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    Criticism, calls for investigation after prison has second deadly riot in 2 years

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    LINCOLN, Neb. -- Two years after a deadly riot led to promises to fix long-standing problems at a Nebraska prison, officials were struggling Friday to respond to criticism after inmates again seized control of a cellblock in an uprising that left two of them dead.

    Some lawmakers and prisoner advocates said Thursday’s riot is proof that the governor and corrections officials haven’t responded quickly enough to the problems at the Tecumseh State Correctional Institution that were laid bare by the 2015 mayhem.

    Two inmates died during that 9-hour takeover of the prison, and prisoners caused more than $2 million in damage.

    “The horrific conditions of confinement rampant in Nebraska prisons threaten public safety now and into the future,” said Danielle Conrad, executive director of the American Civil Liberties Union of Nebraska. Conrad said her group plans to file a lawsuit against state officials to force more changes.

    Prison administrators said the new security technology and procedures they’ve adopted since 2015 kept the riot from spreading. Gov. Pete Ricketts has asked the Legislature to approve $95 million in additional funding to hire officers at Tecumseh and other prisons as well as build a new inmate treatment center that should ease chronic overcrowding.

    Department of Correctional Services Director Scott Frakes said the uprising was “significantly smaller” than the 2015 riot, which involved several housing units, and was contained much faster.

    “There are multiple opportunities for individuals to make bad decisions and act out violently,” Frakes said at a news conference Friday. “Yesterday, they chose to injure and take the lives of other human beings and destroy property.”

    Officials also said it was still unclear specifically what led to Thursday’s riot and that legislators shouldn’t jump to conclusions.

    But some lawmakers on Friday criticized the department for failing to address staffing shortages and trying to gloss over its problems.

    “When we have concerns with the Department of Corrections, they are often downplayed, they are minimized, and I fail to see that the Department of Corrections has taken decisive action,” said state Sen. Adam Morfeld, of Lincoln.

    State Sen. Matt Hansen, of Lincoln, said the deaths were “unacceptable” and show that lawmakers will need to maintain oversight of the department.

    State Sen. Ernie Chambers, of Omaha, said the latest incident showed a lack of competency from prison administrators.

    “Ever since Mr. Frakes has been here, things have gone steadily downhill,” Chambers said.

    The latest riot began around 1 p.m. Thursday when roughly 40 inmates refused to return to their cells in a maximum-security unit that houses 128 prisoners. When staff members realized the situation had become unsafe, they left and isolated the inmates in one housing unit, said Corrections Department spokeswoman Dawn-Renee Smith.

    Smith said the unit was “secured” around 4:30 p.m. and wasn’t extensively damaged despite fires that were set inside it.

    The two inmates who died in Thursday’s riot were identified Friday as 39-year-old Damon Fitzgerald and 31-year-old Michael Galindo. Prison officials didn’t say how or why they perished.

    According to authorities, Fitzgerald was serving 310 to 470 years for a Douglas County conviction for sexual assault and other charges, CBS affiliate KMTV reports, while Galindo was serving a 12 to 21 jail sentence on robbery and other charges.

    No prison workers were injured. An unspecified number of inmates suffered injuries that weren’t life-threatening, Frakes said.

    Two inmates serving time for sex crimes were killed during the May 2015 riot, which lasted roughly nine hours and caused more than $2 million in damage. After the riot, state officials spent $1.9 million to install camera and cell-locking upgrades.

    Nebraska’s prisons have faced a bevy of other problems in recent years, including the June 2016 escape of two men serving time for sex crimes. In 2014, under a previous administration, prison officials acknowledged that they miscalculated hundreds of inmate sentences and released some of them too early.

    Some senators threw their support behind the prison system. State Sen. Steve Halloran said lawmakers should wait for law enforcement to investigate the riot before jumping to conclusions about what caused it.

