Prison News | Riots, Escapes, Assaults & Other Incidents

• Sheriff: Inmate Pushed Guard, Escaped From Hospital
  
  OCEAN SPRINGS, Miss. (AP) — An inmate is accused of escaping from custody in Mississippi by pushing down a guard and running away from a hospital.... [ more ]
  US News, Wednesday, January 8, 2020
  
  
• Tennessee Inmate Who Escaped Work Site Is Found in Alabama
  
  MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) — A Tennessee jail inmate who escaped a work site in a truck has been found in north Alabama, authorities said.... [ more ]
  US News, Tuesday, January 7, 2020
  
  
• Rights groups call for federal inquiry into Mississippi prisons
  
  Prisoner advocates in the United States are calling for a federal investigation into the state of Mississippi's beleaguered prison system for possible civil rights violations, saying a recent spate of violence highlights deliberate violations of inmates' constitutional right to be free from cruel and unusual punishment.... [ more ]
  Aljazeera, Tuesday, January 7, 2020
  
  
• Escaped Miss. inmate arrested in Fayette County, Tenn. according to US Marshals
  
  FAYETTE COUNTY, Tenn. (WMC) - An inmate who escaped from the Mississippi State Penitentiary on Saturday has been captured in Tennessee.... [ more ]
  WMC Action News, Monday, January 6, 2020
  
  
• Tennessee Immate Escapes Work Site in Truck, Search Begins
  
  MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) — Authorities searched on Monday for a Tennessee jail inmate who escaped a work site in a truck.... [ more ]
  US News, Monday, January 6, 2020
  
  
• Five Mississippi inmates were killed in a week, officials say. Then two went missing.
  
  An inmate is missing from the notorious Mississippi State Penitentiary at Parchman after five prisoners were killed and several others injured this week across the state’s corrections system. The state’s prisons are on lockdown as authorities try to identify what sparked the violence at three facilities.... [ more ]
  Washington Post, Sunday, January 5, 2020
  
  
• Louisiana Inmate Dies Following Fight With Another Inmate
  
  ANGOLA, La. (AP) — A man being held in a Louisiana prison died after a fight with another inmate, authorities said Sunday.... [ more ]
  US News, Sunday, January 5, 2020
  
  
• Man Who Killed State Police Agent Accused in Jail Attack
  
  WARSAW, Va. (AP) — A Richmond man convicted of fatally shooting a Virginia State Police special agent has been accused of attacking another inmate while in custody.... [ more ]
  USNews, Saturday, January 4, 2020
  
  
• Inmate Drives Away From Work Site in State-Owned Pickup
  
  YANKTON, S.D. (AP) — Authorities are looking for a South Dakota inmate who drove away from a work site Friday in a state-owned pickup.... [ more ]
  US News, Friday, January 3, 2020
  
  
• Five inmates killed in past week in violence-plagued Mississippi prisons
  
  A fifth inmate was killed early Friday at one of Mississippi's state prisons, the latest burst of violence amid a series of fatal prisoner stabbings and attacks that have roiled the state prison system over the past week.... [ more ]
  NBC News, Friday, January 3, 2020
  
  
• 'Major disturbance': Fourth inmate killed as violence escalates in Mississippi prisons
  
  JACKSON, Miss. – Five days after Mississippi Department of Corrections officials locked down prisons statewide after an inmate was killed, three more inmates have died and several more have been injured.... [ more ]
  USA Today, Thursday, January 2, 2020
  
  
• Lockdown remains in place after deaths of inmates at Mississippi prisons
  
  JACKSON, Miss. (WLBT) - The Mississippi Department of Corrections has released a statement following the death of an inmate at the Mississippi State Penitentiary at Parchman. MDOC said that the lockdown is still in place.... [ more ]
  WMC Action News, Wednesday, January 1, 2020
  
  
• Injured Nevada inmate workers' compensation same as pay rate
  
  CARSON CITY, Nev. (AP) — The Nevada Supreme Court has ruled that workers’ compensation rates for injured inmates are set at inmate pay rates instead of the state’s minimum wage.... [ more ]
  News Las Vegs, Tuesday, December 31, 2019
  
  
• Inmate accused of ordering hit on teen girl he allegedly raped
  
  A Utah inmate awaiting trial for allegedly raping a 13-year-old girl is now accused of trying to hire a hitman to kill her, according to authorities.... [ more ]
  New York Post, Wednesday, November 20, 2019
  
  
• Inmate Gets 2nd Death Sentence for Killing Fellow Inmate
  
  PENSACOLA, Fla. (AP) — A Florida prison inmate already on death row for killing a fellow inmate has received another death sentence for killing a different inmate.... [ more ]
  US.News, Wednesday, November 20, 2019
  
  
• Louisiana tried to crack down on police misconduct. It hasn�t worked.
  
