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1 correction officer assaulted, 2 others injured at New Haven Correctional Center
A correction officer was assaulted and two others were injured after an inmate got agitated and became physical at the New Haven Correctional Center. The incident happened Wednesday evening at about 9 p.m. An officer was initially punched in the chest by an inmate who was in the process of being admitted after being transferred from another facility, according to…
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Inmates at California women's prison sue federal government over sexual abuse
The lawsuit filed in Oakland by attorneys representing the inmates and the advocacy group California Coalition for Women Prisoners also names the current warden and 12 former and current guards.
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Escaped prisoner on the loose, used bed sheets to rappel from NYC hospital 5th floor
Prisoner, Yenchun Chen, escaped the Department of Corrections custody while in Mount Sinai Beth Israel hospital. Melissa Colorado reporting.
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New York prisoner rappels down hospital using bed sheets, flees police custody
The prisoner, identified as Yenchun Chen, was in Department of Corrections custody at Mount Sinai Beth Israel Hospital in Gramercy when he escaped out a fifth-floor window and made his way down to the street, where he hailed a cab.
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Correctional officer assaulted by inmate at Bridgeport Correctional Center
A correctional officer was assaulted by an inmate while working at the Bridgeport Correctional Center on Wednesday. The Department of Correction said the inmate physically assaulted a correctional officer while she was conducting her routine duties. The person allegedly grabbed the officer and a struggle ensued. The officer was pushed into a metal storage bin and was struck repeatedly, according…
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Reviews Find Misuse of COVID-19 Hotel Stays by Prison Staff
There are at least 35 instances where Connecticut Department of Correction employees potentially misused a COVID-19 program that provided workers with hotel rooms during the height of the pandemic, including a staffer who booked a room to attend a wedding, according to continuing state investigations. So far, 14 of the 35 investigations have been closed, DOC confirmed Tuesday, and $40,787…