    “So far all I’ve heard is a lot of posturing from people who seem to think that correction facilities are a preschool,” said Halloran, of Hastings. “It’s a dangerous job.”

    http://www.cbsnews.com/news/criticis...ot-in-2-years/
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    Notorious Kidnap Kingpin Henry Chibueze aka Vampire Shot Dead by Police

    The police said today they had killed a dreaded and deadly kidnap-for-ransom kingpin, Henry Chibueze, notoriously known as Vampire, in Omu Awa forest, Ikwerre Local Government Area in Rivers state.

    Police Spokesman, CSP Jimoh Moshood, said Chibueze was killed by the Police Special Forces, led by the IG’s Intelligence Response Team at 1AM on Thursday.

    He said that five suspected members of the gang were also arrested and cache of arms and ammunition recovered from them.

    The force spokesman said the gang had been responsible for so many kidnappings and robbery attacks in Imo, Abia, Rivers, Delta and other states in the South-East and South-South.

    He said that the arrested members of the gang will be presented to newsmen and charged to court on completion of investigation.

    Chibueze, the Vampire, was the criminal spirited away by his gang members on January 27 in the premises of an Owerri High Court.

    He was arrested in 2015 and had been in prison custody following the kidnap of the wife of a government official.

    Chibueze who was brought to the court along with other arrested suspects escaped when gunmen in a Sports Utility Vehicle which had been parked at the premises opened fire immediately he disembarked from the prison van.

    The Kidnapper was then spirited away by the gunmen, leaving five Prisons officials and some bystanders wounded by the gunfire. Two other suspects were taken along with him.

    The Public Relations officer of Prisons, James Madugba, said the accomplices had been mistaken for operatives of the Department of State Services (DSS), hence no alarm was raised when they were spotted at the court.

    Chibueze who was paraded by the DSS before the state governor in 2015, admitted to carrying out several kidnap operations in the state and beyond before his arrest.

    After Chibueze’s escape in January, Governor Rochas Okorocha of Imo state announced a N5m bounty for information that would lead to his arrest.

    https://www.bellanaija.com/2017/03/n...ead-by-police/

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    REVEALED: How Henry Chibueze The Notorious Vampire Killed Over 200 People

    (NAN) The Nigerian Police paraded the body of the notorious kidnapper and robber, Henry Chibueze, also known as Vampire at the police headquarters in Owerri today, revealing at the same time the mind chilling killings carried out by the gangster and his followers.

    According to the police, Vampire, by his own admission had killed over 200 people, beginning from wiping out his girlfriend and eight members of her family in Lagos.

    “He had earlier confessed to the murder of his girlfriend Sandra and eight (8) members of her family, among them six (6) children in Lagos State. He alleged that the girlfriend stole his N45million share of N110million ransom paid by the family of one of his victims in Omoku, Rivers Stats,” said CSP Jimoh Moshood, the spokesman of the Police headquarters.

    The police described Vampire as a cultist who later turned into a vicious and dangerous kidnapper/armed robber.

    He was first declared wanted in 2013.

    Police said he was responsible for many cases of kidnappings, armed robberies, murder of notable and prominent personalities in Imo State and South Eastern/South South States.

    “He is a serial killer who also confessed to have killed over Two Hundred (200) people in various kidnappings and armed robbery attacks.

    “He claimed responsibility for the murder of the following persons; Placid Ejimadu (Nze Ji Obi), Jonathan Ibemere aka Gwuogwuo and Livinus Iwumune all natives of Agbaja Nwangele L.G.A. Imo State.

    *The killing of a member of the Imo State House of Assembly at Orji in 2015
    * The kidnap/murder of a traditional rulers’ wife from Mbaise in 2015 whose corpse has not been seen till date.
    *The kidnap/murder of a man from Malaysia at First Bank World Bank Branch Owerri.
    * The killing of 3 members of a family including a woman from Nkwerre in 2012 after collecting ransom from the family.

