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Jamming the line: cutting off crime behind bars

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Attorney General Todd Rokita combats contraband cell phones in prisons 

Attorney General Todd Rokita announced today a bipartisan coalition effort to address the growing threat of contraband cell phones in prisons by advocating for the use of phone jamming technology. Joined by 30 attorneys general from across the nation, Attorney General Rokita is calling on the U.S. House and Senate to pass legislation to lift outdated restrictions and allow state and local correctional facilities to deploy jamming devices to halt illegal activities orchestrated from behind bars.

“Hoosiers deserve to feel safe, and that means stopping criminals from running their operations from inside prison walls,” said Attorney General Rokita. “Contraband phones aren’t just a nuisance. They’re weapons, and we’re fighting to disarm inmates.”

Contraband cell phones have become dangerous tools in the hands of incarcerated individuals, enabling them to coordinate crimes such as drug trafficking, gang violence, and even hits on law enforcement and civilians. In Indiana alone, the Department of Correction seizes hundreds of phones every year, and many more elude detection. Federal restrictions on the use of jamming technology exacerbate this problem.

The coalition’s letter to Congress highlights how inmates exploit contraband phones to:

  • Direct drug trafficking operations
  • Orchestrate violence inside and outside prison walls
  • Run sophisticated fraud schemes preying on vulnerable citizens
  • Intimidate witnesses and terrorize victims’ families
  • Plot escape attempts endangering law enforcement and the public

By disrupting illicit cell phone signals, jamming technology would sever the lifeline that inmates use to perpetrate crimes while preserving the safety of correctional officers, visitors and the public. A 2020 survey of 20 state corrections departments uncovered 25,840 contraband cell phones in a single year, a stark reminder of the scale of the problem.

The letter is attached here.

USI’s Austin snares two more OVC weekly honors

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EVANSVILLE, Ind.—University of Southern Indiana Women’s Track & Field freshman Hadessah Austin has, once again, been recognized by the Ohio Valley Conference for her efforts on the track. Austin was named the OVC co-Female Track Athlete of the Week as well as the OVC Freshman of the Week in an announcement by the league office Wednesday afternoon.

It marks the third and fourth time this semester that Austin has earned an OVC weekly award after she was named OVC Freshman of the Week and OVC co-Track Athlete of the Week during the indoor season.

Austin finished fourth out of 99 competitors in the 10,000 meters last Thursday as she broke a USI rookie record with her time of 34 minutes, 30.10 seconds. It was the first-time in her career that Austin has competed in the 10,000 meters and she broke former mark of 35:17.31, which was set by former USI All-American Emily Roberts at the 2015 Mt. SAC Relays.

It is the third USI freshman record that Austin has broken this year after she set new rookie marks in the 3,000 meters and the 5,000 meters during the indoor season. Her 10,000-meter time Thursday ranks fourth all-time at USI and is the best in the Ohio Valley Conference by more than two minutes during the early portion of the outdoor campaign.

The Screaming Eagles return to action Friday and Saturday when they compete at the Eastern Illinois University Big Cat Classic in Charleston, Illinois. USI was originally slated to compete at the Joey Haines Invitational but altered their schedule due to the inclement forecast in the Cape Girardeau, Missouri, area.

Kate Petrova wins Golfweek/Stifel Spring Challenge

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Petrova shot a 4-under 67 in the final round

 PAWLEYS ISLAND, S.C. – Tying for the second-lowest round in program history, Kate Petrova posted a 4-under 67 on Wednesday to take the individual championship at the Golfweek/Stifel Spring Challenge at True Blue Golf Club.  Petrova’s efforts helped the University of Evansville women’s golf team earn a 5th place finish in the team standings.

Petrova’s round of 67 marked the lowest in her Purple Aces career and gave her a 3-round score of 208.  She finished one stroke ahead of a second-place tie.  After posting a 72 to open the event, Petrova shot a 1-under 70 in Tuesday’s second round.

Tying for 26th in the final standings was Mallory Russell.  She opened the tournament with a 71 and, following an 80 in the second round, posted a 74 on Wednesday.  He final score was a 225.  One behind Russell was Elizabeth Mercer.  A consistent weekend saw her register tallies of 75, 76, and 75 in the final round to finish with a 226.  She came in 37th place.

Louise Standtke and Trinity Dubbs tied for 56th with scores of 232.  Both improved as the tournament moved along.  After carding an 81 in the first 18 holes, Standtke had scores of 75 and 76 to finish with a 232.  Dubbs opened with a 79 before notching a 77 on Tuesday and a 76 in the final 18.

Evansville earned a 5th place finish with a score of 886.  Coastal Carolina took the team championship with an 855, finishing six strokes ahead of Middle Tennessee State.

