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2 Suspended After 7th Pa. Inmate Mistakenly Freed
THORNTON, Pa. (AP) — Officials say a suburban Philadelphia jail has suspended two employees after an inmate was mistakenly freed— the seventh time such a thing has happened this year. Officials say the...
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Inmate Escapes From Delaware Facility
WILMINGTON, Del. (AP) — Officials say an inmate has escaped from the Plummer Community Corrections Center in Wilmington. Authorities say 29-year-old Pleasant Hardy was seen jumping over the center’s...
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Prison Guard Accused Of Buying Stereo, Big-Screen TV From Inmate
ERIE, Pa. (AP) — An Erie County Prison guard has been suspended indefinitely after allegations that he bought a car stereo and a big-screen television from an inmate who was trying raise bond money....
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Fired Pennsylvania Prison Guard Gets 45 Days For Freezing Shackles
BEDFORD, Pa. (AP) — A fired guard must spend 45 days in jail for placing freezing shackles on a female inmate after she previously complained about how cold the metal restraints could be. Bedford...
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Security Officer Charged For Sexual Relations With Female Inmate
WILMINGTON, Del. (CBS)—Delaware State Police have arrested a security officer after it was reported he had been engaging in sexual relations with a female inmate. On August 13, 2013, Delaware State...
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State Police: Prison Typist Raped, Choked By Inmate Despite Alert
BELLEFONTE, Pa. (AP) — State police say a central Pennsylvania inmate was alone with a female prison worker for 27 minutes even after she blew an emergency whistle requesting help, during which time...
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Reinstating Pell Grants For Prisoners
By Dr. Marciene Mattleman PHILADELPHIA (CBS) – Twenty years ago Congress signed into law the omnibus crime bill ending the opportunity for inmates of state and federal prisons to be eligible for Pell...
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Austrian Native Convicted Of Soliciting Fellow Inmate To Kill His Wife, Then...
PHILADELPHIA (CBS) – In a plot worthy of a movie, a Philadelphia man has been convicted of assaulting his wife before soliciting a fellow inmate to kill her, then trying to solicit a second inmate to...
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Police Say Woman Smuggled Drugs To Inmate Via Kiss
MERCER, Pa. (AP) — State police are investigating a report that a woman smuggled drug-filled balloons to her western Pennsylvania inmate boyfriend by passing them mouth-to-mouth during a kiss. Troopers...
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Escaped NJ Inmate Captured In Philadelphia
DELMONT, N.J. (AP) — Authorities say an inmate who escaped from a southern New Jersey prison this week has been captured in Philadelphia. Corrections Department spokeswoman Deirdre Fedkenheuer says...
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Pa. Inmate Who Reportedly Molested Girls While Incarcerated Gets More Prison...
WILKES-BARRE, Pa. (AP) — A convicted murderer accused of having persuaded a woman to bring two girls to visit him in a northeastern Pennsylvania prison so he could molest them has been sentenced to...
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Berks County Inmate Fails To Return From Work Release
READING, Pa. (CBS) – Officials in Reading, Berks County say a prison inmate failed to return from work release. Randy Allen Robertson, a 24-year-old from Reading, did not show up at the Berks County...
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Reported Assault Of Inmate By Corrections Guard At Philadelphia Prison
By Kim Glovas PHILADELPHIA (CBS) — An investigation is underway at the Curran-Fromhold Corrections Facility after the reported assault of an inmate by a corrections guard. It happened in front of about...
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Authorities Still Searching For Escaped Pennsylvania Inmate
WAYNESBURG, Pa. (AP) — Authorities were continuing to search Tuesday for an inmate who escaped from a western Pennsylvania jail over the weekend. Greene County Prison Warden Harry Gillispie says...
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Jersey Shore Town On High Alert As Search Continues For Convict
By Tim Jimenez BARNEGAT, NJ (CBS) — A New Jersey shore town is the focus of a manhunt for a convict who escaped a Camden County prison earlier this week. Police in Barnegat Township, Ocean County try...
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Police: Escaped NJ Inmate Back In Custody
BERKELEY TOWNSHIP, N.J. (CBS/AP) — Police say Arthur Buckel, an inmate who escaped from a New Jersey prison nearly a week ago, was taken into custody around 11:30 a.m. Monday. He was captured in the...
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