  In 2017, the state of Louisiana changed how it regulated police misconduct to make it easier to permanently ban rogue cops from the force.... [ more ]
  Daily Advertiser, Tuesday, November 19, 2019
  
  
• 15 months after suspect named in hammer attacks, his extradition to Colorado still on hold
  
  COLORADO, USA — Fifteen months after a DNA hit identified a suspect in a series of horrific 1984 hammer attacks in the Denver area, the man remains in Nevada – his extradition to Colorado stalled by a series of delays sought by his attorney and inaction by that state’s highest court.... [ more ]
  9News, Tuesday, November 19, 2019
  
  
• US prison system long plagued by staffing crisis, violence
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — For years, the federal Bureau of Prisons has been plagued by systematic failures, from massive staffing shortages to chronic violence. But the largest agency in the Justice Department has largely stayed out of the public view.... [ more ]
  KTAR News, Monday, November 18, 2019
  
  
• Inmate killed during gang riot at massive Coleman prison just outside The Villages
  
  An inmate was killed late Sunday morning during a battle between rival gangs at a maximum-security federal prison that’s nestled on the outskirts of the newest sections of The Villages.... [ more ]
  villages-news.com, Tuesday, November 12, 2019
  
  
• Tennessee authorities search for inmate who escaped in van
  
  MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) - Authorities in Tennessee say they’re searching for an inmate who escaped custody in his county-assigned work van and hit an employee on his way out.... [ more ]
  washingtontimes.com, Wednesday, November 6, 2019
  
  
• California Prisoners Who Escaped Through Prison Bathroom Ceiling Captured On Mexico Border
  
  Two California jail prisoners were arrested at the Mexico border and are back in police custody after leading authorities on a frantic manhunt that spanned a number of days. Santos Samuel Fonseca, 21, and Jonathan Salazar, 20, who escaped through a prison bathroom ceiling at a Monterey County jail on Sunday, were arrested again on Wednesday, officials said. ... [ more ]
  oxygen.com, Wednesday, November 6, 2019
  
  
• UPDATE: Inmate back in custody after escaping work-release
  
  OSHKOSH, Wis. (WAOW) — Oshkosh police are asking the public to be on the lookout for an inmate that walked escaped custody during a work-release program Tuesday. A post on the department’s Facebook page says Bradley L. Webie, 35, was dropped off on the 200 block of Power Drive in Berlin for his work shift at approximately 5:30am.... [ more ]
  waow.com, Tuesday, November 5, 2019
  
  
• Man dies after an assault by another inmate in Wrightsville Unit
  
  LITTLE ROCK (KATV) — Arkansas State Police are investigating the death of a Wrightsville Unit inmate who died Sunday morning after an assault by another inmate, according to an Arkansas Department of Correction news release.... [ more ]
  katv.com, Monday, November 4, 2019
  
  
• 2 inmates arrested for murder escape from Monterey County Jail
  
  MONTEREY COUNTY, Calif. — Monterey County Sheriff say two murder suspects have escaped from the county jail. The sheriff's office says in a tweet that the inmates escaped Sunday morning. The tweet says Santos Fonseca and Jonathan Salazar were in custody on suspicion of murder and other violent charges.... [ more ]
  ksbw.com, Sunday, November 3, 2019
  
  
• 1 employee assaulted at North Carolina prison
  
  State officials say an employee was assaulted at the North Carolina prison where an officer was killed two years ago. The North Carolina Department of Public Safety says an inmate on Saturday assaulted the employee of Bertie Correctional Institution in Windsor with a "handmade weapon."... [ more ]
  Orlando Sentinel, Sunday, October 6, 2019
  
  
• Inmate found dead at Carter County Detention Center
  
  GRAYSON Kentucky State Police responded to the call of an inmate death at the Carter County Detention Center on Thursday.... [ more ]
  dailyindependent, Saturday, October 5, 2019
  
  
• Officials find �escaped� inmate hiding on roof of prison building
  
  Arkansas prison officials called off the hunt for an “escaped” inmate — after realizing the convicted killer was hiding on the roof of the lockup. Authorities spent more than a day searching for Calvin Adams, 49, after a unit check in the early hours Monday showed him missing from the East Arkansas Regional Unit in Brickeys.... [ more ]
  NewYork Post, Wednesday, October 2, 2019
  
  
• Only person arrested in Oregon District massacre to remain jailed
  
  For a second time, a federal court has denied a release bid for the only person to be jailed so far in the investigation of the August Oregon District mass shooting.... [ more ]
  Dayton Daily News, Tuesday, October 1, 2019
  
  
• Ohio Man Jailed, Said He Shot at Jewish Center
  
  An Ohio man is in jail after police received a tip about an online video where he identified himself as the shooter at a Jewish community center, an incident that hadn’t happened yet. James Reardon, 20, was arrested Friday on charges of telecommunications harassment and aggravated menacing, the FBI said, reports USA Today. ... [ more ]
  thecrimereport.org, Monday, August 19, 2019
  
  
• He was a five-star recruit and an NFL prospect. Now he's in prison
  
  Kyle Williams was a five-star recruit out of Illinois that had some of the nation's best colleges recruiting him. He signed to play at Iowa, but he didn't have the ACT scores to compete and never played for the Hawkeyes. ... [ more ]
  USA TODAY, Sunday, August 18, 2019