COLUMBIA, S.C. December 18 2018 — A man is suing the South Carolina Department of Corrections because his maximum-security prison won’t let him smoke marijuana, The State reports. James Rose, 41, is serving time in the McCormick Correctional Institution after a 2013 murder conviction. He says the prison is violating his religious freedoms as a Rastafarian. […]
New Orleans LA November 28 2018 A man is behind bars after he or one of his accomplices climbed over the outer wall of the Orleans Parish jail, apparently to deliver packages of drugs to someone at the jail, then tried to flee back over the wall, the Orleans Parish Sheriff’s Office said. Nicholas […]
SANTA ROSA COUNTY, Fla. November 26 2018 A month’s long investigation leads to the arrest of several employees at the Santa Rosa Correctional Institution. In total, six people have been arrested in connection to the case. Four are employees at the prison, another is a former employee, and the last is a family member of […]
COLUMBIA, SC November 11 2018— Three South Carolina prison guards were arrested after bringing drugs or contraband — including marijuana and cell phones — into two separate correctional institutions, according to a statement from the Department of Corrections. Yolanda Whitaker, Yvanda Maria Hardy and Carmen Bess Jenkins were arrested by SCDC Police Services after officers […]
Delaware County PA Sept 3 2018 In Delaware County, a correctional officer is under arrest Friday evening and charged with trying to smuggle drugs into the George Hill Correctional Facility. He faces felony contraband charges. Only Action News was there as that officer walked out of court in handcuffs. Last night Bramiir Cannon reported to […]
CHILLICOTHE, OH Aug 31 2018 According to the Ohio State Highway Patrol, at least 29 correctional officers, nurses and inmates were sickened by a mixture of heroin and fentanyl Wednesday morning at the Ross Correctional Institution. The incident happened around 9:10am Wednesday after officials reported an inmate with possible signs of a drug overdose. That inmate […]
Jarratt, VA Aug 14 2018 An inmate who is deaf and legally blind said state prison officials want to move him from Greensville Correctional Center to a higher-security facility because a cellphone was found in his prison cell. “When they searched the room, they found it in the toilet, but it wasn’t mine. … I […]
Nashville TN Aug 7 2018 Officers worked for hours Monday to unchain protesters as they occupied the property of a private prison company’s corporate headquarters, shutting down Nashville-based CoreCivic’s office building for the day. As of Monday afternoon, the Metro Nashville Police Department had arrested at least 19 of the few dozen protesters on trespassing charges, […]
NASHVILLE, N.C. July 18 2018 The Nash County Sheriff’s Office said in a press release Tuesday that a detention officer has been arrested for providing cell phones to inmates. Quintin Cardel Higgs is charged with eight counts of give/sell phone/electronic device to inmate. The Nash County Sheriff’s Office’s Criminal Investigations Division began investigating the 26-year-old in […]
MARSHALL COUNTY, AL July 17 2018 Four jailers in Marshall County have been arrested following a jail disturbance. The Marshall County Sheriff’s Office says that they are working to restore order to the jail following Wednesday’s disturbance. They say that following that disturbance, an investigation was conducted and it was determined how contraband was entering […]