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09-01-2010 03:41 AM
 Last post by LDMToday 09:04 AM
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Texarkana: Inmate seriously injured in escape attempt |
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Aug 31, 2010 - 3:22 AM - by KBCraig
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Inmate seriously injured during escape attempt (Subscription required, highlights posted below for educational purposes under Fair Use.)
Inmate seriously injured during escape attempt
Officials: Man fell about 70 feet after homemade rope broke
By: Susan Lindsey - Texarkana Gazette - Published: 08/31/2010
A federal inmate’s plans to escape from the Bi-State Justice Building Jail on Monday failed when he landed at the back door of the jail. The escape attempt happened about 3:30 p.m.
A U.S. Marshal’s Service inmate housed at the BJB tried to climb from the roof using a homemade, maroon-colored rope made from a jail-issued uniform torn into pieces, said Bowie County Sheriff Sheriff James Prince.
The makeshift rope broke and the inmate fell to the... [Read More]
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Inmate punched guard in face at N.S. jail: union |
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Aug 28, 2010 - 12:37 PM - by Sayjack
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Inmate punched guard in face at N.S. jail: union
HALIFAX — Nova Scotia's Justice Department is investigating a physical altercation between a guard and an inmate at a Halifax-area jail.
A spokeswoman for the department, Donna Chislett, said there was no weapon involved in Friday's incident at the Nova Scotia Correctional Facility in Burnside.
Chislett declined further comment on the altercation.
However, Joan Jessome, president of the union that represents jail guards, said the corrections officer was punched in the face a couple of times as guards were doing inspections.
"It looked like the inmate was in trouble, so they opened the cell door and the inmate rushed the correctional officer and punched him," said Jessome.
Jessome said the other officers... [Read More]
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BRIEF: Riot at old Folsom State Prison sends seven inmates to area hospitals |
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Aug 28, 2010 - 12:35 PM - by Sayjack
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BRIEF: Riot at old Folsom State Prison sends seven inmates to area hospitals
Aug. 28--A riot that broke out Friday night at the main yard of old Folsom State Prison left seven inmates injured. Officers fired on rioters in an attempt to quell the violence.
The injured inmates were transported to area hospitals, said Luis Patino, a spokesman for the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation. It is unknown how many of those taken to hospitals suffered gunshot wounds, Patino said.
Patino said the fighting broke out about 7 p.m. and involved about 200 inmates. Correctional officers attempting to break up the riot used three blast-dispersion grenades, 20 40mm rubber bullets and fired five gunshots, said Lt. Anthony Gentile, spokesman for Folsom State Prison. It took prison officials about 30 minutes to stop the fighting,... [Read More]
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Pre-Crime Technology To Be Used In Washington D.C. |
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Aug 24, 2010 - 2:30 PM - by LDM
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Pre-Crime Technology To Be Used In Washington D.C.
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Computers predict what crime will be committed where, by who and when
Steve Watson
Infowars.net
Tuesday, Aug 24th, 2010
Law enforcement agencies in Washington D.C. have begun to use technology that they say can predict when crimes will be committed and who will commit them, before they actually happen.
The Minority Report like pre-crime software has been developed by Richard Berk, a professor at the University of Pennsylvania.
Previous incarnations of the software, already being used in Baltimore and... [Read More]
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