CRANSTON, RI — A corrections officer has been placed on paid administrative leave as the investigation continues into the death of a Lincoln man facing double murder charges while in custody of the Adult Correctional Institutions. A spokesman for the state Department of Corrections confirmed Wednesday that an officer had been placed on leave as the death…
SAN ANTONIO, TX – A Bexar County jail inmate died overnight by suicide, according to the Bexar County Sheriff’s Office. A statement from BCSO said a detention deputy discovered the inmate in the act just after 2 a.m. as the deputy was serving food trays. The deputy called for assistance and other deputies attempted to perform…
RALLS COUNTY, MO – A recent Missouri state audit found the state still needs to reimburse counties funds that are owed to house inmates. The Marion County Jail holds inmates not just from Marion County, but also from Ralls county. Ralls County Sheriff Brad Stinson said it’s common for smaller communities to house inmates in…
CLAIBORNE COUNTY, TN — Deputies are trying to locate an inmate who escaped from a local jail after stealing a dispatchers’ vehicle. The Claiborne County Sheriff’s Office said that on Monday shortly after 6 p.m. an inmate escaped from the Claiborne County Jail after gaining access to a dispatchers’ vehicle. According to a report, 22-year-old…
EDGEFIELD, SC — An inmate at a South Carolina federal prison pleaded guilty in a murder-for-hire plot in which he used money from his prison account to try and pay a fake hitman to kill a prosecutor and witness in his prior case. Richard Gilbert, 52, entered his pleas in federal court in Greenville Tuesday to…
DETROIT, MI — President Donald Trump on Wednesday cleared the way for the release of former Detroit Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick, who has served more than seven years of a 28-year prison sentence for a series of corruption crimes. The announcement came in a flurry of clemency action in the final hours of Trump’s White House term that…
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