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Drexel Hill-Upper Darby, PA
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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
Harrisburg, PA
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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
Mechanicsville, MD
Police & Fire
Cigarette-Smoking Inmate Accidentally Set Clothes On Fire At Maryland Prison: Investigators Cigarette-Smoking Inmate Accidentally Set Clothes On Fire At Maryland Prison: Investigators
Cigarette-Smoking Inmate Accidentally Set Clothes On Fire At Maryland Prison: Investigators Things got too hot to handle for an inmate at the Eastern Correctional Institute in Maryland who accidentally set himself on fire while illegally smoking a cigarette. The Office of the State Fire Marshal is investigating an incident reported at the Eastern Correctional Institute on Reveils Neck Road in Westover, when an inmate sparked a fire inside his cell. According to investigators, an inmate was in his cell smoking a cigarette - which is against the prison's policies - when he accidentally ignited his clothing on fire.  The inmate was able to quickly get the smoldering clothes "mo…

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by Zak Failla
Lower Merion-Narberth, PA
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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
Marlton-Evesham, NJ
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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
Bowie, MD
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Former CO Who Fell For Inmate Sentenced For Smuggling Contraband For BF Into Maryland Facility Former CO Who Fell For Inmate Sentenced For Smuggling Contraband For BF Into Maryland Facility
Former CO Who Fell For Inmate Sentenced For Smuggling Contraband For BF Into Maryland Facility An ill-fated romance landed a former corrections officer in Maryland in hot water after conspiring with her inmate boyfriend to smuggle drugs into a Prince George's County facility. Waldorf resident Danielle Dominique Smith, 34, will spend time on the other side of the bars after being sentenced to four months in prison, followed by four months of home detention after she was in an intimate and sexual relationship with an inmate who smuggled contraband into the Prince George’s County Department of Corrections Detention Facility. According to her guilty plea, between November 2009 and A…

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by Zak Failla
Fairfax, VA
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Relationship Between Corrections Officers, Inmate Leads To Drug Bust In Virginia Prison Relationship Between Corrections Officers, Inmate Leads To Drug Bust In Virginia Prison
Relationship Between Corrections Officers, Inmate Leads To Drug Bust In Virginia Prison A relationship between a former corrections officer and inmate led to a drug bust in a Virginia prison, state officials said. Detailed investigation techniques and hours of surveillance by Virginia Department of Corrections (VADOC) staff members led to the seizure of suspected drugs and contraband intended for an inmate in late May 2023, the VADOC said. Officials did not disclose the name of the prison, or the name of the CO. VADOC Drug Task Force staff initiated the investigation in March 2023, following a tip that a former corrections officer had been involved in an inappropriate relation…

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by Cecilia Levine
Fredericksburg, VA
Police & Fire
Who Keeps Mailing Drugs To Inmates In Rappahannock Jail? Who Keeps Mailing Drugs To Inmates In Rappahannock Jail?
Who Keeps Mailing Drugs To Inmates In Rappahannock Jail? For the third day in a row, drugs were mailed to an inmate in the Rappahannock Regional Jail, authorities said. Jail staff contacted a deputy, who turned over a letter around noon on Wednesday, May 24, the Stafford County Sheriffs Office said. "In case there was any doubt, mailing drugs to inmates is frowned upon," a spokesperson said.

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by Cecilia Levine
Fredericksburg, VA
Police & Fire
Hammer Wielding Inmate Finds Himself Back In Rappahannock Jail 2 Hours After Release Hammer Wielding Inmate Finds Himself Back In Rappahannock Jail 2 Hours After Release
Hammer Wielding Inmate Finds Himself Back In Rappahannock Jail 2 Hours After Release An inmate released from the Rappahannock Regional Jail found himself right back in a holding cell for a crime committed seconds after being freed, authorities said. The unnamed Maryland man used a hammer to smash the windows on one of the jail's vans and magistrate's door, sometime around 3:20 a.m. Sunday, May 7, authorities in Stafford County said. The inmate, who had been released at 1:11 a.m., was captured on Hope Road, police said. When confronted about the shattering incident, the suspect denied that he broke anything, and instead, changed his answer after being informed the …

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by Cecilia Levine
Cambridge, MA
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Inmate Charged With Brutal Attack On Massachusetts Corrections Officer: DA Inmate Charged With Brutal Attack On Massachusetts Corrections Officer: DA
Inmate Charged With Brutal Attack On Massachusetts Corrections Officer: DA The inmate who brutally attacked a Massachusetts corrections officer at a Shirley prison last month has been officially charged, the Middlesex County District Attorney's office reports. Roy Booth was charged in connection with attacking Officer Matthew Tidman in MCI-Shirley's gym on the afternoon of Wednesday, Aug. 31. Tidman is now in a coma where he remains in critical condition, a GoFundMe organized on his behalf says.  "Matt is someone who is the first to lend a helping hand no matter the situation and now is our time to do the same for him and his family," the campa…

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by David Cifarelli
Bristol, PA
Police & Fire
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
Mount Pleasant, NY
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Man Indicted For Violent Attack At Jail In Hudson Valley Man Indicted For Violent Attack At Jail In Hudson Valley
Man Indicted For Violent Attack At Jail In Hudson Valley A Rockland County man has been indicted for attempted murder stemming from a violent attack on a female corrections officer at the Rockland County Jail. Israel Gourion, age 32, of Wesley Hills, was indicted on Tuesday, Feb. 23, on charges of attempted murder, assault, and strangulation, said Chief of the Rockland County Detectives Peter Walker. Gourion was an inmate of the jail at the time of the attack. The case is being prosecuted by Supervising Assistant District Attorney Mike Dugandzic. On Wednesday, Feb. 10, the victim, a Rockland County Sheriffs Corrections Officer, was engaged in pe…

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by Kathy Reakes