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State, FBI join forces to find long-term prison escapees
RALEIGH, NC (AP) — Efforts by the N.C. Department of Public Safety and the FBI have led to the resolution of cases involving 43 long-term escapees from the state’s prisons. The department issued a...
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Thousands of federal drug inmates set for early release
WASHINGTON (AP) — Thousands of federal inmates serving sentences for drug crimes are set for early release next month under a cost-cutting measure intended to reduce the nation’s prison population. The...
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CA considers using violent inmates to fight fires
SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — Some California officials are considering using offenders convicted of violent crimes to help battle wildfires. The state has been using non-violent inmates to help fight...
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The Latest: McCrory officials talk about prison contracts
RALEIGH, NC (AP) — The latest on a North Carolina General Assembly government oversight committee meeting Wednesday to discuss several issues, including some state prison maintenance contracts and...
View ArticleWake Co. Sheriff: Six detention officers lose jobs
RALEIGH, NC (AP) — The Wake County sheriff says six detention officers are no longer on the job as the result of an investigation into inappropriate relationships with inmates. Sheriff Donnie Harrison...
View ArticleJudge backs NC prison hand-held camera requirement
RALEIGH, NC (AP) — A federal judge has agreed with an outside expert who recommends that North Carolina Central Prison staffers use hand-held cameras to record how some prisoners are treated once...
View ArticleAdvocate: Fill empty jobs in wake of inmate death
RALEIGH, NC (AP) — Advocates for the mentally ill are calling on North Carolina Gov. Pat McCrory to authorize emergency funding to fill large numbers of vacant staffing positions in the state prison...
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Law enforcement explains local inmate transport protocols
WILMINGTON, NC (WWAY ) — The six Baltimore police officers charged in Freddie Gray’s death have posted bond. Gray died after suffering a severe spinal cord injury while in the back of a police wagon....
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3 inmates use part of desk to escape from St. George jail
CHARLESTON, SC (AP) — The sheriff in Dorchester County says three inmates used part of a desk to pry open a window to escape from the jail in St. George. Dorchester County Sheriff L.C. Knight told...
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2nd inmate says he was beaten at North Carolina prison
CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) – Another inmate at a North Carolina prison has stepped forward to say he was beaten while handcuffed. Randy Massey told The Charlotte Observer that he lost a tooth, suffered a cut...
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Texas jail inmates credited with saving ill guard
WEATHERFORD, TEXAS (AP) — Authorities say several inmates at a Texas jail broke out of a holding cell to help save an armed guard after they saw him lose consciousness. WFAA-TV (http://bit.ly/29my0Eo )...
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5 inmates escape from North Carolina detention center
NASHVILLE, NC (WNCN) — Nash County deputies are actively searching around Nashville after five inmates cut through a fence Monday and escaped. The call regarding the escape came in just before 4 p.m....
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5 inmates escape North Carolina jail, 4 taken into custody
NASHVILLE, NC (AP) — Four of the five inmates who escaped from the Nash County Detention center in North Carolina were in custody Tuesday morning. Sheriff Keith Stone said the inmates forced through a...
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Bibles, gift bags given to inmates in New Hanover jail
NEW HANOVER COUNTY, NC (WWAY) — Christmas came early for inmates at the New Hanover County jail as they got a special surprise Monday morning. Members of Grace Baptist and Coastal Community Baptist...
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