    Also paraded were five members of his gang, Obinna Elah,26 years old from Orlu, who was Vampire’s second in command, Arinze Abecheta, 24 years, from Okohia, Isiala Mbano L.G.A. and Chukwuebuka Ikeazota, 23, from Arochukwu in Abia state.

    The fifth member of the gang was Samuel Ugochukwu, 24years old, also from Arochukwu in Abia and the sixth was Clifford Aheana from Omu Awa in Ikwerre LGA, Rivers State.

    Police said they recovered five AK 47 rifles, 300 rounds of AK 47 ammunition from the gang. Charms were also recovered from the body of Vampire, the killed leader of the gang

    The gang members were arrested early today by a special police squad after a gun battle at Omu Awa Forest in Ikwerre LGA of Rivers State.

    The Police spokesman, Jimoh Moshood, said: “The Police Special Forces working under the supervision of the Commissioner of Police, Imo State Police Command swooped on the hideout of Henry Chibueze aka ‘Vampire’ and his gang and engaged them in fierce gun battle that lasted several hours in the early hours of 02/03/2017 at Omu Awa forest Ikwerre L.G.A. of Rivers State.

    “This operation was successfully carried out as the dreaded, vicious and kidnap for ransom and armed robbery kingpin, Henry Chibueze aka ‘Vampire’ and his gang who were rescued by his criminal cohorts from the Owerri High Court premises on 27/01/2017 from the custody of Officers of the Nigeria Prisons Service died during the shootout with the Police Special Forces and all the other suspects mentioned above were arrested and the exhibits listed recovered from them.

    The police said the living members of the ‘Vampire’ gang have made useful statement, confessing and admitting to have carried out four (4) successful kidnap operations after the rescue of their gang leader at the Owerri High Court premises on 27 January this year.

    They will all be charged to court on completion of investigation, Moshood said.

    https://skytrendnews.com/2017/03/02/...ed-200-people/
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    Daring ambush fails to free top militant in Bangladesh

    Suspected Islamist militants hurled bombs at a prison van in a daring attempt to free Bangladesh’s most-wanted militant leader from death row, police said yesterday.

    Police arrested a 24-year-old man at the scene and launched a hunt for his accomplices after the gang threw bombs at the van carrying Mufti Abdul Hannan in the town of Tongi just outside Dhaka on Monday.

    “Their aim was to snatch Mufti Hannan,” local police chief Firoz Talukder said, referring to the high-profile ringleader of the Harkatul Jihad Al Islami group.

    Several of the bombs went off but the van was able to return to prison with Hannan and 18 other prisoners, he added.

    Police recovered a range of weapons from the scene, including a grenade and Molotov cocktails, along with a pistol and butcher’s knife.

    The man captured following the brazen attack was a former student at an Islamic boarding school, police said.

    In a separate incident yesterday, two men described as Islamist extremists attacked a police checkpoint in the eastern town of Chandina.

    “They shouted “Allahu Akbar” (God is Great) and hurled two homemade bombs at police during a routine check,” local police chief Nasiruddin Mridha said.

    “We fired back with shotguns and arrested both as they tried to escape,” he said, adding the pair were injured in the firefight.

    Bangladesh has suffered a spate of attacks on secular activists, foreigners and religious minorities in recent years.

    Al Qaeda and the Islamic State group have claimed responsibility in some cases but Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina’s secular government has pinned the blame on local outfits.

    Security forces launched a crackdown on extremists following a shooting at a Dhaka cafe last year in which 22 people, including 18 foreign hostages, were killed by gunmen.

    Police have since arrested scores of suspected extremists and killed several top leaders of homegrown militant cells.

    Hannan was sentenced to death in 2008 for his role in several atrocities, including a grenade attack that wounded the then-British high commissioner, and could be executed within months.

    He led a campaign of deadly bombings in Bangladesh in the mid-1990s, masterminding attacks on churches, secular gatherings and mosques used by Islam’s minority sects.

    By the time he was arrested in late 2005, more than 100 people had been killed in attacks he orchestrated across the moderate Muslim-majority nation.

