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Drugs in prison now an issue - 10/1/2006
New York should do more to stop the flow of deadly drugs into state prisons, said Democratic gubernatorial candidate Eliot L. Spitzer, who outlined a four-point approach he says ultimately will reduce crime on the streets. |
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THREE MONTHS TO GET CLEAN - 9/20/2006
Cheryl Davis and Stacey Baxter are longtime drug addicts who have been in and out of jail for years. Davis still roams the streets of Buffalo, stealing to pay for her dope. |
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NO SAFE HAVEN - 9/19/2006
It's not just the state prisons, with their razor-wire fences and mammoth brick walls, letting drugs in. County jails, often holding people awaiting trial, can be just as drug-infested, some more so, The Buffalo News investigation found. |
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Guard arrests - 9/19/2006
Drug trade sometimes involves people who oversee prisoners Oneida County corrections officers Stephen DeSalvo and Robert DeBiase were arrested in May 1997 for selling cocaine in jail. |
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Three found drugs -- and death -- in jail - 9/19/2006
Kathleen A. Brennan wanted to follow in her father's footsteps and become a police officer. But the attractive young woman, who excelled in sports, ended up a drug addict. |
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DEALER IN THE GUARD TOWER - 9/18/2006
Joseph Lattanzio worked for 20 years as a New York State corrections officer, but his part-time job helped pay the bills. He was a drug dealer. |
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Guard smuggled drugs to boyfriend - 9/18/2006
Lila Simmon says she never did drugs but for years dated a man with a drug problem. When he was convicted of a felony drug offense, Simmon smuggled marijuana to him in prison. |
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'Small-town guy' deals drugs in prison - 9/18/2006
John McMurry, 49, describes himself as a small-town guy who hoped to get a job as a cook in one of the state's minimum-security prison camps. Instead, he said, he ended up working in Great Meadow Correctional Facility, a maximum-security prison about 60 miles north of Albany. |
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JAILHOUSE HIGHS - 9/17/2006
Illegal drugs seep into New York state prisons like rain through a leaky roof, with some inmates staying doped-up until their release - only to commit more crimes. And others dying behind bars, a Buffalo News investigation found. |
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Drugs come in from kisses to candy bars - 9/17/2006
Veronica Good went to prison with a gift for her boyfriend and some of his friends. Fifty bags of heroin. Authorities confiscated the drugs the day Jose Colon got them. |
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Prison drug scene - 9/17/2006
Wende inmate Paul Mitchell shoved 21 packets of heroin into his mouth Feb. 22, 2000, began to gag, and was ordered to spit out whatever else was in his mouth. |
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