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Family questions official account of inmate death at Minden police lockup

The Moore County News Press 17 Jun 2026
MINDEN, La. -- A 23-year-old Homer man is dead following an apparent suicide while in custody at Minden Police Department headquarters, but his family is questioning the circumstances surrounding his death ....
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Inmate crews to continue working in McAlester

McAlester News-Capital 17 Jun 2026
The City of McAlester continued its partnership with Oklahoma Department of Corrections for the inmate labor program ... .
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Inmate deaths under investigation | The Union-Recorder

The Union-Recorder 17 Jun 2026
— Local and state authorities are looking into what caused the deaths of two inmates at Washington State Prison near Davisboro. The inmates’ bodies were turned over to the Washington County Coroner’s Office in Sandersville.
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NDOC inmate died after receiving inadequate medical care, lawsuit claims

Las Vegas Review-Journal 17 Jun 2026
A dead Northern Nevada inmate’s estate claims three Nevada Department of Corrections medical providers failed to give him life-saving care in a lawsuit filed Friday.
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Woman sentenced for supplying meth before Oregon inmate's death

The Register Guard 17 Jun 2026
A Springfield woman was sentenced to 48 months of probation for supplying methamphetamine to an inmate who died.The inmate, Edward Paul Dungan, died of a drug overdose at the Two Rivers Correctional ...
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Sam Bankman-Fried rebuffed flirty inmate sending bikini photos at infamous NYC lockup: report

New York Post 17 Jun 2026
Convicted crypto crook Sam Bankman-Fried rejected a flirty inmate who tried to woo him with bikini photos during his stint at a federal jail in Brooklyn ... Inmates at MDC are allowed to access a ...
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Stunning order sends NY judges to prisons every year — to make sure inmates are ...

New York Post 17 Jun 2026
See more of our coverage in your search results ... Christopher Sadowski ... NYC Council wants to make it easier for Rikers inmates to vote — but jail officials sound the alarm ... Judges will also visit inmates, workers, administrators and service providers.
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Illicit drug was mailed to Douglas County Jail, and inmates lit it with lithium batteries ...

Lawrence Journal World 17 Jun 2026
The illicit drug K2 was mailed to the Douglas County Jail, and inmates there used lithium batteries from computer tablets to light the substance, according to allegations in a recently released arrest affidavit.
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Douglas County Jail teacher arrested after investigators say she let inmate use her phone

Scottsbluff StarHerald 16 Jun 2026
A Douglas County Corrections GED teacher faces five felony counts after investigators say she let an inmate take photos and make video calls on her cellphone ... .
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Tangipahoa Parish deputy placed on leave after inmate briefly escapes custody at courthouse

The Advocate 16 Jun 2026
A Tangipahoa Parish Sheriff’s Office deputy was placed on administrative leave after a jail inmate briefly escaped custody at the courthouse Monday morning, triggering a 30-minute manhunt ... .
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Vulnerable young inmate strangled himself while prison officials 'sat watching TV'

Daily Record 16 Jun 2026
Prison officials were watching TV when Georgie Smith, 18, sounded his cell bell in the early hours of the morning ... .
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