Allenwood inmate sentenced to 21 months for possessing contraband razor blade
WILLIAMSPORT, PA – A federal inmate at FCI Allenwood has been sentenced to nearly two years in prison after being caught with a makeshift weapon during a random search, prosecutors announced. Eric…
Oklahoma Man Charged with Possession of Contraband by Inmate
United States Attorney Alison J. Ramsdell announced that a Sapulpa, Oklahoma, man has been indicted by a federal grand jury for Possession of Contraband by Inmate. Charles Nathaniel Graves, age 36, was…
Inmate sentenced for threat charge
CLARKSBURG, WEST VIRGINIA – Shawn L. Price, an inmate at Federal Corrections Institution Gilmer, was sentenced today to 60 months of incarceration for a threat charge, United States Attorney William Ihlenfeld announced.…
Former Deuel Vocational Institution Inmate Pleads Guilty to Participation in $1 Million Unemployment Insurance Benefits Fraud Scheme
SACRAMENTO, Calif. — Kenneth Ray Hawkins, 47, formerly an inmate at the Deuel Vocational Institution (DVI), a California state prison in Tracy, pleaded guilty today to conspiring to commit mail fraud and…
Mother of Fresno County Jail Inmate Pleads Guilty to Conspiring to Smuggle Heroin and Methamphetamine into the Jail
FRESNO, Calif. — Eva Dolores Romero, 55, of Fresno, pleaded guilty today to conspiring to possess with intent to distribute and to distribute heroin and methamphetamine, U.S. Attorney Phillip A. Talbert announced.…
Federal Inmate Pleads Guilty to Threatening Federal Judge
FLORENCE, SOUTH CAROLINA —Stanley J. Kowalewski, 50, of North Carolina, has pleaded guilty to mailing threatening communications to a United States District Court Judge. Evidence obtained in the investigation revealed that following a…
Former Federal Inmate Sentenced to Nearly Three Years For Fraudulently Collecting PUA Funds on Behalf of Incarcerated Individuals
PHILADELPHIA –United States Attorney Jacqueline C. Romero announced that Brandon Segers, 34, of Philadelphia, PA, was sentenced to two years and nine months in prison, 3 years of supervised release, and was…
Inmate admits to murder, sentenced to 15 years
CLARKSBURG, WEST VIRGINIA – An inmate previously housed at United States Penitentiary Hazleton was sentenced yesterday to 15 years after admitting to second degree murder in a 2012 death of another inmate,…
Federal Inmate Sentenced to Serve an Additional Year in Federal Prison for Indecent Exposure to Prison Staff Members
OKLAHOMA CITY – Yesterday, a federal judge sentenced DONTE EARL GRIFFIN, 36, of Cincinnati, Ohio, to serve an additional 12 months and 1 day in federal prison for Indecent Exposure, announced U.S.…
Crawford County Inmate Charged with Failing to Register as a Sex Offender
ERIE, Pa. – An inmate at the Crawford County Correctional Facility in Saegertown, Pennsylvania, has been indicted by a federal grand jury in Erie on a charge of failure to register under…
Inmate admits to murder, sentenced to 25 years
CLARKSBURG, WEST VIRGINIA – An inmate previously housed at United States Penitentiary Hazleton was sentenced today to 25 years after admitting to second degree murder in a 2012 death of another inmate,…
Former Eastern Kentucky Correctional Officer Pleads Guilty to Covering up Assault of Inmate
ASHLAND, Ky. – A Morehead, Ky., man, and former Eastern Kentucky Correctional Center (EKCC) officer, Derek A. Mays, 32, pleaded guilty to an information on Monday, before U.S. District Judge David Bunning,…
Former New York State Correction Officer Pleads Guilty To Depriving An Inmate Of His Constitutional Rights
Damian Williams, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, announced today that AARON FINN pled guilty to a deprivation of constitutional rights under color of law. FINN, formerly…
Three Former Hawaii Correctional Officers Convicted of Civil Rights Violations for Assaulting an Inmate and Attempting to Cover it Up
