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Former NH corrections officer charged with murder after patient's death in psych unit at state prison
A former corrections officer who worked in the Secure Psychiatric Unit at the New Hampshire state prison in Concord has been charged with second-degree murder in the death of a patient there in 2023, the state’s Attorney General’s Office said Thursday. Matthew Millar, 39, of Boscawen, is accused of recklessly causing the death of 50-year-old Jason Rothe on April 29,…
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Inmates at California women's prison sue federal government over sexual abuse
The lawsuit filed in Oakland by attorneys representing the inmates and the advocacy group California Coalition for Women Prisoners also names the current warden and 12 former and current guards.
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Escaped prisoner on the loose, used bed sheets to rappel from NYC hospital 5th floor
Prisoner, Yenchun Chen, escaped the Department of Corrections custody while in Mount Sinai Beth Israel hospital. Melissa Colorado reporting.
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New York prisoner rappels down hospital using bed sheets, flees police custody
The prisoner, identified as Yenchun Chen, was in Department of Corrections custody at Mount Sinai Beth Israel Hospital in Gramercy when he escaped out a fifth-floor window and made his way down to the street, where he hailed a cab.
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Man Died at NH Psych Unit After Altercation With Guards, Officials Say
The man who died in the Secure Psychiatric Unit at the New Hampshire state prison in Concord over the weekend had been involved in an altercation with corrections officers, officials said Monday, identifying him. Jason Rothe, 50, was on Saturday involved in the altercation with several officers working at the Secure Psychiatric Unit, which is located on the prison’s campus,…
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‘Untimely Death' at NH Dept. of Corrections Psych Unit Under Investigation
UPDATE (Monday, May 1, 2023, 1:07 p.m.): Authorities released more details on the incident, which involved an altercation with corrections guards at the unit. Authorities are investigating a patient’s “untimely death” in the secure psychiatric unit at the state prison in Concord, New Hampshire. The NH Department of Corrections released little information Saturday night but said the person’s death remains…