Pinellas mother gets 45 years in prison for infant son’s death
On a fall day in 2019, Burgandie Marquez got angry during a phone call and yanked her infant son Mason from the floor, prosecutors say, causing his head to snap backward. Marquez, then 30, grabbed the ...
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The treadmill has its origins as a torture device in Victorian prisons
In order to reform idle convicts and combat crime that plagued the Victorian era, Sir William Cubitt invented the “everlasting staircase" in 1818. It was a large, imposing 24-spoked paddlewheel ...
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15 N.Y. Prison Workers Placed on Leave as Inmate’s Death Is Investigated
Mr. Nantwi died on Saturday morning, according to prison officials ... then dragged him down the hall and a flight of stairs, the prisoners said. He was shackled and handcuffed, and his face ...
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N.Y. State Police Investigate Death of Another Inmate at Upstate Prison
Prison officials said on Saturday that an inmate ... was dragged down the hall and down a flight of stairs, his face bloodied and swollen. Mr. Richards said Mr. Nantwi “was not recognizable.” ...