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Former Ala. corrections officer charged with failing to act as inmate allegedly stabbed another to death
3+ day, 9+ hour ago (366+ words) A former Alabama prison officer is one of two people charged in connection with the 2025 stabbing death at William Donaldson Correctional Facility in Montgomery. BESSEMER, Ala. — A former state prison officer is one of two men charged in connection with…...
5 Tenn. inmates charged after jail riot causes up to $20K in damage
4+ day, 12+ hour ago (352+ words) By Ben BentonChattanooga Times Free Press, Tenn. ALTAMONT, Tenn. — Five inmates have been charged after up to $20,000 worth of damage was done during what authorities describe as a riot in the maximum security pod at the Grundy County Jail in…...
Inmate at federal Pa. prison indicted on threats against staff
5+ day, 9+ hour ago (323+ words) By Justin StrawserThe Daily Item, Sunbury, Pa. WILLIAMSPORT, Pa. — An inmate incarcerated at the United States Penitentiary in Allenwood for stabbing a cellmate in Arizona threatened to assault and murder multiple employees of the federal Bureau of Prisons, according to…...
Iowa corrections officer suffers broken nose, fractured eye socket in attack with handcuffs
1+ week, 6+ day ago (458+ words) By Thomas GeyerMoline Dispatch and Rock Island Argus, Ill. SCOTT COUNTY, Iowa — Scott County prosecutors on Thursday filed formal charges against a Scott County Jail inmate who allegedly beat a jail corrections officer on Wednesday. Johntarrius Anthony Thorpe, 22, is charged in…...
Former Va. CO sentenced to 1 year in prison for excessive force
2+ week, 6+ day ago (693+ words) By Laurence Hammack The Roanoke Times, Va. ROANOKE, Va. — A former correctional officer was sentenced to 12 months in prison Thursday for striking an inmate in the head more than 40 times in what his supervisor called a “disgusting” use of excessive…...
Wash. jail nurse fired after inmate suffers medical emergency, remains critical
3+ week, 3+ day ago (410+ words) By Martín BilbaoThe Olympian (Olympia, Wash.) OLYMPIA, Wash. — An Olympia woman held in the Thurston County jail is in critical condition following an Aug. 13 medical emergency, and a jail nurse has been fired, the Thurston County Sheriff’s Office said Wednesday…...