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Convicted serial rapist dies in hospital after assault

A serial rapist serving several life sentences in a maximum-security state prison has died in the hospital after being assaulted by another inmate, Maryland State Police said Wednesday.

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Inmate indicted in cellmate's death in western Md.

The Allegany County State's Attorney's Office said Thursday that a grand jury in Cumberland indicted 28-year-old Wesley Curtis for the slaying of 28-year-old Charles Richardson IV at the nearby North...

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Western Md. Inmate Slain; Charges Pending

Authorities say an inmate at a state prison in western Maryland was found slain in his cell, and charges are pending against a fellow inmate.

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Md. inmate homicides highest since '01

Inmate-on-inmate homicides at Maryland state prisons spiked in 2012 to seven, the highest number in at least 11 years, the Maryland Department of Public Safety and Correctional Services said Tuesday.

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Md. officials: 4 officers hurt in inmate attack

Maryland prison officials say four correctional officers at the North Branch Correctional Institution were injured when an inmate attacked one officer and three other officers came to his aid.

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Western Maryland prison on lockdown after assault on guards

A prison in Western Maryland is on lockdown after at least one recent assault by inmates on correctional officers, and union officials have planned a meeting with the secretary of the Department of...

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Charges of gang violence at MD prison

New charges of gang violence at a Maryland prison -- this time not in Baltimore City -- but in the Western part of the state.

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Corrections officers demand resignations

Correctional officers at the maximum security North Branch Correctional Institution in Cumberland will demand the resignations of several high level directors at the Department of Public Safety and...

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Inmate stabs corrections officer at North Branch; officer in stable condition

An inmate stabbed a corrections officer Monday morning at North Branch Correctional Institution near Cumberland, Md., in the fourth attack on prison staff in five weeks.

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Trouble at North Branch

Our view: Spate of inmate-on-guard violence at the state's newest and most secure prison is just as worrisome as the corruption at the Baltimore jail The corruption scandal at the Baltimore City...

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Gansler's ideas on recidivism good, timing not so

Timing is everything - in love, comedy, trapeze acts, pastry and politics. Of course, to be successful in any of those ventures, you need keen senses, a super-awareness of things, even prescience.

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Lawmakers join call for answers on guard's stabbing

Legislators who help shape criminal justice policy in the state have joined union officials in demanding answers in the stabbing of a Western Maryland corrections officer, after it was revealed prison...

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Under Maynard, prisons have crisis, fewer repeats

Any other week, the guilty pleas of Black Guerrilla Family Man Tavon White might have convinced Maryland's public safety secretary, Gary Maynard, that things were finally getting back to normal in his...

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Prison Under Fire Guards At North Branch Rally For Top Officials To Resign

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Md. Corrections Officer Speaks Out After Attack

A corrections officer in western Maryland says he received a blood transfusion and was treated for about 10 stab wounds after being attacked by an inmate.

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Man gets 30 more years for fellow inmate's death

Allegany County prosecutors say a North Branch Correctional Institution inmate has been sentenced to an additional 30 years in prison in the death of a fellow inmate.

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Maryland prison official retires amid union calls for his removal

A top state prison official has announced his retirement amid calls that he step down in light of a string of inmate-on-officer attacks this summer.

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For Some Kids, Summer Camp Includes Seeing Dad In Prison

In the Father to Child Summer Camp Behind Bars program, kids can bond with their fathers while staying at a campground near prison.

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Union committee to address Md. prison security

The Maryland state workers union says it has formed a committee to suggest security improvements at the maximum-security North Branch Correctional Institution.

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Inmate convicted in death of cellmate

A man convicted of killing his cellmate at the North Branch Correctional Institution near Cumberland has been sentenced to 25 years in prison.

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