Town pride scours off taint of scandal
CRESAPTOWN - Lynndie England isn't from this blink-and-miss-it town on the outskirts of Cumberland. Neither is Charles A. Graner Jr. or Ivan "Chip" Frederick, or the other four Army reservists...
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Senate probe on Iko is set
State legislators will further investigate the homicide of an inmate at a Western Maryland prison, saying that an Allegany County grand jury inquiry - which exonerated prison staff last week...
Md. reservists welcomed home
FORT LEE, Va. - The field house on this Army base erupted in raucous cheers last night as the soldiers of the 372nd Military Police Company marched in, five abreast,...
Prison staff cleared in death
An Allegany County grand jury decided yesterday that the prison staff was not criminally responsible for the homicide of a 51-year-old Nigerian inmate three months ago at Western Correctional Institution...
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...
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...
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...