A fingernail clipper ceases to be a cosmetic instrument and becomes a deadly device when filed to a point and placed on a handle, Maryland’s second-highest court held.

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ANNAPOLIS — Department of Juvenile Services’ recommendations governing teenage detainees came under criticism Thursday as advocates and some lawmakers asked for a better definition of what types of contraband could trigger a strip search. Discussion of the department’s 14 recommendations dominated a ...

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ANNAPOLIS — A former detention center officer who pleaded guilty to smuggling cigarettes and cellphones into a county jail has received year-long sentence. Twenty-seven-year-old Catherine Windsor of Lothian, who was sentenced Tuesday in Anne Arundel Circuit Court, will serve 90 ...

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A member of the Black Guerilla Family gang that operated inside the Baltimore City Detention Center was sentenced to 10 years in prison on Wednesday in U.S. District Court in Baltimore. Judge Ellen L. Hollander sentenced Jamar Anderson, 24, of ...

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ANNAPOLIS — The head of Maryland’s corrections department told lawmakers on Thursday the department is prepared to keep running the Baltimore city jail, while some lawmakers have questioned whether a state agency responsible for prisons should be running a jail ...

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ANNAPOLIS — Cellphone blocking technology will be installed at the Baltimore City Detention Center and added measures will be taken to better screen correctional officer applicants, Gov. Martin O’Malley’s administration announced early Thursday in response to a contraband smuggling scandal. ...

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HAGERSTOWN — Two sponsors of the Maryland Correctional Officers’ Bill of Rights are defending the 2010 law against FBI criticism that it was ineffective in deterring alleged corruption at a state-run Baltimore jail. Del. Galen Clagett, D-Frederick, and former state ...

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A lawyer for an inmate accused of leading a jailhouse gang in Maryland is asking that his client be moved out of state. Gary Proctor, a lawyer for Tavon White, says the conditions of White’s confinement at a state prison ...

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As Maryland Republicans turned up the heat on Gov. Martin O’Malley over a high-profile corruption case in a Baltimore jail, the Democratic governor announced new steps Thursday to beef up security and uproot corruption. Del. Nicholaus Kipke joined Del. Ron ...

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ANNAPOLIS — Gov. Martin O’Malley has met with the presiding officers of the Legislature to discuss hearings about last week’s sweeping federal indictment of 25 people at the Baltimore City Detention Center. O’Malley met with House Speaker Michael Busch and ...

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