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Another Dubious Death at the King County Jail Posted: 3 months ago by bingo
Slender, dark-haired Karen Jane Matthew was brought into the downtown King County Jail around 1 a.m. on Sept. 16 last year after being arrested for selling rock cocaine on Aurora Avenue. Over the next 30 hours, the 51-year-old inmate with a long, mostly misdemeanor record, including drugs and prostitution, lost consciousness and split open her head in a fall; told a cellmate she was "dope sick" and had lost control of some bodily functions; drank from a cup of dangerous jail chemical disinfectant left in her cell; and vomited and made gagging sounds throughout the night. She was found dead the next day.
Comments: 0 Score: [-] 195 [+].
Murder suspect poses as another inmate, walks out of jail Posted: 10 months ago by dollyllama
Tafolla said the department will review its jail release procedures to figure out what went wrong. "We made an error," he said.
Comments: 5 Score: [-] 174 [+].
Saudi gang rape victim gets 200 lashes, jail Posted: 9 months ago by AutumnLotus
The Saudi judiciary on Tuesday defended a court verdict that sentenced a 19-year-old victim of a gang rape to six months in jail and 200 lashes because she was with an unrelated male when they attacked.
Comments: 2 Score: [-] 65 [+].
Man Dies in Jail For Minor Drug Offense Posted: 1 year ago by punthe
A 27-year-old Washington DC quadriplegic man was sentenced to ten days in jail for a minor marijuana charge and died during his stay because he was denied medical treatment.
Comments: 9 Score: [-] 128 [+].
Malaysian mother offers to do jail time with son Posted: 1 year ago by AutumnLotus
A Malaysian mother wants to join her son in jail to make sure he receives insulin injections three times a day, as well as anti-rejection drugs for a transplanted kidney.
Comments: 1 Score: [-] 68 [+].
Amish May Face Jail Time Over Outhouse Controversy Posted: 6 months ago by MandolinOrange
"If they don't comply, they will be fined. They don't believe in the payment of fines, so they've already attested that they will go to jail in lieu of paying fines."
Comments: 4 Score: [-] 421 [+].
Jail refuses to lock up smoker Posted: 1 year ago by AutumnLotus
Jail officials have denied a Des Moines, Iowa, woman's request to be locked up so she can force herself to quit smoking.
Comments: 3 Score: [-] 71 [+].
Rampant abuse is seen at O.C. jail Posted: 4 months ago by doggylives
Jail guards regularly watched DVDs, slept, used cellphones and read books, according to grand jury testimony on the October 2006 fatal beating of inmate John Chamberlain.
Comments: 0 Score: [-] 48 [+].
Judge orders Detroit Mayor to jail Posted: 2 weeks ago by smarty1052
Kwame Kilpatrick is going to Jail
Comments: 1 Score: [-] 65 [+].
Ohio Jail: Visitors Told To Wear Underwear Posted: 3 months ago by doggylives
Officials say visitors to a southwest Ohio jail can't wear plunging necklines, Spandex or see-through garb. The Hamilton County jail said the new dress code also requires guests to wears shirts, shoes and underwear.
Errrr, right.
Comments: 5 Score: [-] 144 [+].
Ohio jail gets pink-purple color scheme Posted: 8 months ago by AutumnLotus
An Ohio jail is being painted pink to test the local sheriff's theory that the color is soothing.
Comments: 4 Score: [-] 180 [+].
Stephen Grant (wife murderer) in jail house trouble. Posted: 7 months ago by heymrp
I work at the youth home near the county jail and tonight on my way home I saw the news trucks outside. Curious, I did a little research and found out what this creep is up to these days.
Comments: 1 Score: [-] 75 [+].
Wisconsin man convicted of sexually assaulting dead deer gets more jail time Posted: 8 months ago by muppet
A Wisconsin man convicted of having sexual contact with a dead deer has been sentenced to nine more months in jail.
Sounds like a real winner.
Comments: 7 Score: [-] 262 [+].
Jail Paris Hilton Posted: 1 year ago by marinuse
So... the whole circus around Hollywood's most spoiled brat takes a turn. When Paris Hilton fans set up a petition to keep her OUT of jail (which until now has about 3,000 signatures) there were others who set up a petition to make sure that she actually goes to jail. Unfortunately for Paris, this already got closer to 35,000 signatures.
Will Justice Finally Be Done?
Comments: 6 Score: [-] 77 [+].
Man escapes from jail in San Antonio, nobody notices Posted: 5 months ago by AutumnLotus
Officials want to know how a convicted felon escaped from a privately owned jail across the street from San Antonio police headquarters.
Nobody noticed he was gone for a full day -- and he remains at large.
Comments: 0 Score: [-] 335 [+].
Send Karl Rove to jail Posted: 1 month ago by TraumaMamma
This sounds like a dream, doesn't it? Well, it's not. We have a unique opportunity right now to send Karl Rove to jail, but only if we take immediate action.
All we have to do is pressure the 40 members of the House Judiciary Committee, make them hold Rove in contempt and send him to jail.
Comments: 3 Score: [-] 164 [+].
Michelle Rodriguez gets 180 days in jail Posted: 11 months ago by punthe
Actress Michelle Rodriguez was sentenced on Wednesday to 180 days in a Los Angeles jail for violating her probation on previous drunken-driving and hit-and-run offenses.
Comments: 2 Score: [-] 138 [+].
Unemployed Man Sends Himself to Jail Posted: 2 years ago by ybne1else
He figures it's easier to let the taxpayers cover his living expenses until he can collect social security at the end of his 3 yr sentence. Someone should have told him that jail is still, well, jail.
Comments: 0 Score: [-] 9 [+].
A day out of jail, 70-year-old arrested Posted: 11 months ago by AutumnLotus
Time served and well behaved, but maybe too old to change.
Edward Magenheimer, 70, was out of Westchester County jail for less than 24 hours when he was arrested Tuesday for allegedly stealing a luxury car left running outside a deli.
Comments: 4 Score: [-] 119 [+].
Inmate leaves toilet paper rose after jail escape Posted: 2 months ago by Nicky666
Crawford County authorities say an inmate escaped the county jail and left behind a rose fashioned out of toilet paper because he felt sorry for breaking out.
How thoughtful.
Comments: 4 Score: [-] 308 [+].
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