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Women guarding men
Part of the reason the Baltimore City Detention Center corruption scandal has gotten so much attention is the salaciousness of the allegations. The inmate charged as the kingpin of the corruption ring is accused of impregnating no fewer than four...Tags: Prisons, Entertainment, Safety of Citizens, Politics, Gaming
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After jail scandal, spotlight on growing role of women officers
The 19-year-old felt sick to her stomach when she stepped into the Baltimore prison once nicknamed "Supermax" for her first day of work as a corrections officer. The place was dark and dingy, and she had never been around so many men before. When...
Tags: Washington College (Maryland), Prisons, Career and Workplace, Towson, Justice and Rights
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Republicans join call for investigator in jail scandal
The Baltimore SunSenate Republicans on Tuesday echoed Democratic Attorney General Doug Gansler's call for an independent investigator into alleged corruption at the Baltimore City Detention Center. The Republicans expanded their request beyond an outside probe into...Tags: Crime, Law and Justice, Prisons, Politics, Martin O'Malley, Justice System
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Gansler calls for independent probe of jail scandal
Maryland Attorney General Douglas F. Gansler called Monday for an independent investigation into the scandal at the Baltimore City Detention Center, saying the public needs to know which government employees allowed corruption to flourish. "Public...
Tags: Executive Branch, Prisons, Politics, FBI, Douglas F. Gansler
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City jail security chief failed lie-detector test, Maynard says
The head of security at the Baltimore jail failed a polygraph test administered after a federal indictment alleged widespread corruption on her watch, corrections secretary Gary D. Maynard told lawmakers at a hearing in Annapolis. Shavella Miles is...
Tags: Executive Branch, Prisons, Rod J. Rosenstein, Politics, Scott Shellenberger
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Independent city jail audit shows widespread disorder
Outside auditors warned the state early this year that conditions at the Baltimore jail had deteriorated to the point that the complex had become dangerous, allowing some inmates access to chemicals in a janitorial closet while others scrawled graffiti on...
Tags: Prisons, Safety of Citizens, Politics, Career and Workplace, Unions
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BGF gang's reach extends well beyond Baltimore detention center
As Tyrone Brown sat in his jail cell at the Baltimore County Detention Center late last year, awaiting trial for the murder of a man in a Towson Town Center parking garage, he kept busy in part by smoking marijuana and memorizing contraband writings of...
Tags: Prisons, Anthony W. Batts, Northwood, Safety of Citizens, Scott Shellenberger
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As city jail remains off-limits to reporters, Baltimore County opens its doors
The Baltimore SunInside an aged housing unit at the Baltimore County Detention Center one recent afternoon, a group of medium-security inmates — old and young, black and white — mingled in a common area, chatting and eating lunch off thick plastic trays. A...Tags: Prisons, Towson, Gang Activity, Organized Crime, Prosecution
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Baltimore Detention Center security chief fighting dismissal
The former security chief at the Baltimore City Detention Center is fighting her dismissal, her lawyer said Tuesday, arguing that she was used as a scapegoat in the wake of a federal corruption indictment that targeted corrections officers and inmates....Tags: Prisons, Career and Workplace, FBI, Gang Activity, Labor Legislation
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The big question about Baltimore's jail scandal
Points to Del. Dereck Davis for the question of the day at the General Assembly's hearing on the pervasive corruption at the state-run Baltimore City Detention Center. Corrections secretary Gary Maynard had just made an extensive presentation about the...
Tags: Executive Branch, Prisons, Rod J. Rosenstein, Politics, Martin O'Malley
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Maryland corrections job applicants to get polygraphs
Gov. Martin O'Malley plans to beef up the internal investigations unit at the state corrections agency and subject all prospective officers to polygraph tests, according to a summary of reforms his administration will discuss at a legislative hearing...
Tags: Executive Branch, Prisons, Rod J. Rosenstein, Politics, Martin O'Malley
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