November 20, 2015
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MINNEAPOLIS – It’s not whether you spit on someone that matters. It’s whom you meant to spit on. Applying that logic, a panel of the Minnesota Court of Appeals has reversed the assault conviction of a prison inmate who admitted ...
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October 29, 2015
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HAGERSTOWN — An inmate at the Maryland Correctional Institution-Hagerstown has sustained serious injuries after he was attacked at the facility. A Washington County 911 supervisor tells the Herald-Mail of Hagerstown that authorities received a call Wednesday reporting that an inmate ...
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September 28, 2015
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The family of a man who died of a heart attack while in a federal prison in Cumberland is suing the government for allegedly failing to provide accommodations based on the man’s medical history. Stephen P. Gardner previously had two ...
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July 29, 2015
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CUMBERLAND — Maryland’s prison agency says state police are investigating the death of an inmate at the maximum-security Western Correctional Institution near Cumberland as a possible homicide. The Department of Public Safety and Correctional Services says the 30-year-old inmate was ...
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June 22, 2015
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WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court is making it easier for inmates who are accused of crimes — but not yet convicted — to bring cases of excessive force against jail officials. The justices on Monday ruled 5-4 in favor of ...
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August 7, 2014
Comments Off on Montgomery County inmate files $1 million sexual assault lawsuit
A Montgomery County inmate has filed a $1 million lawsuit against the county alleging she was sexually assaulted by a corrections officer on July 6.
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Read More »A former Maryland correctional officer who helped cover up the severe beating of an inmate in 2008 was sentenced Tuesday to three years in a federal prison.
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Read More »HAGERSTOWN — Authorities say an inmate has been stabbed at the Maryland Correctional Training Center in Hagerstown. Mark Vernarelli, a spokesman for the Department of Public Safety and Correctional Services, says the inmate was stabbed Monday night and a helicopter ...
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