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Boston News, Weather, Sports | WHDH 7News
April 29, 2018
LYNN, Mass. (WHDH) – Union Hospital in Lynn increased police presence Saturday following an attempted escape by a prisoner at the hospital. A prisoner was receiving treatment around 7:40 a.m. Saturday when he was able to break off the bed railing he was handcuffed to. The prisoner tried to run, butÃâà...
Albany Times Union
April 29, 2018
But, in all fairness to most of our state's 50,000 prisoners, voting rights are a long stretch away for most. And, if someone in corrections thought to take a prisoners' poll asking what change would the prisoners choose, I suspect voting rights after parole would be rock bottom or a no-show on the list. I suspectÃâà...
Kokomo Tribune
April 29, 2018
They became prisoners of war. • • •. Nelson was not the typical 28-year-old woman from Kokomo. As a child, she and her family attended Courtland Avenue Friends Church. One day, a missionary nurse came to speak to the congregation. “I was very moved by her talk and in the worship that followed IÃâà...
WCVB Boston
April 29, 2018
A man in custody gave hospital workers a scare Saturday morning when he allegedly reached for an officer's gun. Advertisement. Prisoner at hospital tried to grab officer's gun during escape. Loading more articles... WCVB Boston. WCVB-TV Ãâ÷ Contact Us Ãâ÷ News Team Ãâ÷ Apps & Social Ãâ÷ Email Alerts.
NBC New York
April 28, 2018
A 27-year-old prisoner with 40 prior arrests who managed to escape police custody at a Bronx hospital early Friday has been captured after a 12-hour manhunt, police said. The suspect, Kevin Taylor, fled St. Barnabas Hospital on Third Avenue shortly before 7 a.m. with one handcuff on. He had been inÃâà...
Radio New Zealand
April 27, 2018
The eight prisoners who built the house are part of a group of 150 men who gained trade training qualifications through Rimutaka's building and ... who are also working with Housing New Zealand to ensure that we are training up a future workforce, helping with prisoner reintegration and helping with theÃâà...
BBC News
April 26, 2018
Although I first enter into the staff area – separate from the prisoners by several locked doors, I am still subject to strict security checks. My passport, work ID and camera are checked, and my belongings scanned before I may enter. It's clear from the moment I pass through the heavy metal doors, that I amÃâà...
U.S. News & World Report
April 16, 2018
The prisoner who saw the riot exchanged messages with AP on the condition of anonymity because he is not allowed to have a cellphone and fears ... The riot was the latest violence in the South Carolina prisons system, where at least 13 other inmates have been killed by fellow prisoners since the start ofÃâà...
TheSpec.com
April 15, 2018
The first time sleep paralysis struck me was in the winter of 2012. My grandfather had recently died, and I was spending time at my grandmother's house. After 60 years of marriage, she wasn't used to being alone or to the sadness an empty home can bring. Determined to help her in any way I could,Ãâà...
WABI
April 15, 2018
AUGUSTA, Maine (AP) - The Maine Department of Corrections says it has reported the death of a prisoner to the Office of the Maine Attorney General and Maine State Police. The corrections department says 48-year-old Jeremiah Young died at about 8:45 a.m. on Saturday at Maine State Prison in Warren.
WGAL Lancaster
April 15, 2018
Coroner identifies escaped prisoner who died after falling in Ephrata creek ... An escaped prisoner is dead after he tried to get away through the Cocalico Creek, just north of Wellspan Ephrata Community Hospital. The coroner has identified the prisoner as 24-year-old, Andrew Davis Good. An autopsy isÃâà...
PennLive.com
April 15, 2018
When police arrived, the prisoner, in handcuffs and a chain-restraint belt, had escaped the deputy's custody and ran into Cocalico Creek, which is about 12-feet deep. Police and the fire department tried to rescue him, but the escapee was found dead around 9:22 p.m.. The incident is under investigation.
