FAYETTEVILLE, Ark. (KNWA/KFTA) — The Washington County Services Committee unanimously passed an amended version of a resolution in support of the Northwest Arkansas Community Corrections Center. In that resolution, the county is calling on the Arkansas Department of Corrections and other state decision-makers to take the necessary steps to ensure the center’s continued operations. Washington […]
Maryland State Police investigators are investigating the death of a state prison inmate in Somerset County as a homicide, The inmate is identified as Eugene Stanford, 49. Stanford was declared dedd by emergency medical service personnel. He was a state prison inmate serving time at the Eastern Correctional Institution in Princess Anne. A suspect, also […]
SOMERVILLE – Somerset County will start sending its jail inmates to the Morris County Correctional Facility on June 1. With no discussion at their meeting on Tuesday, the Somerset County commissioners approved a five-year contract with Morris County that ends on May 31, 2029. Under the terms of the shared services agreement, Somerset County will […]
STILLWATER, Minn. (FOX 9) – Two correctional officers were injured after they were assaulted by inmates at the Stillwater prison Saturday morning, the Minnesota Department of Corrections (DOC) said. According to the DOC, around 11:30 a.m. at Minnesota Correctional Facility-Stillwater, two correctional officers were assaulted by a group of inmates. The DOC said two incarcerated […]
(WJBF) – A corrections officer at McCormick Correctional Institution is off the job and facing charges. 23-year-old Angel Monique Butler of Hephzibah, Georgia, is charged with Failure to Report Sexual Misconduct and Misconduct in Office. The report states that Butler failed to report a sexual relationship between a fellow officer and an inmate. She has […]
May 17—The cellmate of a man strangled to death last fall at the Warren Correctional Institution told investigators, “yeah, I’m (expletive) guilty,” according to documents released Friday by the Ohio State Highway Patrol. Jedidiah Hayes Lang, 42, serving 15 years to life for a murder conviction, was indicted in March for two counts of murder […]
May 14—GRAND FORKS — A Cavalier woman was arrested Monday, May 13, in connection with a report of Suboxone film strips being smuggled into the Grand Forks County Correctional Center through greeting card envelopes. Elaine Alexis Longtine, 25, was charged May 9 with Class A felony conspiracy to deliver or possess with intent to deliver […]
A former Massachusetts prison is the newest location for an emergency shelter for families experiencing homelessness. The former site of the Bay State Correctional Center in Norfolk will be transformed into a welcoming space to accommodate slightly under 150 families. Governor Maura Healey’s Office tells Boston 25 News the facility is in great shape and […]
May 7—The Lauderdale County Board of Supervisors recognized local law enforcement Monday as it issued proclamations declaring National Correctional Officers Week and National Police Officers Week. Supervisor Josh Todd said Lauderdale County will recognize National Correctional Officers Week on May 5-11 and National Police Officers Week on May 12-18. May 15, Todd said, is recognized […]
The death of a 36-year-old female inmate at Topeka Correctional Facility is being investigated by the Kansas Department of Corrections and Kansas Department of Investigation. The inmate, Asa Hashanna Adams, was pronounced deceased after being found unresponsive Saturday morning in her living unit, said David Thompson, public information officer for the Kansas Department of Corrections. […]
Three California correctional officers were injured Thursday morning, including one who was stabbed twice, at a prison hospital in Stockton where an inmate reportedly retrieved a weapon and attacked the officers, state authorities said. Shortly before 7 a.m., correctional officers were conducting a mass search at the California Health Care Facility on Austin Road in […]
The state of Missouri on Tuesday executed Brian Dorsey for the 2006 murders of his cousin, Sarah Bonnie, and her husband, Benjamin Bonnie, after an effort to have his life spared failed in recent days. Dorsey’s time of death was recorded as 6:11 p.m, the Missouri Department of Corrections said in a news release. The […]