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By Julie Scharper and Bradley Olson | March 4, 2007
At least four inmates jumped a state correctional officer before he was stabbed seven times inside the Maryland House of Correction in Jessup, taking his radio so that he could not call for help, his wife said yesterday. Edouardo F. Edouazin, 28, was returning an inmate to his cell, alone, when the 38-year-old man -- who is serving a life sentence for murder and whose name has not been released -- attacked him with a homemade knife, officials said. Much of Edouazin's powerful frame bore the marks of the attack: The Haitian-born man was stabbed Friday afternoon in the stomach, chest and back, and also was injured on his head.
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By Justin Fenton | March 18, 2007
Whether they were stabbing each other with blades fashioned out of turkey bones or scaling barbed-wire fences in daring escapes, plenty of prisoners at the House of Correction in Jessup were scraped and scratched over the years. And while inmates credit those episodes as the inspiration for the nearly 130-year-old facility's long-standing nickname - "The Cut" - its origins are far more mundane. The House of Correction, which closes tomorrow, is positioned on an embankment overlooking railroad tracks that "cut" through the rolling hills of Jessup.
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By GREGORY KANE | May 5, 2007
So after the list of Maryland's fallen heroes was read yesterday at Dulaney Valley Memorial Gardens, the Hereford High School Chamber Choir did indeed sing "You'll Never Walk Alone." And the young ladies and gentlemen did so splendidly. The girls looked fetching in their black gowns, the boys absolutely elegant in their black tuxedos. The choir's rendition of the song was superb. I just wondered if anyone else caught the irony of "You'll Never Walk Alone" being sung at a fallen heroes ceremony in which David McGuinn was one of the honorees.
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By Michael Dresser | September 21, 1999
Maryland corrections officials announced yesterday a series of security improvements at the state's prisons while continuing to deny any major problems in the wake of two escapes this year.The measures include a higher fence with razor wire at the Maryland Correctional Institution at Jessup (MCIJ), where convicted murderer Gregory L. Lawrence and convicted armed robber Byron L. Smoot fled May 18 and were recaptured two days later.The state is also installing a more secure fence at the Maryland Correctional Training Center at Hagerstown, where convicted armed robber Raymond E. Dodd escaped July 12. He has not been recaptured.
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By Dennis O'Brien | April 7, 1999
Baltimore County officials have reached contract agreements that would allow sheriff's deputies to retire after 20 years and give 10 percent pay raises to correctional officers and police dispatchers.The retirement package was sought for years by deputies eager for the same 20-year retirement opportunity provided to county police officers, said Sgt. Michael Corrigan, union president."The retirement was a really big issue with us," Corrigan said.Corrigan said the contract would allow deputies to retire with 20 years of service after Dec. 31, 2002, instead of requiring 30 years of service to retire and collect 50 percent of their salary.
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By DEVON SPURGEON AND NANCY A. YOUSSEF | May 20, 1999
Hundreds of police officers were hunting last night for a murderer and an armed robber who escaped in broad daylight from the medium- security state prison in Jessup by sliding past an unmanned watchtower and scaling two fences, one topped with razor wire.Yesterday morning, blood was visible on the fence where Byron Lester Smoot, 38, and Gregory Lee Lawrence, 39, leaped to freedom. Smoot was found to be missing at 8:30 p.m. Tuesday, according to prison officials, launching a manhunt for the first escapees from the Maryland Correctional Institution at Jessup since 1986.
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By Mike Farabaugh | November 25, 1999
For Janet Gates, serving a traditional Thanksgiving dinner meant preparing nearly 80 pounds of turkey, 50 pounds each of potatoes, homemade stuffing, sauerkraut, dinner rolls and pumpkin pies for more than 200.That was before the food services director at the Carroll County Detention Center headed home to New Windsor to cook today's holiday dinner for her family.Gates had help. She could call upon three full-time staff cooks and a dozen or more inmates to assist in the preparation, service and cleanup.
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By Mike Farabaugh | September 2, 1999
After inviting the Carroll commissioners outdoors yesterday to see how his office had spent county funds on uniforms, patches and painting and striping marked patrol cars, Sheriff Kenneth L. Tregoning marched into their conference room and spelled out how he would save or earn them money, beginning today.Tregoning used the quarterly meeting yesterday to update the commissioners on 19 items, including the implementation today of new medical services at the county jail. The move will save $20,000 to $25,000 a year and provide better services, he said.
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January 26, 1999
Correctional officers at the Carroll County Detention Center found a noose fashioned from a bedsheet in an inmate's cell late Sunday, hours before the prisoner was to be sent to a state Division of Correction facility, authorities said.Christopher McDermott, 24, was sentenced last week to four years in prison after he was found guilty of violating probation on 1997 charges of reckless endangerment and second-degree assault.McDermott had been held at the county jail in Westminster since July 28, authorities said.
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By Mike Farabaugh | November 25, 1999
For Janet Gates, serving a traditional Thanksgiving dinner meant preparing nearly 80 pounds of turkey, 50 pounds each of potatoes, homemade stuffing, sauerkraut, dinner rolls and pumpkin pies for more than 200.That was before the food services director at the Carroll County Detention Center headed home to New Windsor to cook today's holiday dinner for her family.Gates had help. She could call upon three full-time staff cooks and a dozen or more inmates to assist in the preparation, service and cleanup.