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āYouāll be fine:ā Video captures now-pregnant Miami-Dade inmateās reaction after fatal shooting
Read full article: āYouāll be fine:ā Video captures now-pregnant Miami-Dade inmateās reaction after fatal shootingSurveillance video obtained Friday by Local 10 News shows a now-pregnant Miami-Dade inmateās reaction after police say she shot a man in Homestead, killing the victim.
Investigation underway after inmate becomes pregnant at Miami-Dade jail
Read full article: Investigation underway after inmate becomes pregnant at Miami-Dade jailAuthorities in Miami-Dade County are investigating how an inmate being held without bond at the Turner Guilford Knight Correctional Center became pregnant last month.
Correctional Health Services employee accused of planning to smuggle drugs, other contraband into Miami-Dade jail
Read full article: Correctional Health Services employee accused of planning to smuggle drugs, other contraband into Miami-Dade jailA Correctional Health Services employee has been arrested by the Miami-Dade Police Department after they discovered that she was planning to smuggle drugs and other contraband into the Metro-West Detention Facility, authorities said.
Officials dispute account, say transgender influencer Nikita Dragun was never in menās jail
Read full article: Officials dispute account, say transgender influencer Nikita Dragun was never in menās jailOfficials with the Miami-Dade Corrections & Rehabilitation Department are disputing allegations that beauty influencer Nikita Dragun, a transgender woman arrested in Miami Beach earlier this week, was placed in a menās unit in jail.
Miami-Dade Corrections Officer Juan Llanes dies from COVID-19
Read full article: Miami-Dade Corrections Officer Juan Llanes dies from COVID-19MIAMI-DADE COUNTY, Fla. ā The Miami-Dade Corrections and Rehabilitation Department announced Friday that Correctional Officer Juan Llanes died Monday after being diagnosed with COVID-19. āI met Officer Llanes in September 2011 when I transferred to Ward-D. After working with Juan for the last couple of years, I gained a brother. āEverything he did was for his family,ā said retired officer George Hubbard, who worked with him for about 11 years at Miami-Dade corrections. MDCR spokesman Juan Diasgranados confirmed Friday that 84 employees currently have COVID-19 and are at home in isolation.
Miami-Dade inmate back in custody after being released by error
Read full article: Miami-Dade inmate back in custody after being released by errorMIAMI ā A fugitive who corrections officers erroneously released on Monday from the Turner Guilford Knight Correctional Center in Miami-Dade County was taken back into custody Friday morning, authorities confirmed. Juan Diasgranados, a spokesman for the Miami-Dade Corrections & Rehabilitation Department, said Orama was a minimum custody level inmate held on charges of probation violation, obstruction by a disguised person, shooting or throwing a deadly missile and criminal mischief. His Orama record in Miami-Dade shows a series of cases from the 80s, including cocaine and marijuana-related charges. The Miami-Dade record listing Orama as his last name showed he was convicted of throwing a deadly missile in 2010 and sentenced to five years in prison. Miami-Dade Corrections Division Chief Enrique Rodriguez told the judge Orama Cabana had promised to surrender and failed to do so.
Police: Man on house arrest jumps into canal while fleeing from officers
Read full article: Police: Man on house arrest jumps into canal while fleeing from officersHiojann Giro-Suarez taken into custody after jumping into canal. MIAMI ā A man who is on house arrest fled from officers Wednesday morning and jumped into a canal, authorities said. According to Miami-Dade Corrections & Rehabilitation spokesman Juan Diasgranados, City of Miami police responded to the area of Northwest 26th Street and North River Drive to help search for the man, identified as Hiojann Giro-Suarez. Diasgranados said Giro-Suarez was found in a nearby canal and was taken into custody by the Miami Police Departmentās marine patrol. Authorities did not immediately release further details about Giro-Suarezās case or why he was being sought again by officers.