The Advocate
April 15, 2018
But please spare a thought for the sheriffs, who are paid significant sums for accommodating overflow state prisoners. Most of the state prisoners qualifying for early release were being held in parish jails, where their care may cost less than the per diems paid by the Department of Corrections. When the firstÃâà...
BBC News
April 15, 2018
The 19-year-old from Liverpool said her partner was not involved and went back to his cell but another prisoner had sent pictures and made calls about the riot from a banned mobile phone. "There's a new regime and they aren't allowed any association during the week," Miss Saddington said. "So they canÃâà...
Sahara Press Service
March 25, 2018
El-Aaiun (Occupied Zones) March 25, 2018 (SPS) - Sahrawi political prisoners has continued their unlimeted hunger strikes on their 16th day from the prisons of Quneitra, Ait Melloul and Tata, amid deteriorating health conditions resulting from the absence of the necessary health care and the lack of anyÃâà...
Mirror.co.uk
March 25, 2018
Dozens of prisoners are let out of jail to take driving lessons. If inmates cannot find the funds for driving lessons the cost is met by taxpayers or charities which can help them with a Ãâã350 grant. Share; Comments. By. Dan Warburton. Matthew Davis. 23:47, 24 MAR 2018. News. Many prisoners are let out of low-security openÃâà...
Bend Bulletin
March 25, 2018
Early this year, a 53-year-old Oregon woman died of complications of influenza. She wasn't the only Oregonian to die, but she was the only person being held in one of the state's 14 prisons to die. Tina Ferri hadn't had an influenza vaccine, according to the Willamette Week newspaper. That doesn't makeÃâà...
The Boston Globe
March 25, 2018
An outspoken inmate at the state's largest prison has gone on a hunger strike after he was sent to solitary confinement for amassing large amounts of bottled water, which he intended to distribute to fellow inmates, prisoner advocates said. In response to longstanding concerns about MCI-Norfolk's routinelyÃâà...
The Verge
March 25, 2018
While machines will do part of the work, some are willing to cut corners by sending a team of prisoners to help, putting their unused skills to work. Frank Kittridge is a convicted murderer and one of the eight sent to Mars. Each person is promised better accommodations, a stimulating environment, and a bitÃâà...
CNN
March 23, 2018
"Being able to get the voices of prisoners out there and heard, in a good way, is something that is phenomenal, something that needs to be done, needs to be done more often," Oakdale inmate Josh Lusch told CNN affiliate KWWL. "This is getting to a segment of the population that probably doesn't thinkÃâà...
The Independent
March 22, 2018
Six prisoners have killed themselves in less than two years at one of the country's most notorious jails, as inspectors find inmates are plagued by deteriorating standards and “severe overcrowding”. A damning report from HM Inspectorate of Prisons deemed HMP Leeds to be one of the most seriouslyÃâà...
Monroe News Star
March 21, 2018
An employee shakedown at Louisiana's most famous prison has revealed guards having sex with inmates and smuggling drugs into the Louisiana State Penitentiary at Angola. One guard even had an offender's name tattooed on her arm and her name was tattooed on his, Louisiana CorrectionsÃâà...
WABI
March 21, 2018
AUGUSTA, Maine (WABI) The governor says the Downeast Correctional Facility in Machiasport will reopen in a limited capacity. Lawyers representing laid-off DCF employees tell TV 5 they have confirmed that Corrections Commissioner Joseph Fitzpatrick plans to rehire five workers and bring back a smallÃâà...
9NEWS.com
March 21, 2018
A judge ordered a Colorado sheriff on Monday to stop holding prisoners illegally for immigration officials, siding with the American Civil Liberties Union's request for a preliminary injunction. State District Court Judge Eric Bentley ordered El Paso County Sheriff Bill Elder to immediately stop relying on ICEÃâà...
