Exclusive-Deadly Iran jail fire erupted as police clashed with inmates, sources say
(Reuters) – Two days before a fire ripped through a section of Iran’s Evin prison and killed at least eight people, a riot police unit …
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Former California Correctional Officer Sentenced to More Than 12 Years in Prison for Civil Rights Violations Regarding Assaults on Inmates and Cover Up Inside CSP Sacramento
SACRAMENTO, Calif. — Arturo Pacheco, 40, of Elk Grove, was sentenced today to 12 years and seven months in prison for criminal civil rights violations …
Inmates and Family Members Indicted for Role in Nationwide Phone Scam Targeting Home Depot
BIRMINGHAM, Ala. – A federal grand jury last week indicted eight individuals for their roles in a prison-based phone scam that targeted retailers throughout the …
Former Crips Gang Members and Inmates Each Sentenced to More Than Five Years in Prison for COVID-19-Related Unemployment Insurance Fraud Scheme
FRESNO, Calif. — Sholanda Thomas, 38, a former Hoover Crips gang member and an inmate at the Central California Women’s Facility (CCWF) in Chowchilla, was …
Victorville Woman Arrested on Indictment Alleging She Used Prison Inmates’ Names to Fraudulently Obtain Over $500,000 in COVID Relief
RIVERSIDE, California – A San Bernardino County woman was arrested today on a seven-count federal grand jury indictment alleging she fraudulently obtained more than …
Springfield Woman Sentenced to 11 Months in Prison for Three Counts Related to Assisting Inmates with Escape from the Sangamon County Jail
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. – A Springfield, Illinois, woman, Allison Poorman, 28, of the 600 block of Douglas Avenue, has been sentenced to 11 months’ imprisonment, to …
Former California Correctional Officer Pleads Guilty to Civil Rights Violations for Assaults on Inmates and Cover Up Inside CSP-Sacramento
SACRAMENTO, Calif. — Arturo Pacheco, 40, of Elk Grove, pleaded guilty today to criminal civil rights violations for the on‑duty assault of two inmates entrusted to …
Three Individuals Plead Guilty to Fraudulently Obtaining Pandemic Unemployment Benefits for Virginia Prison Inmates
RICHMOND, Va. – Three individuals pleaded guilty to participating in a conspiracy to use the personal identifying information (PII) of Virginia prison inmates in order …
Luna County inmates sentenced for assault on corrections officers
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. – Alexander M.M. Uballez, United States Attorney for the District of New Mexico, announced today that Johnny Black and Henry Felix were sentenced …
21 Defendants Convicted During Three-Year Investigation Into Drug Trafficking and Criminal Activities Led by Inmates Inside State Prison Walls Using Contraband Cell Phones
OKLAHOMA CITY – A three-year investigation into an Oklahoma prison-based drug trafficking organization has resulted in 21 defendants being convicted across multiple federal cases. The …
Biden Admin Funnels Taxpayer Dollars Into ‘Programming Curriculum’ For Transgender Inmates
Biden Admin Funnels Taxpayer Dollars Into ‘Programming Curriculum’ For Transgender Inmates Reagan Reese on July 9, 2022 The Department of Justice invested almost $1.5 million …
Male Inmates Spent Hours Raping, Attacking Female Inmates After Guard Slipped Them A Key, Lawsuit Alleges
A former corrections officer at a Clark County, Indiana, jail gave a key to the women’s section to male inmates, leading to numerous rapes and …
Former Federal Medical Center Correctional Officer Sentenced for Civil Rights Violation and Sexual Abuse of Inmates
LEXINGTON, Ky. – Christopher Brian Goodwin, 46, was sentenced to 135 months on Friday, by Chief U.S. District Judge Danny C. Reeves, for deprivation of …
Two Federal Inmates Charged With Possession Of A Weapon
WILLIAMSPORT – The United States Attorney’s Office for the Middle District of Pennsylvania announced that Matthew Coke, age 23, an inmate at the Federal Correctional …
Two Federal Inmates Charged With Possessing Weapons And Drugs In Prison
WILLIAMSPORT – The United States Attorney’s Office for the Middle District of Pennsylvania announced that two federal inmates were indicted separately yesterday by a federal …
Two Federal Inmates Charged With Possessing Phones In Prison
