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Inmate Charged After Attempted Escape At Chester County Prison, Site Of Cavalcante Breakout Inmate Charged After Attempted Escape At Chester County Prison, Site Of Cavalcante Breakout
Inmate Charged After Attempted Escape At Chester County Prison, Site Of Cavalcante Breakout A prisoner has been charged after trying to escape from Chester County Prison by climbing through razor wire, the District Attorney’s Office announced on Thursday, Sept. 4. Thomas Hackett, 35, Phoenixville, was charged with attempted escape after corrections officers spotted him climbing a fence and through layers of razor wire in a prison yard, according to the Chester County District Attorney’s Office. The incident happened shortly before 2:30 p.m. on Wednesday, Sept. 3, when officers noticed inmates pointing toward razor wire at the top of the recreational yard. Hackett had made it onto…

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by Jillian Pikora
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Middlesex County Prisoner Found Guilty Of Killing Inmate: Prosecutor Middlesex County Prisoner Found Guilty Of Killing Inmate: Prosecutor
Middlesex County Prisoner Found Guilty Of Killing Inmate: Prosecutor A 39-year-old prisoner at South Woods State Prison and former South Plainfield resident was convicted in a bench trial of killing a fellow inmate on Thursday, June 12, authorities said. On Wednesday, Dec. 4, 2019, investigators from the New Jersey Department of Corrections Special Investigations Division (NJDOC SID) responded to a homicide at South Woods State Prison, Cumberland County Prosecutor Jennifer Webb-McRae said. The victim, Kenyon Wade, was found unresponsive in his cell with severe head and neck trauma and was pronounced dead at the scene. An investigation determined Wade sustai…

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by Sam Barron
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Corrections Officers Stood By As Juvenile Inmate Was Beaten Blind In South Jersey, Lawsuit Says Corrections Officers Stood By As Juvenile Inmate Was Beaten Blind In South Jersey, Lawsuit Says
Corrections Officers Stood By As Juvenile Inmate Was Beaten Blind In South Jersey, Lawsuit Says Corrections officers at a Burlington County juvenile detention center didn't come forward to help a former teenage inmate from a brutal beating by three other inmates, a lawsuit alleges. The 19-year-old inmate from Essex County was left permanently blind in one eye and has psychological problems due to the attack at the Juvenile Medium Security Facility (JMSF) in Fieldsboro on Aug. 4, 2022, according to the lawsuit filed on Tuesday, July 2 in Supreme Court in Mercer County. (See attached below) Because of his age, the plaintiff is only identified as "N.J.S."  “Officers were notified t…

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by Jon Craig