NK News
March 21, 2018
Speaking at a regular press briefing, Nauert said that a report by South Korean broadcaster MBC suggesting an agreement on the release was “purely speculation” and that she had no updates on when the three prisoners might be released. “We would love to have our American citizens brought home – aÃâà...
Al-Arabiya
March 21, 2018
Any debt the prisoners owed was settled by the Ayadi Committee and Sharjah Charity Association. (Shutterstock). Staff writer, Al Arabiya English Wednesday, 21 March 2018. Text size A A A. In light of the International Day of Happiness, the UAE's Sharjah police released 11 prisoners from variousÃâà...
Detroit Metro Times
March 21, 2018
The Annual Exhibition of Art by Michigan Prisoners looks to humanize prisoners. ... the annual exhibition in 1996 with her husband, both of whom were already working closely with the Prison Creative Arts Project and prisoners themselves. ... Prisoner on a Field of Flowers, by Oliger Merko Oil on canvas.
euronews
March 21, 2018
The human rights organisation, which collects figures as part of two related projects known as SPACE I and II, found the number of people incarcerated in Council of Europe Member States had increased to 859,102 in 2016, that's 18,454 more inmates than the year before.
The Local France
March 20, 2018
Murdered French nanny was 'prisoner in domestic nightmare', London trial hears. AFP ... Sabrina Kouider and Ouissem Medouni had kept 21-year-old Sophie Lionnet as a "prisoner" and violently abused her after she moved into their southwest London home, according to an indictment read in court.
New York Times
March 19, 2018
If more universities expanded their programs to include prisoners who grew up in underserved communities, there is potential to educate us all not only about the inequities in our society, but also about the aspirations of many inmates from underserved communities to acquire an education and becomeÃâà...
The National
March 13, 2018
To celebrate his safe return to the UAE, Sheikh Humaid bin Rashid Al Nuaimi, Ruler of Ajman, ordered the release of 80 prisoners on Monday. The inmates released must have proven their good conduct while serving their sentences, must be eligible for the pardon and not required to serve their remainingÃâà...
Independent Online
March 13, 2018
Cape Town - Three inmates who formed part of a group of inmates who had escaped from Pollsmoor prison have been rearrested, Western Cape Correctional Services department commissioner Delekile Klaas confirmed on Monday. Among those recaptured was an inmate currently serving the 12-yearÃâà...
News24
March 13, 2018
Johannesburg - Six inmates escaped from Pollsmoor prison's Medium B section in the Western Cape on Sunday evening, the Department of Correctional Services said. "It is believed that the six escaped after removing bars with a piece of metal obtained by breaking one of the beds," spokespersonÃâà...
Dothan Eagle
March 13, 2018
Q: Did Dothan have a prisoner of war camp during World War II? If so, where was it located? A: An article on the Encyclopedia of Alabama website says Dothan had a satellite branch camp for World War II prisoners of war. The camp included barracks-style buildings on Headland Avenue (now WindMillÃâà...
Regina Leader-Post
March 13, 2018
Correctional officials say they are monitoring the situation but will not negotiate until the prisoners begin eating again. The information was first conveyed to the Leader-Post by members of the advocacy group Beyond Prison Walls Canada. Prisoner B.J. Crawford then called to lay out their demands. He saidÃâà...
Waxahachie Daily Light
March 13, 2018
Prison inmates age at an accelerated rate when compared to people living outside the prison walls. The health of a 50-year-old person in prison is comparable to the health of a 65-year-old. That is not a good thing, especially when you consider nearly every state and the federal government are seeing anÃâà...
WCAX
March 13, 2018
MONTPELIER, Vt. (WCAX) A Vermont prisoner has won a partial victory before the Vermont Supreme Court over the state's failure to seek competitive bids for inmate telephone services. Kirk Wool sued the Department two years ago arguing that the "soul source" bid resulted in a phone company thatÃâà...
