A team of inmates from Dubai Police Central Jail took fifth place at the first online edition of the Asian inmate chess championship. Photo: Dubai Police via The National A team of inmates from Dubai Police’s Correctional and Penal Institutions has earned fifth place in the first-ever Asian Inmate Chess Championship, a virtual tournament overseen […]
Troopers with Louisiana State Police escort Orleans Parish Prison escapee Lenton Vanburen to a waiting vehicle (Image credits: AP) Three more inmates who escaped from a New Orleans jail earlier this month were re-arrested on Monday in separate states, more than a week after their bold escape.Louisiana State Police announced on X that one of […]
In what resembled a scene from a crime thriller, ten inmates pulled off a daring prison break last week at the Orleans Justice Center in New Orleans.The prisoners escaped by cutting through steel bars behind a metal toilet and sink unit in their cell, squeezing through a small hole to freedom. Before fleeing, they taunted […]
Orleans Justice Center in New Orleans A prison staffer has been arrested after he reportedly admitted to have helped 10 inmates escape a New Orleans jail last week.Also Read | ‘To easy lol’: 10 inmates including murder convicts use blankets to escape through hole in New Orleans jailMaintenance worker Sterling Williams was asked by one […]
US to execute three death row inmates this week (Photo: AP) A man who pleaded guilty to killing a convenience store worker by setting her on fire is to be put to death in Texas on Tuesday, one of three executions to be carried out in the United States this week.Matthew Johnson, 49, is to […]
In a shocking lapse of security, ten inmates escaped from the Orleans Parish Justice Center in New Orleans by crawling through a tiny space.The prisoners disappeared into the night and left behind taunting graffiti for the police, reports the New York Post.The jailbreak occurred around 1 am Friday. The incident sparked serious concerns about conditions […]
Upstate New York prison guard pleads guilty to manslaughter in an inmate’s 2024 beating death (Photo: AP) A correctional officer pleaded guilty to manslaughter Monday in connection with the December death of inmate Robert Brooks, whose brutal beating at the Marcy Correctional Facility was recorded by officers’ body cameras. Christopher Walrath, 36, was one of […]
Virginia Lt Gov John Hager gets a tour April 9, 1999, of the new Wallens Ridge State Prison from Department of Corrections Director Ron Angelone in Big Stone Gap (Image: AP) BIG STONE GAP: An attack by inmates at a Virginia prison injured five guards, according to state corrections officials who said most of the […]