    Hannan fought against the Soviets in Afghanistan before returning to join Harkatul Jihad Al Islami, a group founded for jihadists who fought in that war.

    It was the first Islamist militant outfit to emerge in Bangladesh, and rose to prominence as Hannan escalated its deadly operations under his leadership.

    http://www.gulf-times.com/story/5355...tant-in-Bangla
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    1 inmate dead, several stabbed after prison riot in California

    By Associated Press

    SAN LUIS OBISPO, Calif. -- An inmate was killed and several others were stabbed Sunday in a riot involving more than 160 inmates at a prison on California's central coast, authorities said.

    The melee broke out around midday in the yard at the California Men's Colony near San Luis Obispo, the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation said.

    The inmate who died was identified as Matthew Cook, 25, who was serving a 13-year sentence for burglary, the department said.

    A total of nine wounded inmates were taken to an outside hospital for treatment.

    Lt. Monica Ayon, a spokeswoman for the prison, tells the San Luis Obispo Tribune that visitors were escorted out when the riot broke out. The incident was contained to the yard, which was cleared after about an hour.

    No guards were hurt.

    Officials say they don't know what sparked the violence.

    The California Men's Colony is a male-only state prison with about 3,800 minimum and medium security inmates, located 200 miles northwest of Los Angeles.

    https://www.cbsnews.com/news/prison-...n-luis-obispo/
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    One less scumbag

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    How is that? He was a burglar not a murderer
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    Prison escapee killed by police

    A Carrera Island prison escapee who spent 25 months on the run was killed by police during a shootout on Monday.

    According to police reports, Leroy “Redo” Mohammed was spotted in the Chaguanas area and identified as an escapee.

    Police said they went to a house at Chase Village, Chaguanas around 7 pm after they were tipped off.

    Officers said when they arrived Mohammed opened fire and tried to run away into some bushes.

    The lawmen returned fire fatally wounding Mohammed who was pronounced dead moments after arriving at the Chaguanas Health Facility.

    Police said they received reports that Mohammed, 36, had been hiding out in Diego Martin but recently moved into the Chaguanas area.

    Mohammed was shot once in the neck by police prior to Monday’s incident.

    He escaped from prison in 2003 but was re-arrested sometime later and convicted in 2009 for robbing a police inspector and patrons at a bar in 2001.

    Mohammed, originally from Gasparillo, escaped in 2015 with cellmate Steve Mc Gilvery on August 31.

    Mc Gilvery was serving a 30-year sentence for kidnapping and manslaughter in the abduction and death of Samdaye Rampersad. He was recaptured on July 21, after being shot by police in his hometown of Sea Lots.

    The escape of the men took place less than two months after the daring escape from the Frederick Street prison of Allan “Scanny” Martin, Hassan Atwell and Christopher “Monster” Selby.

    Martin was shot dead after being cornered at the Port-of-Spain General Hospital while Atwell was murdered as he sought refuge in East Port-of-Spain. Police officer Sherman Maynard was shot dead during the jailbreak.

    Selby later surrendered to police. There are ongoing prison probes into both escapes.

    http://www.guardian.co.tt/news/2017-...-killed-police
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    Del. prosecutors consider death penalty in prison riot

    Prosecutors are holding out the possibility of seeking the death penalty against the inmates even though the state doesn't allow capital punishment.

    By Randall Chase
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    DOVER, Del. — Delaware prosecutors are holding out the possibility of seeking the death penalty against inmates charged in a deadly prison riot, even though the state does not currently allow capital punishment.

    Eighteen prisoners have been indicted for their alleged roles in the February riot. Sixteen, including some already serving time for murder, are charged with first-degree murder in the death of correctional officer Steven Floyd.

    In a letter last week, prosecutors informed Judge William C. Carpenter Jr., who is presiding over the case, that if lawmakers vote to reinstate the death penalty, prosecutors reserve the right to try to apply it to one or more defendants.

