Dining hall fight at California's Folsom Prison leaves 8 inmates with non-serious injuriesOctober 7th, 2009 Fight at California prison injures 8 inmatesFOLSOM, Calif. — Eight California inmates have been injured after a fight erupted in a dining hall at Folsom State Prison.
Officials: 3 guards at southern Indiana jail attacked during escape attempt by teenage inmatesOctober 6th, 2009 Police: 3 Ind. jail guards hurt in escape attemptVERNON, Ind.
Feds: Gang leader plotted escape from prison in helicopter to be built, flown by underlingsOctober 2nd, 2009 Feds: Gang leader plotted airborne prison breakNASHVILLE, Tenn. — Federal authorities say a gang leader had developed an elaborate plot to escape from prison in a homemade helicopter flown by his underlings.
Iraqi city of Tikrit locked down after prison break, authorities search for fugitivesSeptember 24th, 2009 Iraqi city locked down after prison breakBAGHDAD — Iraqi officials say about 15 prisoners have escaped from a prison in Saddam Hussein's hometown of Tikrit and authorities have locked down the city as they search for fugitives. Iraqi military spokesman Maj.
Caught clean-handed: UK prison bans anti-swine flu hand gel after inmates use it to get drunkSeptember 24th, 2009 UK prison bans hand gel inmates used to get highLONDON — A British prison says a bunch of inmates have been caught with their hands clean — using hand sanitizing gel to get drunk. Peter McParlin of the Prison Officers Association says inmates were using it to make illicit alcohol.
Belgium agrees to US request to take in 1 former inmate from GuantanamoSeptember 4th, 2009 Belgium to take in 1 former Guantanamo inmateBRUSSELS — The Belgian government says it has accepted a U.S. request to take in one detainee from U.S.
40 inmates injured after riot breaks out at men's prison in Southern CaliforniaAugust 9th, 2009 40 inmates hurt in riot at Calif.'s Chino prisonLOS ANGELES —Forty prisoners were sent to hospitals after a riot broke out at the California Institution for Men in Chino. Prison spokesman Lt.
Belgian prisoner who escaped in helicopter capturedAugust 4th, 2009 BRUSSELS - One of the three men who escaped from a Belgian prison in a helicopter July 23 was arrested by the police here. Abdelhaq Melloul-Khayari was detained by police in the Brussels municipality of Sint-Jans Molenbeek Monday.
3 more prisoners escape in Belgium, bringing total to 12 in 2 weeksAugust 4th, 2009 3 more prisoners escape in BelgiumBRUSSELS — Belgian authorities were chasing three more escaped prisoners on Tuesday, bringing the total to 12 over the past two weeks. The ongoing news of escapes has heaped embarrassment on the government, which claims its plans to better secure key jails and courthouses have been held back by budget constraints and administrative burdens.
Belgian police recapture 1 of 3 escaped convicts from Bruges prisonAugust 3rd, 2009 Belgian police recapture 1 of 3 escaped convictsBRUSSELS — Belgian authorities say they have recaptured a convict who escaped twice in as many weeks, including once from a Bruges prison by helicopter. The convict, Abdelhaq Melloul-Khayari, is believed to have carried out a bank robbery with two others after they made their break from the Bruges high-security prison two weeks ago.
Man who escaped Colo. prison in hijacked helicopter gets parole after 20 yearsJuly 14th, 2009 Parole for man who escaped prison in a helicopterFORT MORGAN, Colo. — A man who escaped from a Colorado prison nearly 20 years ago in a helicopter hijacked by his wife has been paroled.
Arkansas prisons department fires 5 workers after escape of convicted murderersJune 18th, 2009 5 prison workers fired after Ark. inmates escapeLITTLE ROCK, Ark.
Costs cited as Ala. decides to pull inmates from private prison where 2 escapedJune 8th, 2009 Ala. to remove inmates from private prisonBIRMINGHAM, Ala. — Alabama will remove its 250 inmates from a privately run prison where two convicts escaped last month and were only recaptured after a shootout with police in North Dakota.
3 arrested, suspected of helping 2 Ark. killers escape prison wearing guard uniformsJune 2nd, 2009 3 arrested in Ark. prison escape planLITTLE ROCK, Ark.
Ark. escapees spotted in Michigan; 5 corrections officers on leave over Cummins Unit escapeJune 1st, 2009 5 Ark. guards put on leave after 2 inmates escapeLITTLE ROCK, Ark. — Five prison guards have placed on leave after two convicted killers escaped a high-security Arkansas unit by wearing guard uniforms made at the prison and leaving in a car that had been left for them.
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