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Unrelenting Troubles at Jail In Pr. George's Scream for Reform

Dostoevsky said, "The degree of civilization in a society can be judged by entering its prisons."

TIMELINE OF VIOLENCE

Violence at Jessup

Here are some of the most violent incidents in the Maryland House of Correction in Jessup in the past year:

* March 2006: Two corrections officers are stabbed and seriously wounded.

* May 2006: Two inmates are killed. One is found with puncture wounds and with tape wrapped loosely around his neck; the other is fatally stabbed.

* July 2006: A Sunni Muslim inmate leader is fatally stabbed July 11, allegedly by a member of a rival religious group. Later, prison guard David McGuinn is fatally stabbed. Two inmates are charged in his killing.

* March 2007: A guard is stabbed seven times in an attack that authorities said might have involved as many as three inmates. The guard survives.

Hard Line on Inmate Cellphones: Md. Prisons Seek to Jam Signals; Industry Warns of Effect on Regular Users (Post, July 3, 2009)

Inmates, Md. Prison Guards Face Drug Smuggling Case (Post, April 17, 2009)

Triple Killer Dies in Apparent Suicide at Supermax Prison: Mentally Ill Man In Legal Battle For Treatment (Post, March 24, 2009)

GPS Device Plays Key Role in Theft Arrests: Gadget Helps FBI Track Stolen Phones (Post, November 2, 2008)

JESSUP: Inmate Leaves Prison After DNA Evidence Led To Dropping of Charges (Post, October 16, 2008)

Ruling Allows Inmate to Be Kept in Prison: Md. Officials Said Killer Is Too Dangerous for Hospital (Post, June 24, 2008)

CORRECTIONS: Inmate Guilty in Killing on Bus But Not Criminally Responsible (Post, June 10, 2008)

Prisoners Connect to Jesus's Story of Salvation: Inmates Pray Overnight At Good Friday Service (Post, March 23, 2008)

PRISON SLAYING: Corruption Allegations Secondhand, Court Told (Post, March 8, 2008)

The Dark Market Of 'Murderabilia': Online Memento Traders Turn People's Fascination With Killers Into a Questionable Livelihood (Post, March 6, 2008)

2006 SLAYING OF PRISON GUARD: Inmates' Team, State Fight Over Access to Staff Files (Post, March 5, 2008)

Witness Says Guards Ordered Hit: Slain Officer Allegedly Targeted for Hindering Contraband Ring (Post, March 1, 2008)

Hospitals To Ban Some Inmates: Escapes Spur Move In Prince George's (Post, January 5, 2008)

Md. Inmate Killed After Escape, Carjackings: 5 Guards Overpowered at Hospital (Post, January 3, 2008)

Bard Behind Bars: All the World's a Stage, Including an Inmates' Gym at the Patuxent Institution (Post, November 5, 2007)

State Is Asked to Fortify Jessup Prison (Post, February 1, 2001)

Breakout's Other Woman : This One Given Credit in Capture of 2 Escaped Inmates (Post, June 25, 1999)

19 Inmates Moved in Bid to Bust Drug Ring: Md. Prison Group 'Too Influential' (Post, February 14, 1999)

Riot May Push Md. to Expedite Prison Building (Post, May 11, 1997)

13 Maryland Inmates Injured in Prison Melee (Post, December 24, 1996)

Md. Escapees Slay Fla. Police Officer (Post, July 9, 1988)

Md. Inmate Slashes Hostage (Post, June 16, 1988)

Mass Escape From Maryland Prison Reported (Post, August 23, 1979)

Md. Given 8 Months to Remove 1,000 Inmates From Prisons: Md. Told to Cut Numbers At Overcrowded Prisons (Post, August 5, 1978)

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Maryland House of Correction

By Mary Kate Cannistra, The Washington Post - March 19, 2007

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