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• Officials fired: Problems with 2nd birth at Fla. jail

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  The woman was complaining about contractions and labor pains more than 12 hours before giving birth

• Sheriff: Ala. CO fired after tampering with inmates' cigarettes

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  The incident involved the CO placing an irritant on the inmates' cigarettes, which led to respiratory issues

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• Off-duty NY CO seriously hurt after hit-and-run in parking lot

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  Police are investigating the possibility that Gary Harnig may have been run over intentionally

• Police: Former SC CO paid inmate to attack another prisoner

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  Ingrid Yolanda Ortiz-Montero was charged with two counts of misconduct in office and conspiracy to commit a crime

• Md. CO charged with taking bribes to smuggle drugs into prison

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  The CO admitted that he took a payment of $5,400 cash to bring heroin, tobacco and suboxone strips to an inmate for distribution

• DA: Pa. prison's medical staff's response in inmate death 'woefully inadequate'

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  A coroner said medical staff did not recognize for more than 25 minutes that the inmate had stopped breathing

• DA: 'Baby Shark' kid's song used to bully Okla. jail inmates

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  An investigation found that inmates were forced to stand the entire time, hands cuffed behind them and secured to the wall

• Former Ohio CO pleads not guilty to assaulting inmate with mental illness

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  Charles Enoch is charged with first-degree misdemeanor assault in the November 2018 attack of an inmate with a mental illness

• Lack of screening, timely care ID'd in report on Calif. prison's COVID-19 response

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  Recommendations include that officials screen inmates daily, increase medical staffing and investigate instances of retaliation and threats over inmate concerns

• Pa. CO accused of assaulting inmate found not guilty of excessive force

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  William Cappalonga claimed his actions were warranted to ensure the inmate didn't continue to attack COs during the 2018 incident

• Use of force at issue in former Pa. corrections officer's trial

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  William Cappalonga is accused of threatening to kill an inmate as he repeatedly slammed his head against the floor

• NJ correctional police officer accused of taking bribes to smuggle drugs into prison

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  An indictment claims Jamaine Russell brought drugs and other contraband into the Trenton prison from October 2018 through November 2019

• Women at Ga. immigration jail to no longer see doctor accused of misconduct

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  The allegations against the doctor were first revealed in a complaint filed last week by a nurse at the Irwin County Detention Center

• Link to online survey of Mo. county jail employees leaked online

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  Employees questioned why the survey, which is supposed to be anonymous, asks for names on most questions

• 2 La. corrections officers stabbed by inmate with homemade knife

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  One officer was stabbed in the chest and the other in the abdomen and arm

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