MEMPHIS, Tenn. March 7 2018 — A Memphis grandmother is behind bars after visiting her grandson in prison. An officer at the Shelby County Division of Corrections observed visitor Sarah Griffin give a bag of Doritos to grandson, inmate Cody Clements, according to a report. The officer immediately asked Clements to hand over the bag, […]
COLUMBIA, S.C. March 2 2018 – Still unable to use jamming technology to stop smuggled cellphones, South Carolina’s corrections officials are enlisting State Guardsmen to help them combat the devices they call the top security threat behind bars. On Tuesday, Gov. Henry McMaster signed an executive order allowing South Carolina State Guardsmen to help patrol the perimeters […]
BOULDER, CO Dec 11 2017– A sheriff is facing a lawsuit from a former inmate who said he blinded himself during a psychotic episode in his cell. Ryan Partridge filed the lawsuit in federal court Friday, saying the injuries he suffered in the Boulder County Jail should not have happened. Shelley Partridge says her son, […]
Austin TX Nov 16 2017 Texas prisons are shedding officers with a staggering 28 percent turnover rate in the last fiscal year, a “mass exodus” that some experts say stems from a strengthening economy and recovering oil and gas sector. “A lot of these guys don’t want to work in a prison,” said Lance Lowry, […]
ELIZABETH CITY, North Carolina Oct 31 2017 Correctional Officer Wendy Shannon, 49, passed away Monday evening at Sentara Norfolk General Hospital from injuries suffered during an inmate escape attempt Oct. 12 at Pasquotank Correctional Institution. “Our hearts are broken at the passing of Officer Shannon,” said Department of Public Safety Secretary Erik A. Hooks. “Our deepest […]
ELIZABETH CITY, NC Oct 13 2017 Two prison workers were killed and many hurt in an attempted prison escape from Pasquotank Correctional Institution Thursday. The North Carolina Department of Public Safety said Thursday that about 3 p.m., inmates started a fire in the prison’s specialty sewing plant, where about 30 inmates work for Correction Enterprises producing […]
ELIZABETH CITY, North Carolina Oct 13 2018 — At least 10 people were hurt in an attempted prison escape from Pasquotank Correctional Institution. The North Carolina Department of Public Safety said Thursday that fires were set and several workers were reportedly injured during an escape attempt at Pasquotank Correctional Institution in Elizabeth City. Despite earlier reports […]
LEXINGTON, MS Sept 21 2017 A bizarre crime occurred in Holmes County. Four inmates have been accused of breaking out of the Holmes-Humphreys County Correctional Facility, burglarizing a business, then sneaking back in to jail. Levontaye Ellington, Travis Baker, and Maurice Robertson let it be known they were not happy to see our cameras Tuesday. […]
BRIDGETON NJ Sept 12 2017 — Bridgeton police are investigating an apparent murder-suicide Saturday night involving two Department of Corrections employees, authorities said. A spokesman for the New Jersey Department of Corrections Monday identified the victims as 45-year-old Stephanie Meyer and 43-year-old Joseph Williams. Meyer worked as a senior corrections officer at Bayside State Prison […]
OKLAHOMA CITY OK Aug 25 2017 An Oklahoma sheriff says two escaped inmates who stole a prisoner transport van may be armed even though one of the guards escorting the inmates says he didn’t have a gun. Major County Sheriff Steve Randolph says 32-year-old Andrew Foy and 37-year-old Darren Walp escaped Tuesday morning by overpowering […]