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ISIS Inmate Who Planned To ‘Create The Next 9/11’ Stabs Federal Prison Guards, DOJ Says ISIS Inmate Who Planned To ‘Create The Next 9/11’ Stabs Federal Prison Guards, DOJ Says
ISIS Inmate Who Planned To ‘Create The Next 9/11’ Stabs Federal Prison Guards, DOJ Says A Canadian man serving a 40-year federal sentence for plotting a terrorist attack in New York City has pleaded guilty to violently assaulting two correctional officers inside a Pennsylvania prison, federal officials announced on Tuesday, Nov. 4. Abdulrahman El Bahnasawy, 27, of Mississauga, Ontario, attacked two officers at USP Allenwood on December 7, 2020, according to the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Middle District of Pennsylvania. Bahnasawy used a sharpened piece of steel from a desk in his cell to stab one officer in the head and face, causing the victim to lose his right eye, invest…

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by Jillian Pikora
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Another Inmate Dies At Rikers Island, 11th Death This Year Another Inmate Dies At Rikers Island, 11th Death This Year
Another Inmate Dies At Rikers Island, 11th Death This Year Another inmate has died at Rikers Island, marking the 11th death at the facility this year. The latest incident happened Wednesday evening, Sept. 3, at the George R. Vierno Center, a Department of Correction spokesperson told Daily Voice. Officers responded to a medical emergency just before 8 p.m. after the man appeared to have a seizure, officials said. Doctors and emergency medical services arrived minutes later, but despite efforts to save him, the man was pronounced dead at the scene. “The Department has tragically lost a person in our custody,” NYC Correction Commissioner Lynelle Mag…

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by Michael Mashburn
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Correction Officer Brutally Attacked By Inmate At Jail In Hudson Valley Correction Officer Brutally Attacked By Inmate At Jail In Hudson Valley
Correction Officer Brutally Attacked By Inmate At Jail In Hudson Valley A corrections officer was injured after an alleged violent attack by an inmate who refused to enter his cell in the Hudson Valley. Israel Simon Gourion, age 31, of Wesley Hills, was arrested at around 10:15 p.m., Wednesday, Feb. 10, at the Rockland County Correctional Facility in New City, said Chief of Patrol William Barbera with the Rockland County Sheriff's Office. According to Barbera, the correctional officer was returning inmates to their cells when they were attacked by Gourion after he refused to return to his cell. Gourion grabbed the officer and placed him in a chokehold, intendi…

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by Kathy Reakes
Police & Fire
Latimer Picks Two New Commissioners To Oversee Westchester County Jail Latimer Picks Two New Commissioners To Oversee Westchester County Jail
Latimer Picks Two New Commissioners To Oversee Westchester County Jail Westchester County Executive George Latimer named Joseph K. Spano as Commissioner and Louis A. Molina as First Deputy Commissioner of the Department of Corrections during a Thursday news conference in White Plains. Both bring a lifetime of experience, and diverse backgrounds, to the leadership positions at the county jail. Latimer said: “Both Joe and Lou will work to make the Westchester County Jail a nationwide model facility. These are serious men, taking on a serious job. I look forward to working with them, and our entire Corrections staff, to solve the unique challenges that face a jai…

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by Daily Voice