Contraband: Weapons
Four backpacks filled with drugs, cell phones, weapons, lock-picking and re-keying kits, and assorted tobacco products were found behind a prison dorm at Elmore Correctional Facility
When the team of corrections officers at Five Points Correctional Facility opened the door to the cell, the inmate charged at the officers with a shank, making stabbing motions toward the head and neck of staff members
A CO watched the two Alvin S. Glenn Detention Center inmates approach each other in front of her desk; both inmates drew “cutting instruments” and began attacking each other
The recovered contraband included 17 cell phones, a large hunting knife, a used syringe, phone chargers and more
The rare lockdown in the nation’s largest prison system, which comes during a heat wave, is happening as officials ‘confront the root causes’ of drug contraband and violence
Justin Robinson and another inmate used a weak metal shiv to strike the CO in the neck, but didn’t cause serious physical injuries
The mayhem started early in the morning when a corrections officer saw three detainees slashing an inmate
The Bureau of Prisons said the weapon had been concealed inside the prison
The weapon misfired and the female visitor was uninjured
The inmate had four golf ball-size bruises on the upper back and a head bruise following the incident
The officer was stabbed multiple times with a shank-type weapon during a riot
A source confirmed that a firearm was discovered on the 6th floor of the Metropolitan Detention Center in Brooklyn
The pens had gouge marks on them and appeared to have deflected the attack, the union said
The officer was taken to a local hospital, and was expected to be released Monday night
The proper handling and documenting of contraband evidence is important for investigative purposes
The inmate ended up in the hospital after the attack; two officers received hand injuries
The inmate cut the CO from the left side of his mouth to his ear with an unknown weapon
It’s the facility’s second reported attack on a detention officer with an inmate-manufactured weapon this year
The officer was treated at a local hospital for multiple stab wounds
Jimmy Spencer is being held in solitary lockdown following the incident
A man serving life for stabbing his parents and three siblings to death tried to attack staff with an 8-inch long “sharpened instrument”
Eliminate the potential for improvised weapons by using cleaning tools made from materials that can’t be sharpened
Investigators have found more homemade weapons at the prison more than two years after the fatal riot
The CO suffered a broken nose and ankle after he was followed into a recreation room and beaten by the two men
Man was accused of kidnapping, conspiracy, and attempting to fly in contraband
He rejected a plea deal that would have freed him in 1992 because he refused to admit to any wrongdoing
The EcoSecurity Utensil may be one small change inside a facility, but it can have a big effect on safety, health and the environment
A loaded .308-caliber handgun was found in a trash can at the correctional facility