WILLIAMSPORT – The United States Attorney’s Office for the Middle District of Pennsylvania announced that two federal inmates were charged separately by criminal informations yesterday …
Former St. Louis correctional officer sentenced to four years for inmate’s attack
ST. LOUIS – U.S. District Court Judge Matthew T. Schelp on Tuesday sentenced a former correctional officer at the St. Louis jail to four years …
Three Missouri inmates escape from jail after cutting holes in ceiling
By Rich McKay (Reuters) – Three inmates at a Missouri county jail were on the run on Tuesday after cutting holes in the plaster ceiling …
Prison Guard Pleads Guilty to Sexually Abusing Inmates
A former federal correctional officer pleaded guilty today to sexually abusing multiple inmates in Fort Worth, announced U.S. Attorney for the Northern District of Texas …
Luna County inmates sentenced for assaulting corrections officers
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. – Jacob Merkel, 23, and Victor Sanchez, 25, were sentenced in federal court on May 16 after pleading guilty to assault upon a …
Some U.S. inmates released under COVID protocols challenge orders to return to prison
By Sarah N. Lynch WASHINGTON – Nordia Tompkins was serving a seven-year sentence for a drug charge in June 2020 when the U.S. federal Bureau …
Correctional Officer Charged with Providing Contraband to Inmates
Acting U.S. Attorney Michelle M. Baeppler announced that a federal grand jury returned a four-count indictment charging Milton Williams, 27, of Austintown, Ohio, with participating …
Two Federal Prison Inmates Charged with Possessing and Attempting to Possess Controlled Substances
PITTSBURGH – Ross Landfried and David Curran were indicted by a federal grand jury in Pittsburgh for prison contraband crimes, United States Attorney Cindy K. …
Jail Guard Charged with Misconduct After Contact with Female Inmates
BUFFALO, NY – According to Erie County District Attorney John J. Flynn, 41-year-old Robert M. Dee of Town of Eden was arraigned Monday morning before …
Abused Inmates at New Jersey Female Prison File Class Action Suit Against State for Failure to Pay
TRENTON, NJ – The abused women at New Jersey’s notorious Edna Mahan Correctional Facility are suing the State of New Jersey for violating their settlement …
Former Alabama Correctional Sergeant Indicted for Assaulting Inmates and Falsifying a Report
Montgomery, Alabama – The Justice Department today announced that a federal grand jury sitting in Montgomery, Alabama, returned a four-count indictment charging former Alabama …
Former Oklahoma Supervisory Corrections Officer Convicted for Facilitating White Supremacist Assault on Black Inmates and Ordering Other Abuse
OKLAHOMA CITY – A federal jury in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, convicted a former Kay County Oklahoma supervisory corrections officer of violating the civil rights of …
Former Alabama Correctional Sergeant Sentenced for Assaulting Inmates
Montgomery, Alabama – The Justice Department today announced that Ulysses Oliver Jr., 47, a former Alabama Department of Corrections Sergeant, was sentenced in federal …
Two Federal Inmates Sentenced For Possessing Cellphones In Prison
WILLIAMSPORT – The United States Attorney’s Office for the Middle District of Pennsylvania announced that on March 29, 2022, federal inmates Ralph Hooper, age 43, …
South African woman arrested at local airport for mailing controlled substances to Ohio inmates
COLUMBUS, Ohio – Federal agents arrested a South African woman this morning at John Glenn International Airport on federal charges alleging she mailed large amounts …
Former Oregon Corrections Official Indicted for Sexually Assaulting a Dozen Female Inmates While Serving as a Nurse
PORTLAND, Ore.—A federal indictment was unsealed today charging a former Oregon Department of Corrections employee with sexually assaulting a dozen female inmates while serving as …
As Phil Murphy gets ready to release hundreds more inmates, Assemblywomen say please, don’t
TRENTON, N.J. – After New Jersey Governor Phil Murphy released thousands of state prison inmates through an early release program citing the COVID-19 pandemic, two …
Phil Murphy’s administration has released 40% of inmates and is now threatening to cut 60% of prison staff over vaccine mandate
