Javarick Gantt, a deaf man who relied on sign language to communicate, was found dead inside his cell last October
CO Robert Wilkerson served Caroline County Department of Corrections since 2007
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After striking the deputy in the head and face with the phone, the inmate then tried to strangle the deputy with the phone cord
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
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
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