Coronavirus hot zones: Surge team focuses on Miami-Dades 33136, 33142, 33030 zip codes
Read full article: Coronavirus hot zones: Surge team focuses on Miami-Dades 33136, 33142, 33030 zip codesMIAMI-DADE COUNTY, Fla. The members of the new Surge Teams are going door to door in Miami-Dade County neighborhoods where the coronavirus pandemic has had the most impact. According to Juan Diasgranados, a spokesman for the Miami-Dade Corrections & Rehabilitation Department, the teams are focusing on zip codes 33136, 33142 and 33030. Zip code 33136 includes Jackson Memorial Hospital and the historic Spring Garden and Overtown neighborhoods. Zip code 33142 includes the Miami International Airports Rental Car Center and Transit Station, the Casino Miami and Jackson Memorial Long-Term Care Center in Allapattah and Brownsville, a neighborhood with several affordable housing projects. Zip code 33030 includes farms, wholesale plant nurseries and CHI Martin Luther King Jr. Clinica Campesina, an urgent care center that provides services to Homesteads agricultural workers.
Officer faces charges for firing service weapon outside while drunk in Miami Gardens
Read full article: Officer faces charges for firing service weapon outside while drunk in Miami GardensMIAMI GARDENS, Fla. Miami Gardens Police Department officers recently responded to the home of a Miami-Dade County correctional officer after a gunshot detection system went off. I shot a couple of times here in the bushes, White said, according to the officers report, adding White was in possession of a Glock 19, his service weapon. The Miami-Dade Corrections & Rehabilitation Departments Internal Affairs Unit and the Miami Gardens Police Department are investigating White, according to Juan Diasgranados, a Miami-Dade County spokesman. Records show officers arrested White on May 21 and prosecutors filed the case on June 8. White is facing one count of using a firearm while under the influence and one count of discharging a firearm while in public.
Judge orders Miami-Dade to increase coronavirus protections at Metro West Detention Center
Read full article: Judge orders Miami-Dade to increase coronavirus protections at Metro West Detention CenterMIAMI ā Anthony V. Swain lives with paraplegia, paralysis of the legs and lower body. He is one of the hundreds of prisoners at the Metro West Detention Center who are afraid of the coronavirus pandemic. Juan Diasgranados, a spokesman for MDCR, released a statement on Wednesday morning confirming the department had received the temporary restraining order. The temporary restraining order "largely reiterates the steps already in place across the MDCR system,ā Diasgranados wrote. He is facing charges of conspiring to traffic oxycodone, traffic in illegal drugs, 26 counts of unlawful use of a communications device and racketeering.
āJoin me in prayingā temp coronavirus hospital stays closed, Miami-Dade spokesman says
Read full article: āJoin me in prayingā temp coronavirus hospital stays closed, Miami-Dade spokesman saysThe coronavirus pandemic is also impacting an area of Tamiami Park, west of Coral Gables. Miami-Dade County employees are building a field hospital on Friday under a large tent and they are also setting up a drive-through testing site. āI hope you join me in praying this hospital does not open.āTesting continues at Marlins Park in Miamiās Little Havana. Diasgranado reported 141 drivers showed up to the site at Miamiās Little Havana on Thursday and nurses collected 230 samples for testing. On Thursday night, the coronavirus cases in Florida surpassed 2,400 and Miami-Dade County had the largest cluster in the state with 654 cases, according to the Florida Department of Healthās Thursday evening report.
Inmates denied visits at Miami-Dade County jails to reduce COVID-19 pandemicās impact
Read full article: Inmates denied visits at Miami-Dade County jails to reduce COVID-19 pandemicās impactMIAMI ā Inmates in Miami-Dade County will not be able to see their loved ones starting Thursday, the Miami-Dade Corrections and Rehabilitation Department announced. The temporary measure to prevent the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic doesnāt apply to essential professional visitation, which will be allowed through an under-glass partition area. āWe have no known cases of COVID-19 within our facilities,ā said Juan Diasgranados, a spokesman for the department. Attorneys who have traveled to China, South Korea or Italy or who have recently been in a cruise ship will not be allowed in, Diasgranados said. āMDCR will continue to closely monitor the situation daily to help protect the health of inmates, visitors, volunteers, and our employees,ā Diasgranados said.