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In this June 6, 2013 file photo, an inmate transport van departs from the Baltimore City Detention Center in Baltimore. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky, File)

Health care for Maryland prisoners was compromised by poor oversight, audit finds

By Lea Skene - Associated Press

Prison bars and a hallway. (txking via Shutterstock) ** FILE **

Maryland prisons are ‘dangerously’ understaffed, union says

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Correction: Inmate Slain story

Associated Press

Two Baltimore correctional officers were charged and placed on leave Wednesday after looting snacks from a downtown 7-Eleven last month during riots spurred by the death of Freddie Gray, officials said.

Tamika Cobb and Kendra Richard were caught on video on April 25 taking Slim Jims and Tostitos chips from the store on the corner of W. Baltimore and Howard streets, the state Department of Public Safety and Correctional Services said, The Baltimore Sun reported. (Baltimore Police Department via The Baltimore Sun)

Baltimore corrections officers charged for looting snacks from 7-Eleven during riots

By Jessica Chasmar - The Washington Times

Maryland Republican gubernatorial candidate Larry Hogan fired at opponent Lt. Gov. Anthony Brown over the release of a convicted murderer from a Baltimore jail Friday. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky)

Larry Hogan links release of inmate to Md. Lt. Gov. Anthony Brown

By Andrea Noble - The Washington Times

This Aug. 9, 2013, photo shows Maryland Correctional Officer Herbert Hilliard in Cumberland, Md. Hilliard was stabbed by an inmate at North Branch Correctional Institution on Aug. 5, 2013. Richard Crawford, was already serving life plus 30 years for killing his parents in Prince George’s County in 1993 and stabbing an officer at another prison in 2007. Crawford had 20 years added to his sentence Tuesday, March 25, 2014, for stabbing Hilliard. (AP Photo/Cumberland Times-News, Ken Nolan) WHAG-TV OUT

Md. inmate pleads guilty in officer’s stabbing

By DAVID DISHNEAU - Associated Press