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The jail came under fire in March 2009 when allegations came forward that a sheriff's deputy enlisted an inmate to touch a sandwich with his genitalia, then fed the sandwich to a fellow inmate. The inmate consuming the sandwich was then shown a cell phone picture of the first inmate's genitalia touching the sandwich. [ 5 ]
Built in 1966, the prison gained its nickname "The Workhouse" from an 1840s city ordinance that allowed forced labor as a punishment for criminals sentenced in law court who couldn't pay their fines. [3] [4] [5] The Workhouse became infamous for its poor living conditions, prisoner abuse, and penal labor.
Mikhel and co-defendant Jurijus Kadamovas were sentenced to death for kidnapping five people, demanding more than $5.5 million in ransom from relatives and associates, and killing the kidnapped victims. The bodies were tied with weights and dumped in a reservoir near Yosemite National Park. James H. Roane Jr. 58–59 32923-083
Franklin County plans to close the jail on Jackson Pike once the new jail is fully built out and staffed. Franklin County operates one of the largest jail systems in Ohio, cycling through 20,000 ...
The inmate was arrested on a charge of driving while intoxicated and a parole violation from an earlier case, according to Newburyport News. The cause of death was hanging, using a "anti-suicide" bedsheet. The inmate was on suicide watch, according to Newburyport News. Jail or Agency: Rockingham County Department of Corrections; State: New ...
The Allegheny County Workhouse was a prison that was located adjacent to the town of Blawnox, Pennsylvania. Its full name was "Allegheny County Workhouse and Inebriate Asylum". The first inmates were received in 1869, and the facility closed in 1971. The prison housed mostly inmates convicted of minor offenses.
As part of an investigation into James Slattery's private prison empire, The Huffington Post analyzed thousands of pages of court transcripts, police reports, state audits and inspection records obtained through state public records laws.
Over the past quarter century, Slattery’s for-profit prison enterprises have run afoul of the Justice Department and authorities in New York, Florida, Maryland, Nevada and Texas for alleged offenses ranging from condoning abuse of inmates to plying politicians with undisclosed gifts while seeking to secure state contracts.