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Excess COVID cases just latest of major systemic problems in Md. prisons Photo from Division of Correction FY 2019 annual report By Phil Caroom The COVID-pandemic has exposed major systemic problems in Maryland’s prisons that have been ignored for years. Let’s compare the population and COVID impacts on two populations: Area 20.8% With a population half of Central Annapolis, the prison infection rate is roughly three times that of the state’s capitol. And these statistics exclude the huge impact on prison staff who also have become infected. Why? Prisons, of course, are “congregate li...

Range. execution style. all this, led investigators to think that this could be an organized crime hit. >> rumors are sweeping the town. talk of mexican drug cartels and prison gangs. >> we are open to every avenue right now. >> reporter: nbc's channel five in dallas covered the case from the beginning and the reporter ken kaltoff was there for it all. >> mexican drug cartels were suspect immediately because he had been involved in drug cases over the years. >> reporter: and investigators also suspected another group. less publically known but very dangerous. the arian brotherhood of texas. a ...

You don't know the report we're talking about? roughly 20 days ago? for your safety? no, someone else was in fair view. fear of you. you don't know about that? the report says that this guy fears that you and a bunch of other inmates are basically strong arming him and other inmates within the unit and that you're ex-mexican mafia. the problem with this report is you also have a history of being identified as a gang member in the past. >> i'm not -- >> i understand that but why would this inmate say this about you? the thing is, there's 44 units in that unit. he has 44 people to pick. he ident...

We couldn't tell what was going on with the other units. if we keep them all locked down. so it gives the cops a chance to see how the other inmates are interacting with each other. it gives the cops a chance to interact with the other inmates. it isn't like that all the time. it's just how you conduct yourself among the inmates and how the inmates perceive your actions. but at any given time, at any given moment, something could go wrong. all it takes is just something to let it off and it becomes a forest fire. >> though the staff believes they've resolved the current situation with the sout...

His time and going home, robert has assaulted more than a dozen inmates, lengthening his original sentence. >> because of all of them assaults, my points again rose to a level four inmate. and the classification committee decided to give me a indeterdeter indeterminate cshu term, and put me up with a aryan brotherhood member, and that began my life as a prison gang. >> the aryan brotherhood used robert to carry out their dirty work. >> prison gangs involved everything from stabbings, killings, drugs, weapons, whatever needed to be done. i did it. >> we warn you. the details of his violent acts...