WASHINGTON – On July 8, after a three-week trial, a federal jury convicted three former correctional officers at the Hawaii Community Correctional Center — Jason Tagaloa, 31, Craig Pinkney, 38, and Jonathan…
Federal Jury Convicts Oklahoma State Penitentiary Inmate Of Murder In Indian Country
MUSKOGEE, OKLAHOMA – The United States Attorney’s Office for the Eastern District of Oklahoma, announced today that William Clayton Brown, age 39, of McIntosh County, Oklahoma was found guilty by a federal…
Anne Arundel County Jail Guard Arrested for Sexual Encounters with Inmate
ANNAPOLIS, MD – An Anne Arundel correctional officer has been arrested and charged for having sexual contact with an inmate under their supervision on multiple occasions. According to a report today, on…
Federal Correctional Officer Indicted and Arrested for Use of Excessive Force Against an Inmate
SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico – On Thursday, June 30, a federal grand jury in the District of Puerto Rico returned an indictment charging Emilio Rodríguez-Arroyo with deprivation of rights under color of…
Former Tennessee Department of Corrections Officers Indicted for Federal Civil Rights Offenses Following Assault on Inmate and False Cover-up Report
Memphis, TN – The Department of Justice announced that Javian Griffin, 36, and Sebron Hollands, 32, two former tactical officers with the Strike Force for the Tennessee Department of Corrections, were indicted by a…
Inmate admits to assaulting another inmate, sentenced
CLARKSBURG, WEST VIRGINIA – Mark Justin Daniels, an inmate at Federal Corrections Institution Hazelton in Bruceton Mills, West Virginia, was sentenced today to 24 months of incarceration after admitting to an assault…
Former Rensselaer County Correctional Officer Indicted for Sexually Abusing Inmate
ALBANY, NEW YORK – Sean Morrissey, age 51, of Waterford, New York, was arraigned today on an indictment charging him with abusive sexual contact of a ward, announced United States Attorney Carla…
Inmate at Federal Correctional Institution Sentenced for Committing Voluntary Manslaughter
ALEXANDRIA, La. – A federal prisoner housed at the Federal Correctional Institution in Pollock, Louisiana (FCI-Pollock) has been sentenced for voluntary manslaughter, announced United States Attorney Brandon B. Brown. Jose G. Mercado-Gonzalez,…
Federal Indictment Charges Thomson Penitentiary Inmate with Murder in Connection with Death of Fellow Inmate
ROCKFORD — An inmate at the United States Penitentiary in Thomson, Ill., was indicted today by a federal grand jury on charges of murder, assault, and possession of a weapon in connection with the…
Inmate Death in Delaware Prompts State Investigation
GEORGETOWN, DE – State officials are investigating after the body of an inmate was found Friday afternoon at Sussex Correctional Institution in Georgetown. “Delaware State Police detectives, with the assistance of the…
Corrections Officer and Inmate Charged in Bribery Scheme; Same Inmate Charged in Unrelated Covid-Fraud Scheme
Assistant U. S. Attorney Orlando B. Gutierrez (619) 546-6958 NEWS RELEASE SUMMARY – June 27, 2022 SAN DIEGO – Benito Jamar Hugie, a corrections officer at Richard J. Donovan Correctional Facility, was…
Federal Inmate Sentenced to an Additional 29 Years for Orchestrating a Methamphetamine Trafficking Operation from Prison
ST. PAUL, Minn. – A federal inmate was sentenced to an additional 349 months in prison followed by ten years of supervised release for continuing to facilitate a methamphetamine trafficking operation from…
Prison guard charged with accepting bribes to allow inmate to receive smuggled items
DUBLIN, GA: A federal prison guard faces the possibility of substantial time as an inmate after being charged with multiple counts of accepting bribes to allow smuggled material into a prison. Tiffany…
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