penitentiary in Lompoc pleaded guilty in federal court to attempting to smuggle heroin into the prison. Vega was arrested in an FBI sting operation where ...

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Article • August 31, 2015 • from PLN September, 2015

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on criminal charges related to smuggling contraband, including drugs, cigarettes and the cell phone the prisoner used to take the photo. One of the guards, Connor Bogan, said he had been “manipulated ...

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Article • November 15, 2008 • from PLN November, 2008

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News in Brief: by Arizona: On September 20, 2008, Amado Martinez, a guard at the Pinal county jail was arrested and charged with stealing money from prisoners booked into the jail ...

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Article • July 4, 2014 • from PLN July, 2014

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Peck, a guard at the Sussex Correctional Institution, had been arrested and charged with sexual misconduct. Peck, 39, faces 11 counts of sexual relations in a detention facility. A 19-year-old prisoner ...

Staff Smuggle Drugs and Porn to Washington Civil Commitment Prisoners

Article • May 15, 2011 • from PLN May, 2011

Filed under: Guard Misconduct, Criminal Prosecution, Mental Health, Civil Commitment

Staff Smuggle Drugs and Porn to Washington Civil Commitment Prisoners by Mark Wilson A Washington Special Commitment Center (SCC) nurse who fell in love with a civilly committed violent sex ...