It’s a first for McDonald County Undersheriff Bud Gow: Never has the southwest Missouri lawman had inmates break out of jail and then try to sneak back in. Gow’s best guess about the motives of the two men who briefly went on the lam late Tuesday is that they wanted to buy some drugs,...
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Inmates caught sneaking back into jail
Convicted terrorist cracks after losing jihad egg race
A member of the failed London 21/7 suicide bombing gang threw a tantrum when he came second in a prison sports day egg and spoon race, it has emerged. Convicted terrorist Manfo Kwaku Asiedu, 37, was competing at the high security Wakefield jail in northwestern England when he was beaten to first place by...
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Prison puts woman in a cage to roast…no charges filed
The Maricopa County Attorney’s Office has chosen not to prosecute Arizona Department of Corrections staff in the death of inmate Marcia Powell. Powell, 48, died May 20, 2009, after being kept in a human cage in Goodyear’s Perryville Prison for at least four hours in the blazing Arizona sun. This, despite a prison policy...
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It’s hard to adjust after getting out of prison…no Flat Sceen TV’s, beach days or conjugal visits
Authorities have shut down a controversial prison work camp and launched an investigation into claims by a former inmate that prisoners are living a life of luxury. Among the perks prisoners enjoyed were: • Roast chicken and Eagle Boys pizza for dinner • Flat screen TVs with Austar access and DVD players • Easy...
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Death Row inmate wins appeal…celebrates by hanging self
A 70-year-old inmate who was sentenced to death in 1989 for murdering a woman after breaking into her home in Calaveras County hanged himself in his cell at San Quentin State Prison over the weekend, less than a week after a judge commuted his sentence to life without parole because of mental retardation. On...
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Arrested for choking wife he uses his one call from jail…to threaten to kill her
A suburban man arrested on charges of choking his wife was given one phone call from the Maywood lockup. Janusz Owca used it to call his wife — and threaten to kill her, Cook County sheriff’s police said. The 32-year-old Maine Township man is facing charges of aggravated domestic battery and felony intimidation. Owca’s...
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NJ Dept. of Corrections concludes it’s a good idea to keep an eye on kids during Family Day at a prison for sex offenders
The Department of Corrections is overhauling prison family programs in response to accusations a sex offender was able to inappropriately touch a 9-year-old girl during an event behind prison walls. In addition, at least one corrections officer is facing disciplinary charges in connection with the incident, according to two state officials with knowledge of...
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Oklahoma City bomber upset over diet insufficient in whole grains, fiber and raw fruits and vegetables
A federal judge has dismissed claims by Oklahoma City bombing conspirator Terry Nichols that prison officials violated his constitutional rights by depriving him of a diet he requested for health and religious reasons. U.S. District Judge Christine Arguello said in a ruling issued Monday that Nichols didn’t support his claims that a diet insufficient...
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Man can’t understand why letter sent to daughter of victim is used to deny him parole…he was joking when he ‘promised to carve her up like a turkey and make her head into a flower pot’
Billy Ray White vowed 20 years ago that when he got out of prison, he would track down the relatives of the man he’d murdered and subject them to gruesome deaths. In a handwritten letter to J.D. Hall’s daughter, the convicted killer promised to carve her up like a turkey and make her head...
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Two visit friend in jail…and stay awhile
Two people visiting someone in jail Thursday ended up behind bars themselves. Donelle Flores, 29, and Billy Evans, 24, were visiting Lerdo Detentions Center on Lerdo Highway when they were arrested, according to the Kern County Sheriff’s Office. Flores was arrested when deputies discovered she was wanted on outstanding felony warrants. She was also...
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