TRENTON, NJ – New Jersey Governor Phil Murphy isn’t done emptying the state’s prisons yet. After releasing over 2,000 convicted criminals under his emergency pandemic …
State Prison Inmates Plead Guilty to Unemployment Insurance Fraud
ALBANY, NEW YORK – Two New York State prison inmates pled guilty today to conspiring with others to defraud pandemic-related unemployment insurance programs administered by …
Luna County inmates plead guilty to assault charges
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. – Four inmates at the Luna County Detention Center in Deming, New Mexico, have pleaded guilty in federal court to assault upon a …
Former Fort Dix Correctional Officer Sentenced to 26 Months in Prison for Accepting Bribes in Exchange for Delivering Contraband to Inmates
NEWARK, N.J. – A former federal correctional officer was sentenced today to 26 months in prison for accepting approximately $50,000 in cash bribes in exchange …
There he goes again…Phil Murphy is releasing more dangerous inmates under COVID-19 early release policy
TRENTON, NJ – Phil Murphy can’t help himself. Even after five people have been murdered as a result of his early inmate release program, he’s …
After releasing 40% of state prison inmates over COVID concerns, Testa fears Phil Murphy is not done yet
TRENTON, NJ – Senator Michael Testa warned that a new round of prisoner releases and pandemic mandates by the Murphy administration will make New Jersey …
Report: Phil Murphy planning to release even more prison inmates under new emergency order
TRENTON, NJ – When New Jersey Governor Phil Murphy renewed the COVID-19 pandemic state public health emergency order last Monday, he also renewed the state’s …
Several inmates facing charges
CLARKSBURG, WEST VIRGINIA –Several inmates were indicted today on multiple charges, United States Attorney William J. Ihlenfeld, II announced. Dwight Foster, 48, an inmate of …
Federal Indictment Charges Two Thomson Penitentiary Inmates With Murder and Hate Crime in Connection With Death of Fellow Inmate
ROCKFORD — Two inmates at Thomson Penitentiary in Thompson, Ill., were indicted today by a federal grand jury on murder and hate crime charges relating …
Inmates Charged With Possessing A Prohibited Object
SCRANTON – The United States Attorney’s Office for the Middle District of Pennsylvania announced that three inmates at Federal Correctional Institute – Schuylkill (FCI Schuylkill), …
Two Virginia Inmates Plead Guilty to Pandemic Unemployment Benefits Scheme
NORFOLK, Va. – Two men pleaded guilty today to fraudulently obtaining benefits made available as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic. According to court documents, …
Inmates prosecuted for separate assaults on prison correctional officers
BRUNSWICK, GA: Three inmates are under prosecution in separate cases in the Southern District for assaults on federal correctional officers, while a correctional officer has …
Current And Former Metropolitan Correctional Center Employees And Inmates Indicted For Bribery, Contraband Smuggling, Narcotics Distribution, And Obstruction Of Justice Offenses
Damian Williams, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, Michael J. Driscoll, Assistant Director-in-Charge of the New York Field Office of …
Female Officers Say They Were Assaulted By Inmates At Rikers Island: REPORT
Two female officers said they were assaulted by inmates at Rikers Island in New York, New York, the New York Post reported on Monday. The …
Two Thomson Penitentiary Inmates Sentenced to Additional Prison Time for Assaulting Another Inmate
ROCKFORD — Two Thomson Penitentiary inmates have been sentenced to additional prison time for assaulting another inmate. U.S. District Judge John J. Tharp, Jr. on Thursday sentenced …
McDaniel: Sending a $1,400 check to the Boston Bomber is not COVID-19 relief
Once again, prisoners will also be getting stimulus checks from the federal government through the third round of COVID-19 relief funding. Included in the first …
Crime in Ocean County: Here’s who was booked at the Ocean County Jail This Week
TOMS RIVER, NJ – Did you know Ocean County is the last county where the jail regularly posts inmate check-ins and mug shots? In recent …
4 out of 6 Merced County Jail Escapees Back in Custody
MERCED, CA – On February 6, 2021, at approximately 3:30pm Deputies with the Merced County Sheriff’s STAR Team were patrolling the area of Westside Avenue …