FILE – The Federal Correctional Institution stands in Dublin, Calif., Dec. 5, 2022. A former correctional officer at the federal California women’s prison known for numerous misconduct allegations was sentenced to six years in prison for sexually abusing five inmates, federal officials announced Wednesday, March 27, 2024. (AP Photo/Jeff Chiu, File) OAKLAND, Calif. (AP) — […]
Mar. 26—A man serving time on a murder conviction is accused of strangling his cellmate to death in October at the Warren Correctional Institution in Lebanon. Jedidiah Hayes Lang, 42, is scheduled to be arraigned Thursday in Warren County Common Pleas Court after a grand jury indicted him last week for two counts of murder […]
WICHITA, Kan. (KSNW) — A Larned Correctional Facility employee who pleaded guilty to trafficking methamphetamine and tobacco into the facility received probation on Thursday. A news release from the Pawnee County Attorney says Jessie Smith, 52, was arrested on Aug. 13, 2023, after a random search of employees found he had 63 grams of meth […]
A prison officer in south Miami-Dade found himself behind bars after having sex with an inmate, police said. Jerry Brawley III, 20, is facing a charge of sexual misconduct with a detainee. He was arrested Wednesday and still remains in the Turner Guilford Knight Correctional Center Thursday. Brawley, a correctional officer at the Homestead Correctional […]
Feb. 13—MITCHELL — A former Davison County correctional officer who paid women for sex pleaded guilty on Tuesday to hiring for sexual activity. Marco Mora, 35, entered a guilty plea to the Class 1 misdemeanor charge during Tuesday’s Davison County felony court proceedings. It was revealed that the former correctional officer with the Davison County […]
Jan. 30—At a regular meeting of the Payne County Commissioners Tuesday, the officials unanimously moved to create a policy proposal that will offer paid mental health days off for detention and correctional workers throughout the county. “The details of who will receive what kind of time and when is still to be decided by the […]
PHILADELPHIA – A 59-year-old inmate was found unconscious at the Curran-Fromhold Correctional Facility in Philadelphia after a reported stabbing occurred Sunday morning, police say. According to Philadelphia police, at around 9:15 a.m, Sunday, officers responded to a “Hospital Case” involving a 59-year-old man who had been stabbed and found unconscious at the Curran-Fromhold Correctional Facility […]
Jan. 25—GRAND FORKS — Two men accused of involvement in a September protest at the Grand Forks County Correctional Center changed their pleas and were granted plea agreements on Thursday, Jan. 25. Takoda Richard Allery, a 26-year-old from Grand Forks, pleaded guilty to his sole charge: Class C felony inciting or leading a riot in […]
Jan. 9—GRAND FORKS — A Crookston man pleaded guilty to three felony charges on Monday, Jan. 8, related to a September protest at the Grand Forks County Correctional Center. Cameron Michael Lafriniere, 18, was charged with three Class C felonies: simple assault on an officer, inciting or leading a riot in a detention facility and […]
Dec. 29—Four Oahu Community Correctional Center inmates were indicted Wednesday on the charge of manslaughter in the 2020 beating death of fellow inmate Christopher Vaefaga, 36. Four Oahu Community Correctional Center inmates were indicted Wednesday on the charge of manslaughter in the 2023 beating death of fellow inmate Christopher Vaefaga, 36. An Oahu grand jury […]
A correctional officer was killed Tuesday at East Mississippi Correctional Facility, officials reported, but little information is available at this time. Lauderdale County Coroner Clayton Cobler confirmed the person was shot to death on the prison grounds. The officer’s name has not yet been released. Cobler said a suspect is in custody. An attempt to […]