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Ex-Deaf Inmate Sues DC, Says He Was Mistreated
WASHINGTON (AP) — A deaf former inmate in the District of Columbia is suing the Department of Corrections, saying he was mistreated while serving a 60-day sentence for assault. William Pierce says in...
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Md. Inmate Homicides Spiked in 2012
HAGERSTOWN, Md. (CBSDC/AP)— Maryland’s prison agency is reporting a spike in inmate-on-inmate homicides. The Department of Public Safety and Correctional Services says there were seven such deaths last...
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Maryland Inmates Grow American Chesnut Seedlings
JESSUP, Md. — Maryland inmates are growing American chestnut seedlings for a group hoping to restore the once dominant tree. Inmates at the Patuxent Institution near Jessup plan to hand over 600...
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Jail Doctor Gets 5 Years for Sex Assault of Inmate
WASHINGTON — A former doctor at the D.C. Jail has been sentenced to five years in prison for sexually assaulting a male inmate who went to him for medical care. Thirty-seven-year-old Lewis Jackson of...
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Ex-Guard Charged with Sexual Contact with Inmate
ELLICOTT CITY, Md. — Howard County police are charging a former correctional officer with having sexual contact with an inmate. Police say 40-year-old Gregory Kirk was arrested Friday at his Owings...
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Mistakenly Released Md. Inmate Found
JESSUP, Md. — Maryland corrections officials say they have found an inmate who was mistakenly released because of a paperwork error. The Department of Public Safety and Correctional Services says a...
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Va. Inmate Seeking Sex-Change Surgery Paroled
RICHMOND, Va. — A Virginia prison inmate who is suing the state to finance a sex-change operation has been granted parole. Virginia Parole Board chairman William Muse said Thursday that the board...
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Officer Convicted, 2nd Acquitted in Inmate Beating
WASHINGTON — A former corrections officer at a Maryland prison has been convicted on three civil rights and conspiracy charges in connection with the beating of an inmate. A second former officer was...
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Va. Lethal Injection Drug Same as One in Ohio Suit
RICHMOND, Va. — Virginia’s list of approved lethal injection drugs now includes one of the chemicals used in an Ohio execution that led to a lawsuit by the inmate’s family who says his death was cruel...
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Inmate Charged With Threatening President, First Family
CLARKSBURG, W.Va. (AP) — A West Virginia inmate faces federal charges of threatening President Barack Obama and his family. Robert Dale Tasker is charged in an indictment with three counts of...
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Ex-Officer Gets 1 Year in Md. Inmate’s Beating
BALTIMORE — A former Maryland correctional officer has been sentenced to a year and day in federal prison for his role in the severe beating of an inmate at Roxbury Correctional Institution near...
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Rape Charge Dropped Against Virginia Deputy
ALEXANDRIA, Va. — Prosecutors have agreed to drop a charge of rape against a former sheriff’s deputy in Alexandria who was accused of sexually assaulting an inmate. Commonwealth’s Attorney Bryan Porter...
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Md. Prison Officer Gets 3 Years in Inmate Beating
BALTIMORE — A former Maryland correctional officer who helped cover up the severe beating of an inmate in 2008 was sentenced Tuesday to three years in a federal prison. Former Lt. Edwin Stigile was...
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Prison Guards Face Suit for Pepper Spraying Inmate
CUMERLAND, Md. — A Maryland federal court case alleging excessive force by prison guards against an inmate has been revived by an appeals court. The Daily Record reports that the 4th U.S. Circuit Court...
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Inmate Sneaks Gun Into D.C. Superior Court in Underwear
UPDATED: Oct. 7, 2014 6:10 p.m. WASHINGTON (WNEW) — A prisoner brought a surprise with him into the D.C. Superior Court on Tuesday. David Neumann, a spokesperson for U.S. Marshals, says Isiah Bogon,...
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Md. Inmate Convicted in Fellow Prisoner’s Killing
UPDATED: December 1, 2014 12:49 p.m. HAGERSTOWN, Md. — A state inmate faces decades more prison time for fatally stabbing another inmate in an apparent gang hit. Twenty-one-year-old Andre Washington...
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Va. Inmate Lawmaker Votes Against Prohibiting Porn in Jail
RICHMOND, Va. — A Virginia lawmaker who spends his nights in jail says a measure aimed at keeping pornography out of the hands of inmates would not survive legal challenges. The bill passed with a...
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Police: Restraints, Taser Used on Va. Inmate Before Death
FAIRFAX, Va. — An inmate who died in custody after a stun gun was used on her had also been in restraints that included a light hood, Fairfax County Police said Thursday. The news release issued by...
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Inmate Charged in 2011 Death of Maryland Woman
LA PLATA, Md. — A man in prison for an unrelated crime has been indicted in the 2011 death of a Landover woman whose remains were found months after her mother reported her missing. Charles County...
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Md. Inmate Serving Life for 3 Murders Charged in 4th
ELLICOTT CITY, Md. — A man serving life in prison in the murder of three women in the 1980s has been charged with a fourth killing. The Howard County Police Department said Thursday that 59-year-old...
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