Prison guards’ actions probed
CUMBERLAND - An Allegany County grand jury met yesterday to begin its investigation into whether prison staffers were criminally responsible for the death of an inmate at Western Correctional Institution...
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Hickey search put on hold
Maryland juvenile justice officials have stopped, at least temporarily, looking for a private contractor to run the Charles H. Hickey Jr. School and may continue to operate the Baltimore County...
Pepper spray rules tighten
Two months after a Western Maryland inmate died after being subdued with three cans of pepper spray, the state prison commissioner has toughened guidelines for its use, according to an...
Inmate’s final hours
Tucked away in a scenic mountain setting near Cumberland sits one of Maryland's most modern prisons, staffed by correctional officers who have a reputation for a strict, no-nonsense approach to...
Angelos family may buy track
The family of Baltimore Orioles majority partner Peter G. Angelos has emerged as the preferred buyer of a cash-strapped harness racing track in Prince George's County, a development that, if...
Prisons chief vows thorough inquiry
The state prisons commissioner vowed yesterday that the homicide of a 51-year-old inmate at a Western Maryland prison will be thoroughly investigated, even as family members continued to express concerns...
Inmate looked dead to medics
A Western Correctional Institution inmate whose death was ruled a homicide had been near death - and might have been dead already - before correctional officers called for an ambulance,...
Inmate killed, coroner rules
A 51-year-old prison inmate's death at the Western Correctional Institute after guards forcibly removed him from his cell has been ruled a homicide by the state medical examiner's office. Ifeanya...
Inmate death inquiry widens
Maryland prison authorities broadened their inquiry yesterday into the death last month of a 51-year-old inmate at the Western Correctional Institution in Allegany County, as relatives reiterated their belief that...
Lawmakers say gambling stops here
HARRISBURG, Pa. -- Anti-gambling leaders from Maryland met yesterday with their Pennsylvania counterparts, hoping to establish a defensive perimeter against the expansion of gambling in the Mid-Atlantic. "If it passes...