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Inmates, Drones, Hospitals Used In Elaborate Contraband Smuggling Conspiracy At MD Prison: AG
More than a dozen people are facing charges for a trio of different prison contraband conspiracies that have plagued officials at the Roxbury Correctional Institution (RCI) in Hagerstown for months. On Thursday, May 25, Maryland Attorney General Anthony Brown announced that 15 people have been charged in connection to several elaborate schemes that involved drones, hospitals, and even a staff member at the jail. Officials said that the investigation was launched in April last year after contraband was found smuggled into the facility after an inmate returned from a hospital visit. “The in…
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Cash-For-Kids Ex-Judges Fined $200 Million In Pennsylvania: AP
A Harrisburg, PA judge has ordered two former judges to pay $200 million to the families of children sent to prison as part of their kickback scheme, the Associated Press reports. Mark Ciavarella and Michael Conahan, both former judges in the Luzerne County Court of Common Pleas, were found guilty in 2009 for charges in connection with a scheme that involved them using their positions to shutter county-run juvenile detention center, siphoning children from the juvenile court to PA Child Care and its sister facility, Western PA Child Care, according to court records. Childr…