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PA Prison Guard Stabbed: Police PA Prison Guard Stabbed: Police
PA Prison Guard Stabbed: Police A prison guard is in the hospital following a stabbing, Philadelphia police announced on Thursday, Oct. 24.  The stabbing happened at the Curran-Fromhold Correctional Facility, located at 8101 State Road in Philadelphia around 1:40 p.m. An inmate stabbed the guard once in the left arm, according to PPD.  "The guard was transported by Medic 49 to Jefferson-Torresdale Hospital, where they were placed in stable condition," the police wrote in the release.  The scene was being held, but no weapon was recovered.  The offender has been detained, and the investigation is ong…

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by Jillian Pikora
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10 Overdosed Dauphin County Prison Inmates Hospitalized, Commissioners Say 10 Overdosed Dauphin County Prison Inmates Hospitalized, Commissioners Say
10 Overdosed Dauphin County Prison Inmates Hospitalized, Commissioners Say Ten inmates were revealed to have been hospitalized for drug overdoses in September, Dauphin County Commissioner Justin Douglas said at a meeting on Wednesday, Oct. 9. Commissioner Douglas said that the inmates were taken to the hospital after overdosing on "benzos" when asked to address rumors during the workshop meeting recorded live and streamed on Facebook, which you can watch in full in the player below.  Harrisburg resident Pamela Parson stated the conversations: "Let me say that I am a member of this prison's citizen advisory board. One of the things that we heard in the last day is…

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by Jillian Pikora
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Man Serving Life Sentence Killed By Inmate In State Prison Cell: Montco DA Man Serving Life Sentence Killed By Inmate In State Prison Cell: Montco DA
Man Serving Life Sentence Killed By Inmate In State Prison Cell: Montco DA A 42-year-old inmate has been charged in the killing of another inmate at the Pennsylvania State Correctional Institution Phoenix, authorities said. Dwight Williams was charged with First-Degree Murder and Third-Degree Murder for the death of 67-year-old inmate Ashokkumar Guru in his cell on Sunday, Aug. 4, according to Montgomery County District Attorney Kevin R. Steele and Pennsylvania State Police Captain Gerard B. McShea. They gave the following account of the attack: Correctional officers were alerted at 9:31 a.m. by an inmate that he had returned to his cell…

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by Jon Craig
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Cause Of Death Revealed For PA Inmate Found Dead In Cell: Report Cause Of Death Revealed For PA Inmate Found Dead In Cell: Report
Cause Of Death Revealed For PA Inmate Found Dead In Cell: Report A cause of death has been released for a Pennsylvania inmate who was found dead in his cell on Tuesday, March 1, LevittownNow reports. Edwin Dunfee, 46, of Philadelphia, died by suicide at the Bucks County Correctional Facility, the outlet reports citing the county's coroner. The method of death appeared to be from hanging, Coroner Meredith Buck told the outlet. Authorities found him unresponsive in a cell Tuesday evening, James O'Malley, Deputy Director of Communications for Bucks County previously said in a press release. He was pronounced dead at the jail by EMS, O'Malley …

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by Nicole Acosta