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Top 5 correctional videos of December 2014

Videos include speculation on Alcatraz escapees still being alive and interior video of the Escambia County Jail blast

This past month’s top videos included a video of alleged inmate abuse that Google refused to remove despite the Georgia DOC’s request, a riot in a New Mexico county jail, and an anti-cop music video filmed inside a now defunct jail.

Google denies Ga. DOC’s request to remove video
Google recently rejected a request from the Georgia Department of Corrections to remove a YouTube video allegedly showing inmate abuse

NM officer’s eye socket fractured in brawl with inmates
Officers were moving inmates back to their cells when inmates became confrontational

Anti-cop music video filmed at jail sparks outrage
Not only depicts anti-police violence in the wake of the Michael Brown and Eric Garner deaths, but also promotes rape, gang and gun violence, and drug dealing

Alcatraz escapees could be alive
Study of the 1962 escape of three inmates from Alcatraz Federal Penitentiary claims they may still be alive

New video of Escambia County Jail blast released
A new video released to the public shows the interior of the Escambia County Jail moments before it exploded