    The state Supreme Court declared Delaware's death penalty law unconstitutional last year because it allowed judges too much discretion and did not require that a jury find unanimously and beyond a reasonable doubt that a defendant deserves execution. That ruling came after the U.S. Supreme Court struck down Florida's death sentencing law, which was similar to Delaware's.

    In their letter, prosecutors pointed out that the killing of a prison employee in the performance of his duties is a specified aggravating factor in Delaware's death penalty statute, which remains on the books despite last year's court ruling.

    Based on Floyd's position, prosecutors wrote, "all identified defendants would be eligible for a sentence of death."

    At the same time, prosecutors acknowledged that the retroactive application of a revised death penalty statute could face significant legal hurdles.

    "The state acknowledges that there may be good faith disagreement and litigation over such an application, but it provides this correspondence to the court and defendants to ensure that all interested parties are on notice of this stated purpose," the letter reads.

    Democratic Attorney General Matt Denn, through a spokesman, declined to comment Thursday.

    Chief public defender Brendan O'Neill was less circumspect.

    "This attempt by the state to reserve a nonexistent 'right' to seek death sentences is not supported by law," O'Neill said in an emailed statement. "It is an ill-conceived, legally unfounded proposal that will create unnecessary legal, practical, logistical and financial problems. Quite simply, it's a waste of money and time for everybody involved."

    Amid the outcry over the prison riot and the fatal shooting of a state trooper in April, House lawmakers in May passed a revised death penalty statute that addresses the constitutional infirmities noted in the state and federal court rulings by requiring unanimous jury approval. The Senate never acted on the bill.

    Democratic Gov. John Carney has said he supports the state Supreme Court ruling declaring Delaware's death penalty law unconstitutional, but he hasn't taken a stand on any specific legislation to reinstate capital punishment, nor has he ruled out supporting the death penalty for people convicted of killing law enforcers.

    A key question for the courts in deciding whether a revised death penalty law could be applied retroactively is whether the revisions to the existing statute are substantive, or merely procedural.

    Delaware's Supreme Court has repeatedly upheld the application of "procedural" revisions to the state's capital punishment law, while warning that retroactive application of a law that "increased the quantum of a defendant's punishment," would be "manifestly prohibited" by the ex post facto clause of the Constitution.

    https://www.correctionsone.com/capit...n-prison-riot/

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    13 dead in Mexico prison riots

    By Euronews

    At least 13 people have been killed after a fight broke out in a prison in northern Mexico

    A protest by inmates overnight had spiralled out of control, one prisoner was killed and a number of guards were taken hostage.

    Police were sent in to calm the disturbance but the fight soon escalated to involve around 250 inmates.

    Anxious family members gathered outside the prison during the day waiting for news of their loved ones.

    Rival gangs that are involved in drug trafficking, human smuggling and extortion have fueled bloody battles in Mexico’s overcrowded prisons.

    At least 28 inmates were killed in July in a battle in a prison in the Pacific resort of Acapulco.

    http://www.euronews.com/2017/10/11/1...o-prison-riots

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    Judge meets with attorneys in prison riot prosecution

    By Associated Press

    DOVER, Del. — A judge presiding over the prosecution of several inmates charged in a fatal prison uprising in Delaware is meeting with attorneys to outline a case schedule.

    Eighteen prisoners have been charged in the February riot. Sixteen, including some already serving time for murder, are charged with first-degree murder in the death of corrections officer Steven Floyd.

    The judge was to hold a conference in his chambers Friday afternoon to discuss a case schedule with prosecutors and defense attorneys.

    Prosecutors have indicated that they are holding out the possibility of seeking the death penalty, even though Delaware does not currently allow capital punishment.

    Prosecutors told the judge in a letter that if lawmakers vote to reinstate the death penalty, they reserve the right to try to apply it to the defendants.

    https://www.washingtonpost.com/natio...=.e1c17569c7b4

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