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• Man freed after 23 years in prison on sex assault conviction

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  He rejected a plea deal that would have freed him in 1992 because he refused to admit to any wrongdoing

• How one utensil provides a safer option to inmates and COs

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  The EcoSecurity Utensil may be one small change inside a facility, but it can have a big effect on safety, health and the environment

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  6 tips for implementing a body-worn camera program in corrections

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  Key steps include creating a policy to govern bodycam use, choosing the most appropriate equipment and getting buy-in from COs

• Conn. police probe whether inmate had loaded gun in courthouse

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  A loaded .308-caliber handgun was found in a trash can at the correctional facility

• Man arrested for trying to throw gun, phones over Ohio prison fence

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  Package had semi-automatic handgun and several cell phones

• Contraband: Weapon hidden inside TV adapter

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  A C1 member recently submitted these photos, with the following explanation: During a search of a restricted housing unit at the RIDOC High Security Center, an officer discovered that an inmate had...

• NY inmate smuggles contraband weapon into jail in rectum

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  Slashed another inmate with the blade he kept hidden from metal detectors

• Corrections: Man held in officer's death had knife in prison

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  Officials say the knife was discovered after Andrew Romero made threats at officers and authorities ordered a shakedown of his cell

• 3 separate searches miss gun in NM man's waistband

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  It wasn't until he was placed through a body scanner that the firearm was noticed

• 2 shanks, sandpaper found in Ore. inmate's cell

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  Sandpaper was used to make shanks, hidden in toilet paper roll

• What are the most dangerous makeshift prison weapons?

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  One thing inmates have a limitless amount of is time to think

• Deputies: Inmate attempts to bring belt buckle knife into jail

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  Brayan Thompson has now also been charged with promoting prison contraband, a class D felony

• Pa. inmate convicted of hiding contraband weapon in sock

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  Witnesses told the court the weapon was found on Richard J. Sears, 34, after corrections officers received a tip

• Ga. county jail turns up shanks, cell phones in contraband shakedown

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  Investigators believe the phones came in through corrupted staff members at the jail

• Man accused of drunken disturbance, taking razor blade into jail

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  Was asked if he had anything that would get him into trouble, responded "man check my pockets what the (expletive) an I going to jail for"

• Inmate dies in prison after fight over TV remote

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  Man suffered fatal chest and throat injuries after being slashed with a homemade blade

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