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Maryland Inmate Killed In Prison Cell During Bloody Altercation: State Police
A 42-year-old inmate was killed inside his Jessup prison cell during an altercation with another inmate, Maryland State Police announced. Brian Bell, an inmate at the Maryland Correctional Institution in Jessup, died at R Adams Cowley Shock Trauma Center on Saturday, July 26, Maryland State Police said. Police say Bell and another inmate were inside their cell when a corrections officer noticed blood on both of them around 6:15 p.m. on Friday. Both men were rushed to local hospitals. Bell was taken to Shock Trauma in Baltimore, where he later died, officials said. The other inmate, …
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MS-13 Gang Members Who ‘Never Should Have Been In US’ Attack VA Corrections Officers: DOC
MS-13 gang members from El Salvador who "never should have been in this country" seriously injured several corrections officers in Virginia, state officials said. Three corrections officers were stabbed and two others injured during a targeted attack by gang members at Wallens Ridge State Prison, authorities announced. Google Maps satellite view The ambush unfolded around 9:45 a.m. on Friday, May 2, when six inmates — including five confirmed MS-13 members from El Salvador and a sixth member of the Sureño 13 gang from the US — allegedly turned on officers in what the Virginia Department o…
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Inmate Found Stabbed To Death In Maryland Prison; Suspect In Custody: State Police
An inmate housed at a Maryland prison was killed after being stabbed to death by another prisoner in his cell, state police say. Marvin Brown, 23, has been identified as the person found dead inside the Western Correctional Institution in Cumberland on Friday morning following an incident with another inmate, according to officials. At approximately 9:30 a.m. on Aug. 9, Maryland State Police troopers were called to the facility to investigate an inmate death, where they found Brown unresponsive with multiple puncture wounds. Another inmate - who has not been identified as charges are…