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Three corrections officers injured after unknown accomplice of gang member Skylar Meade stages attack after hospital tripA white supremacist prison gang member in Idaho and an accomplice remained on the loose Wednesday after the accomplice staged a brazen overnight attack to free the inmate as he was being transported from a Boise hospital, police said.Police identified the man suspected of shooting two corrections officers...

Several employees at the federal correctional institution in Dublin have pleaded guilty to abusing female inmatesA judge called a California federal women’s prison known for rampant sexual abuse against inmates “a dysfunctional mess” on Friday as she ordered a special master to oversee the facility, marking the first time the Federal Bureau of Prisons has been subject to such an action.“The situation can no...

Michael Christian Green faces up to year in prison after pleading guilty over incident in town of Pearl in December A Mississippi police officer pleaded guilty on Thursday to a federal misdemeanor charge after authorities accused him of forcing a prisoner to drink his own urine.In court filings, first reported by the Daily Beast, prosecutors for the US district court for the southern district...