A judge ordered that Syed’s conviction be vacated as she OK'd the release of the now-41-year-old who has spent more than two decades behind bars
The CO was punched in the face during a de-escalation attempt and has not returned to work
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Adding the B-SCAN body scanner to the screening process made it next to impossible for inmates to sneak drugs into the facility
An earlier federal investigation found the state shorted COs at one facility nearly half a million in overtime payments
Officials say they smuggled contraband and received thousands of dollars in bribes for bringing the drugs and other items into a maximum security prison
The state paid COs and other staffers only through the end of their scheduled shift instead of when they clocked out
The sheriff authorized an additional $5 per hour for regular hours scheduled and worked
The union is speaking out after a corrections officer was injured earlier this month when inmates set multiple fires
A total of five fires were set in two areas of the facility, the fire marshal's office said
The medication-assisted treatment helps to lessen the effects of withdrawal for people coming off opiate addictions
The officer was in his 60s and was a “well-respected” veteran of 26 years, officials said
Nine COs and employees were injured in the riot, three of whom were hospitalized
A convicted murderer under observation for behavioral problems was allowed to remain in his cell as he destroyed a radiator over an 8-hour period, eventually flooding the tier with water and scalding himself to death
Accused of trying to use a small, remote-controlled aircraft to smuggle drugs, tobacco and pornography into a maximum-security state prison in western Maryland
Twenty-seven-year-old Travis Paylor of Baltimore was sentenced Friday in federal court in Baltimore
A transgender inmate who says she was called "it" and "some kind of animal" by officers who watched her shower has won a legal victory
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