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O'Malley forms city task force to look into jail corruption
A month after a federal indictment alleged widespread corruption at the Baltimore City Detention Center, Gov. Martin O'Malley on Monday announced a new task force charged with pushing the inquisition further. O'Malley said in a statement "there is...
Tags: FBI, Gang Activity, Crime, Law and Justice, Prosecution, Politics
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Corrections officials investigating Facebook, Instagram pictures
Corrections officials are investigating whether an inmate at the Baltimore City Detention Center has been using a contraband cellphone to post photos and updates on Facebook and Instagram online accounts. The Maryland Department of Public Safety and...
Tags: AFSCME, FBI, Gang Activity, Social Media, Prosecution
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As contraband phones flood Baltimore jail, blocking technology comes online
Maryland corrections officials are taking advantage of new technology designed to block the use of contraband cellphones by inmates — a problem at the heart of recent indictments at the Baltimore City Detention Center. In a program being used at...
Tags: FBI, Gang Activity, Dwayne Johnson, Rod J. Rosenstein, Crime, Law and Justice
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LGBT inmates report sexual victimization at much higher percentages
Amid the unfolding jail scandal in Baltimore right now, there are two things relevant to the gay community that I want to bring up. I'm not sure if there are any connections between the two, or if one affects the other. But viewed together, they do...
Tags: FBI, Gang Activity, Crime, Law and Justice, U.S. Department of Justice, Prosecution
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Alleged BGF leader Tavon White will be moved to U.S. custody
Tavon White, the alleged leader of the Black Guerrilla Family at the Baltimore City Detention Center, will await trial in federal custody out of state, his attorney said Friday. A federal judge ordered him moved from state custody Friday after a hearing...
Tags: Defendants, Crime, Law and Justice, Prosecution, Lawyers, Judges
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FBI document shows start of corrections corruption probe
Federal and state law enforcement agencies have been working since 2011 to take on corruption in prisons — their efforts recently resulted in the indictment of more than two dozen in an alleged smuggling scheme — and a document the FBI...Tags: FBI, Martin O'Malley, Police Investigations, Crime, Law and Justice, Prosecution
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In federal prison, ol' Bulldog faces sensual shock
If the federal prison that gets Tavon White is anything like the last one I visited, even a charmer such as Bulldog will have a tough time recreating the life of the libertine he had at the Baltimore City Detention Center. White, a reputed leader of...
Tags: Patapsco, Drug Trafficking, Gang Activity, Prosecution, Politics
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Head of investigations at corrections department retires
Jesse Ballard III, the head of internal investigations at the Department of Public Safety and Correctional Services, will retire in June to take a federal job, the state agency said Friday. The move comes as the department continues to handle the fallout...
Tags: Parties and Movements, U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Montgomery County (Maryland), Crime, Law and Justice, Prosecution
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Baltimore has high rate of staff-inmate sex
The Baltimore City Detention Center had the nation's second-highest rate of sexual contact between jail staff and inmates, according to a U.S. Department of Justice study released less than a month after federal prosecutors accused corrections officers at...
Tags: AFSCME, Montgomery County (Maryland), Medical Research, Crime, Law and Justice, Prosecution
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Alleged BGF leader being held in poor conditions, lawyer says
As the alleged leader of the Black Guerrilla Family gang at the Baltimore jail, Tavon White could get access to pretty much whatever he wanted, according to federal prosecutors: drugs, phones, money and sex. But he is now being held under more...
Tags: Crime, Law and Justice, Prosecution, Lawyers, Judges, Justice System
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CNN, MSNBC, Fox show true colors in choice of stories this week
The Baltimore SunLast week was a great one for cable news watching. Not because any one channel did such outstanding work, but rather because several stories clamored simultaneously for the camera’s attention. The choices that a channel makes in such situations are...Tags: ABC (tv network), Social Media, Entertainment, Crime, Law and Justice, Media Industry
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Pre-paid cards, phones and codes are inmates' currency
In the black market of Maryland's prisons and jails, where the right price can secure cellphones and drugs, transactions unfold through a complex system of currency. Among the key elements: 14-digit codes, prepaid debit cards and text messages. One...
Tags: FBI, Gang Activity, Howard County, Crime, Law and Justice, The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
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