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Two Georgia Prison Transport Guards Slain

Article • March 6, 2018 • from PLN March, 2018

Filed under: Escapes, Transportation, Murder by Escapees

Two Georgia Prison Transport Guards Slain by David Reutter by David M. Reutter On June 13, 2017, a pair of Georgia prisoners being transported from the Baldwin State Prison near Milledgeville ...

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Article • September 15, 2008 • from PLN September, 2008

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of smuggling an ounce of marijuana into the jail in exchange for a $200 bribe. Virginia: On August 28, 2008, Harold Douglas Jr., 30, a guard at the Lawrenceville Correctional Center was sentenced to six months ...

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Article • January 15, 2003 • from PLN January, 2003

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graduated from Valdosta State with a bachelor's degree in physical education. School records indicate he never graduated. Alaska: On November 19, 2002, prison guard James Hesterberg, 48, and four ...

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Article • February 15, 2003 • from PLN February, 2003

Filed under: News, News in Brief

. The state Department of Corrections referred 37 of the marijuana cases for prosecution. The remainder were handled internally. By contrast, 11 visitors and nine guards were criminally charged with smuggling ...

Oklahoma Prison Employees Disciplined

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

Filed under: Sexual Assault, Staff-Prisoner Assault, Guard Misconduct, DOC/BOP misconduct, Medical Misconduct

, but that ignored the fact that prisoners were able to trap hogs and cook them with at least the tacit approval of DOC employees. One guard was disciplined and suspended without pay for one day for having knowledge ...

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Article • September 15, 2002 • from PLN September, 2002

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to have escaped, prompting a nationwide manhunt. Tudor, serving a life sentence for murder, was found by a tracking dog after a guard thought he saw Tudor. It is believed that other prisoners fed Tudor ...

Bringing Down The Brotherhood

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

Filed under: Guard Misconduct, DOC/BOP misconduct, Gang Policies, Criminal Prosecution, Prison/Jail Murders, Informants, Death Penalty, Control Units/SHU/Solitary Confinement, Guard Unions

the floor of the visiting room like a clown's grin, separating the guard post and the civilian exit from the rest of the place. Prisoners are forbidden to cross that line. Joseph Principe stays way, way ...

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Article • August 15, 2000 • from PLN August, 2000

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early release if he killed the judge. In addition, guards at the prison were often drunk or absent from their posts and regularly smuggled contraband into the prison. TX: Death row prisoner Michael ...

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Article • February 15, 2012 • from PLN February, 2012

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. An investigation of the jail following an escape revealed lax security measures and extensive contraband smuggling by staff that included chow chows, a Chinese dog breed. The warden was fired and two guards were ...

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Article • August 15, 2006 • from PLN August, 2006

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, Anthony Robuffo, 39, Ricardo Campos, 26 and Juan Nieto, 30, all guards at the federal Metropolitan Detention Center in Los Angeles on charges that they took bribes from prisoners in exchange for smuggling ...

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Article • October 15, 2005

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, Anthony Robuffo, 39, Ricardo Campos, 26 and Juan Nieto, 30, all guards at the federal Metropolitan Detention Center in Los Angeles on charges that they took bribes from prisoners in exchange for smuggling ...

Orange Crush: The Rise of Tactical Teams in Prison

Article • February 8, 2017 • from PLN February, 2017

Filed under: Guard Misconduct, Prison Rebellion, Prison Gangs, Cell Searches, Strip Searches, Totality of Conditions, Failure to Protect (General), Eighth Amendment, Water, Arrest and Booking, Guard Brutality/Beatings, Guards/Staff

African Americans on the streets of our cities, but less is known beyond prison walls about guards who regularly brutalize those incarcerated. In Illinois, there is a notorious band of guards called ...

Equal Justice Initiative Files Suit Over High Levels of Violence at Alabama Prison

Article • December 2, 2015 • from PLN December, 2015

Filed under: Staff-Prisoner Assault, Conditions of Confinement, Guard Brutality/Beatings

Duncan, was killed three months later; and on April 17, 2015 up to 30 prisoners refused to return to their cells and assaulted guards, some using improvised weapons. “Alabama’s prisons are more ...

Floridas Civil Commitment Center Under Funded and Out-of-Control

Article • November 15, 2006 • from PLN November, 2006

Filed under: GEO Group/Wackenhut, DOC/BOP misconduct, Sex Offenders (Discrimination), Whistleblowing, Prison Rebellion, Medication, Systemic Medical Neglect, Prison/Common Area Searches, Failure to Protect (General), Guard Brutality/Beatings, Failure to Protect (Wrongful Death), Mental Health, Sex Offender Treatment, Failure to Treat (Mental Illness), Suicides, Civil Commitment, State Legislation

, the resident is confronted with a compound surrounded by razor wire-draped fences and patrolled by armed Department of Corrections guards. The typical dormitory lay-out with central chow-hall and laundry ...

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

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as improvised weapons. Two prisoners were hospitalized with head injuries and 13 others were inured. The three prison guards on duty required reinforcements from the California Highway Patrol and the San ...

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Article • May 15, 2005 • from PLN May, 2005

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. Two prisoners were hospitalized with head injuries and 13 others were inured. The three prison guards on duty required reinforcements from the California Highway Patrol and the San Bernardino ...

Soft Porn, Bribery and Jailed Millionaire Make for a Dangerous Mix

Article • January 15, 2010 • from PLN January, 2010

Filed under: Out of State Transfers, Guard Misconduct, Jail Misconduct, Criminal Prosecution, Visiting, TV/Movies

and Francis were charged with smuggling contraband, which included cash and anti-anxiety medication. Francis denied the charges, claiming he had brought the items into the jail himself when he was booked ...

Preying on Prisoners: In Texas, Staffers Rarely go to Jail for Sexually Abusing Inmates

Article • June 18, 2015

Filed under: Staff-Prisoner Assault, Guard Misconduct, Criminal Prosecution, Prison Rape Elimination Act

, and prosecutors often refuse to prosecute. The most common punishment for corrections staffers caught sexually abusing inmates is the loss of their jobs. Guards, nurses and other prison staff have almost complete ...

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Article • April 15, 1997 • from PLN April, 1997

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in Sacramento awarded $48,000 in damages to Jane Mootz, a guard at the Mule Creek State Prison in Ione, after finding she was sexually harassed by her supervisor, sergeant Howard Helms. CA: On January 23, 1997 ...

Lives at Stake as Pennsylvania County De-privatizes Prison

Article • November 1, 2020 • from PLN November, 2020

Filed under: GEO Group/Wackenhut

, spawning a number of wrongful death lawsuits that claimed rampant understaffing had created a dangerous environment for prisoners and guards. In 2008, Community Education Centers (CEC) took over the GWH ...