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Newsby Staff WriterMarch 19, 2012

Fla. Corrections Officer Fatally Stabbed by Inmate

Sgt. Ruben Thomas, 24, was stabbed in the neck with a shank by Richard Franklin while on duty at the Columbia Correctional Institution near Lake City in northern Florida.

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Newsby Staff WriterMarch 13, 2012

Calif. Proposes Returning High-Risk Prison Gang Members to General Population

California corrections officials have floated a plan that would allow gang members living in high-security housing units to return to the general population as a reward for good behavior.

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Newsby Staff WriterMarch 7, 2012

Indiana C.O. Killed By Hit-and-Run Driver

Lake County (Ind.) Sheriff's deputies are searching for the hit-and-run driver who struck and killed corrections deputy Britney Muex while she was jogging with three colleagues.

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Newsby Staff WriterJanuary 31, 2012

Nevada C.O. Dies After Inmate Assault

Nevada Correctional Officer Tracy Hardin suffered a heart attack after struggling with an inmate at the High Desert State Prison.

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Newsby Staff WriterJanuary 23, 2012

Stabbed Ark. C.O. Was Checking Inmate for Contraband

Sgt. Barbara Ester, 47, was investigating a report of an inmate wearing an unauthorized pair of tennis shoes when she was stabbed multiple times at the East Arkansas Unit near Brickeys.

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Newsby Staff WriterJanuary 15, 2012

L.A. County Deputy Cooperates With Feds on Jail Probe

Federal prosecutors filed their first criminal charge in the ongoing investigation of deputy misconduct in the Los Angeles County jails, saying that an ex-guard has agreed to plead guilty to felony bribery and is cooperating with the FBI.

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Newsby Staff WriterJanuary 15, 2012

Police Search for Killer of Mich. Corrections Officer

Police are tracking down leads to try and determine who shot and killed a state prison corrections officer in the parking lot of his home in Madison Heights early Saturday, but so far, no arrests have been made.

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California's Prison Realignment Plan Off To a Terrible Start

State leaders might have seen an ideal budget fix in their new law allowing felons with prison terms of six years or less to be housed in local jails and then supervised by local law enforcement agencies, but the past few days have already given us two examples of just how terribly bad this idea will turn out.

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Newsby Staff WriterJanuary 5, 2012

N.Y. Cop Killer Denied Furlough

A cop killer's bid for a furlough to attend his grandmother's funeral in New York City has been rejected after New York Police Commissioner Raymond Kelly strongly objected.

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Inside the Badge January 3, 2012

LASD Jail Probe: A View From the Inside

While behind bars, I honed my skills with on-the-job training. I learned how to slip out of my handcuffs, cut metal, and smuggle knives, hacksaws, and drugs. Most of all, I learned how to manipulate, intimidate, and confuse deputies who were still learning how to be cops.

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