May 9, 2008
Sun coverage: Jessup prison guard killed
Lt. Sharon James, (left) a friend of Officer David McGuinn, who was killed by an inmate last summer, is consoled by Assistant Warden Carolyn Atkins. (Sun photo by Doug Kapustin / May 5, 2007)
State tries to hold back files of guards
More than 18 months after Corrections Officer David McGuinn was fatally stabbed, corrupt activities behind the walls of a Jessup prison that led veteran officers to call it the "House of Corruption" are complicating the state's efforts to send two inmates to the death chamber for the crime.
Prison corruption cited
Twenty-one prison guards at the Maryland House of Correction were implicated in contraband smuggling and other corrupt activities in state police reports given to defense lawyers for two inmates accused of killing corrections officer David McGuinn.
Guard's death called a 'hit' for corrupt officers
A witness told state police investigating the stabbing death of Officer David McGuinn that guards involved in contraband smuggling "ordered the hit" on McGuinn, according to papers filed in Anne Arundel County Circuit Court.
Hearing today targets knife inquiry
A prison system captain walked out of the Maryland House of Correction the night after David McGuinn's death with a knife in his pocket that might have been used in the attack, records show.
Evidence in killing of guard vanished
Nearly 18 months after the death of David McGuinn, questions have emerged about the mishandling of potentially key evidence and the impact it could have on the prosecution of the two inmates accused in his killing.
Uneasy goodbye to 'The Cut'
Officers and families tour the House of Correction at its closing.
Finally, Md. shuts prison
One visit to the Maryland House of Correction in Jessup in February and new Corrections Secretary Gary D. Maynard knew it shouldn't remain a maximum-security prison. But when a correctional officer was stabbed on March 2, Maynard concluded that the facility built in 1878 needed to be shut down immediately - and Gov. Martin O'Malley quickly agreed.
Problem prison to close today
The Maryland House of Correction in Jessup will be officially shuttered today, a move that is long overdue, according to those familiar with the decrepit and dangerous 128-year- old maximum-security prison.
Violent prison in Jessup shuts down
State officials have abruptly shut down the Maryland House of Correction, an antiquated and notorious maximum-security prison in Jessup where inmate violence had spiraled out of control and corruption had run rampant.
State prisons chief quits amid criticism
The commissioner of the Maryland Division of Correction retired yesterday amid continuing turmoil over the state's troubled prisons and the slayings of two correctional officers by inmates this year.
Assaults on jail guards doubled
Inmate assaults on Maryland correctional officers rose sharply from 2003 to 2005 -- a time when staff positions were being eliminated, overtime budgets were cut and vacancies went unfilled, a legislative panel was told yesterday.
Inmates target strictest officers
Amid the steady flow of drugs, tobacco, cell phones and other contraband at the Maryland House of Corrections, officers who strictly enforce the rules end up putting targets on their backs, say former inmates and those who have worked in the Jessup prison.
Inmates get day in court
Three days after the stabbing death of a correctional officer inside a state prison in Jessup, the two inmates accused in the killing appeared in Anne Arundel County District Court yesterday under heavy guard as a judge ordered them held without bond.
Guard is fatally stabbed at Jessup prison
The stabbing death of a Maryland correctional officer -- the second killed this year -- is sending shock waves through the state's troubled and violence-beset prison system and is prompting calls to replace its top managers.
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