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6 Illinois inmates flee county jail; 3 are caught
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OAK PARK, Ill. -- Six inmates -- including two who are charged
with murder -- escaped during the night by overpowering a guard at
the understaffed county jail, authorities said. Three were captured
Sunday.
The men escaped late Saturday from a special unit at Cook County
Jail for inmates with disciplinary problems. One guard was on duty
instead of two because of staffing ...
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Chicago Defender
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; Detectives Saturday were searching the Chicago haunts of a Cook County Jail escapee wanted in three killings in Los Angeles and at least one armed robbery here. Victor Thomas, 26, of 1142 N. Massasoit, escaped Friday night by brandishing a fake pistol carved from a bar of soap, then tying up a
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Questions loom around county jail's medical care
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State examines county jail
Sun-Journal Lewiston, Me.
; AUBURN - A team of inspectors peered Tuesday into the cells, locks and the ledgers of the Androscoggin County Jail, gathering data for Gov. John Baldacci's proposed consolidation of Maine's county jails under a single state-run system. "We provided anything and everything they asked for," said
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