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Durbin: Prisons chief has 'no intention of reforming' system
WASHINGTON (AP) — The chairman of the Senate Judiciary Committee lambasted the director of the beleaguered federal prison system on Thursday, saying he has “no intention of reforming the institution” and reiterating his call for the director to be immediately fired. ...
Gang rams vehicles into prison, springs 9 inmates
MEXICO CITY (AP) — A gang rammed several vehicles into a prison in central Mexico and escaped with nine inmates Wednesday in one of the most dramatic breakouts the country has seen in recent years. Authorities in the state of Hidalgo, just north of Mexico City, said in...
Wife of drug kingpin 'El Chapo' gets 3 years on US charges
The wife of Mexican drug kingpin Joaquin “El Chapo” Guzman was sentenced Tuesday to three years in prison after pleading guilty to helping her husband run his multibillion-dollar criminal empire. Emma Coronel Aispuro also helped her husband plan a dramatic escape...
Inmate accused of Thanksgiving Day escape is recaptured
BOSSIER CITY, La. (AP) — An inmate who escaped from a facility in the Baton Rouge area has been captured in Bossier City, authorities said. Shwilliam Cheevis, 23, was apprehended Monday and taken into custody without incident, Bossier City police said. ...
Search for escaped inmate expands beyond Louisiana
JACKSON, La. (AP) — Louisiana prison officials say they believe a man who escaped from a Jackson prison on Thursday may have left the state. The Advocate reports that a search for Shwilliam Cheevis in the Baton Rouge area has been expanded. ...
Manhunt underway for escaped inmate in Louisiana
BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) — Authorities searched Friday for an inmate who escaped from a south Louisiana prison. The state Department of Public Safety and Corrections said a manhunt is underway for 23-year-old Shwilliam Cheevis, who is serving 15 years for sentences out of...
Speedy trial OK'd for murder suspect who fled transport van
CROWN POINT, Ind. (AP) — A murder suspect who escaped from a prisoner transport van last year when its driver stopped at a fast-food restaurant in northwest Indiana will stand trial in January in a Chicago man's slaying. A Lake County judge granted a motion for a speedy...
Man arrested and charges he injured Alabama trooper
BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (AP) — A man has been arrested and charged with injuring an Alabama state trooper who was trying to arrest him, according to authorities. Randy Lee Wade, 57, was arrested without incident in Sumter County at around 9 p.m. Saturday, according to the...
Man who escaped corrections center captured near Bellingham
ROCHESTER, Wash. (AP) — A man who escaped from Cedar Creek Corrections Center near Rochester over the weekend was arrested Thursday morning in the Bellingham area. Garrett Stephen Young, 32, was arrested at 10 a.m. by the Pacific Northwest Violent Offender Task Force....
Lansing inmate who escaped sentenced to nearly 11 more years
LANSING, Kan. (AP) — A 32-year-old man who escaped the Lansing Correctional Facility for about nine hours has been sentenced to nearly 11 more years in prison. Dustin Frank Robinson escaped from the prison in 2019 by climbing over a 20-foot fence that had two sections...
