The federal jury's convictions — and three acquittals — came in a trial for eight people who didn't plead guilty after a sweeping 44-person indictment was handed down in 2013
Defense for two inmates, five corrections officers and one kitchen worker accused of conspiring with BGF gang told jurors that government's case is full of broad allegations based on hearsay
The leader of a violent gang that controlled life inside one of America's most notorious jails testified that he directed guards motivated by sex and money to smuggle in drugs and cellphones and facilitate attacks on inmates who challenged his authority.