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This inmate says a prison employee gave him cologne, steroids - and a poodle

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This inmate says a prison employee gave him cologne, steroids - and a poodle

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Secret gesture, bloody shanks: Did prison officials allow this deadly attack?

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Secret gesture, bloody shanks: Did prison officials allow this deadly attack?

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Officers called it the ‘boom-boom room.’ Inmates found out why.

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Officers called it the ‘boom-boom room.’ Inmates found out why.

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From solitary confinement, a gang leader used smuggled cellphone to order a killing

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From solitary confinement, a gang leader used smuggled cellphone to order a killing

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Prison officer flashed Bloods signs on Facebook, photos with gangster

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