The Boston Globe
March 11, 2018
Prisoners in Massachusetts who have hepatitis C could soon be treated more frequently and with more effective, and more expensive, drugs as part of what is believed to be a groundbreaking class-action settlement agreement reached with the Massachusetts Department of Correction. If the agreementÃâà...
Letaba Herald
March 5, 2018
It is alleged that on Sunday at about 01:30, the police officers who were on duty heard a loud bang of the cell doors and they reacted speedily and on arrival, they found that three prisoners had escaped through the roof of the cell which was cut off. These escapees were identified as follows: MashanguÃâà...
International Campaign for Human Rights in Iran
March 5, 2018
Continued the source: “Except for a couple of hours of fresh air during the day, the ward's main gate is closed and all the gaps in the walls and windows have been covered to prevent contact between the political prisoners and the ordinary prisoners and the whole ward is supposed to be heated by an oldÃâà...
National Catholic Reporter
March 5, 2018
Rome — Listening, playing and having an afternoon snack, Pope Francis spent time March 2 at a group home for women prisoners with small children. He also left as a gift for the kids large, hollow chocolate eggs, each with a surprise inside. They are a standard part of Italian Easter celebrations. The popeÃâà...
Matangi Tonga
March 5, 2018
The two teenage boys aged 17 and 15 who were charged with the murder of a Chinese couple at Matafonua, are revealed to have been escaped prisoners. Police Commissioner Stephen Caldwell said this afternoon, the two youths were part of five prisoners who escaped from custody at the NukunukuÃâà...
Toronto Sun
March 5, 2018
Sickening ISIS video shows boy, 4, shooting prisoner in the head. Brad HunterMore from ... A deranged new video from Islamic State shows children as young as four murdering prisoners. ... The tiny terrorist — dressed in his wee all-black ISIS ensemble — orders a 10-year-old to behead another prisoner.
MercatorNet (blog)
March 5, 2018
Not too long ago, a request by a Belgian prisoner for euthanasia made international headlines -- even though he was not permitted to take advantage of the legislation. But in a measure of how enthusiastically Canada has embraced euthanasia, one prisoner has already been killed under its Medical Aid inÃâà...
Delano.lu
March 5, 2018
“Certainly sporting activities for all prisoners, female and male, is important. It is currently physically impossible to provide 100% identical sports activities for both male and female prisoners. The subject of sports facilities available at the Luxembourg Prison Centre [in Schrassig] is an integral part of theÃâà...
The Guardian
March 5, 2018
More than 6,000 prisoners believed to have links to organised crime gangs face being moved to tougher jails under proposals to be unveiled by the justice secretary, David Gauke. The plans to recategorise prisoners into higher-security prisons based on their continuing risk of criminality in jail, rather thanÃâà...
The Telegraph
March 5, 2018
... March 7, citing how both prisoners - who are well-known scholars and authors - have been ailing because of their long years of imprisonment. Ashiq Hussain Faktoo alias Muhammad Qasim Faktoo is Kashmir's longest-serving prisoner and has been behind bars for 25 years. Muhammad Shafi Khan aliasÃâà...
Arkansas Online
March 5, 2018
This means calling every group listed on the 15 prisoner resource lists and 12 re-entry resource lists to make sure they still offer the same services. Plegge says he became interested in working with prisoners because he grew up in Newport, near the Department of Correction's Grimes Unit and theÃâà...
550 KTSA
March 5, 2018
SAN ANTONIO (AP) — Bexar County Sheriff Javier Salazar says a department jailer has been placed on administrative leave after last week's escape of three murder suspects. Salazar says investigators also are looking into whether other inmates or people outside the San Antonio jail helped the three fleeÃâà...
ITV News
March 5, 2018
Products made by inmates at Guernsey Prison are on sale, after a new wooden showroom has opened. Items include wooden furniture, bespoke clocks as well as other arts and crafts. The charity, Creative Learning in Prison (CLIP), has been helping inmates' access to learning through art, craft and tradeÃâà...