On Sunday, the Aces open the ISU Spring Invite in Terre Haute.

 

EPD DAILY ACTIVITY REPORT

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EPD DAILY ACTIVITY REPORT

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Bannister and Goebel highlight Eagles’ third round to conclude play in South Carolina

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PAWLEYS ISLAND, S.C. – University of Southern Indiana Men’s Golf wrapped up play at the Golfweek/Stifel Spring Challenge in Pawleys Island, South Carolina on Wednesday, placing 16th on the team leaderboard.
 
The Screaming Eagles took on True Blue Golf Club in a highly competitive, deep tournament field this week. USI shot a team score of 892 (297, 300, 295) over the three-round tournament, which started on Monday, March 31. The teams played 18 holes each day of the tournament.
 
Senior Jason Bannister was USI’s highest finisher on the individual leaderboard, placing tied for 44th with a three-over 219 (75, 74, 70). Junior Carter Goebel was one stroke behind at 220 (72, 76, 72) and tied for 49th.
 
St. John’s University won the tournament with a total of 841 (285, 275, 281) and 23 under par. Out of the 17-team field, nine schools finished at even par or better.
 
On day one, Goebel paced the Eagles with an even 72. While the front nine tended to give the field some difficulty throughout the tournament, Goebel went out one under par on the front nine in round one. Goebel tallied a birdie and eight pars in the first nine on Monday. As a team, USI was 15th after the first 18 holes.
 
On a tough second day, USI dropped a spot to 16th. Bannister and freshman Alex Peck tied for Southern Indiana’s lowest rounds in round two with each sporting a 74 on Tuesday. For Peck, the 74 was one stroke off his career-best low round. The freshman notched five birdies in the second, while Bannister began his second 18 holes with 12 consecutive pars. The two each moved up a few spots on the individual leaderboard.
 
While the Screaming Eagles had their best team score in the third and final round on Wednesday, USI remained in 16th place. Individually, Bannister and Goebel were the biggest movers in the final round. Bannister leaped up 21 spots after a two-under 70 for USI’s best individual round of the tournament. Goebel jumped up 12 spots after his second even 72 of the tournament. Bannister and Goebel matched Peck’s birdie count in round two with five birdies of their own in the third round. Goebel had a stretch of three birdies in four holes on the front nine of Wednesday’s final round.
 
Southern Indiana will quickly turn around and get ready for the Tennessee State University Big Blue Intercollegiate at The Hermitage in Nashville, Tennessee next week April 7-8. With two spring tournaments down, USI has only a couple more weeks and three more competitions on the schedule before the Ohio Valley Conference Championship April 20-23.

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Weather forces change to upcoming USI-MSU Series USI, MSU to play at Charles Braun Stadium

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EVANSVILLE, Ind. –  The weather forecast of heavy rains this week and weekend has forced changes to the University of Southern Indiana Baseball three-game series with Morehead State University. The series, which was originally slated for singles games Friday-Saturday-Sunday, has been tentatively changed to a 1 p.m. single game Saturday and a 1 p.m. doubleheader Sunday.  

The weather forecast also has forced a change of location for USI and MSU. The games Saturday and Sunday will now be played at the University of Evansville’s German American Field at Charles Braun Stadium.

The Screaming Eagles (13-15, 4-2 OVC) are 3-1 during the current seven-game home stand after defeating Northern Kentucky University, 10-0, Tuesday evening at the USI Baseball Field. The shutout was the second in the last three games.

The MSU Eagles, who were picked to finish fourth in the OVC this season, are 10-16 overall and 1-5 in the OVC after losing two of three with Eastern Illinois University last weekend in Morehead, Kentucky. The MSU Eagles have lost six of the last eight games, but posted a win at Ohio University Tuesday, 4-3.

MSU leads the all-time series with USI, 6-1, after taking three of four last spring. MSU took two of three in the regular season series in Morehead, Kentucky, before eliminating USI from the OVC Tournament last May in Marion, Illinois.

Following the end of the Evansville homestand, USI will be on the road for a nine-game road trip for the next two weeks.

USI Baseball shuts out NKU 10-0

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EVANSVILLE, Ind. – University of Southern Indiana Baseball scored in five-straight innings and cruised to a 10-0 victory over Northern Kentucky University Tuesday evening at the USI Baseball Field. USI is 13-15 overall after tonight’s action, while NKU goes to 15-12 this spring.
 
Following a scoreless first inning, the Screaming Eagles took the lead, 2-0, with a pair of runs in the second inning. USI sophomore second baseman Parker Martin put the Eagles on the board with an RBI single, while junior catcher Micajah Wall knocked in the second run with a triple.
 
The lead increased to 3-0 in the third when the Eagles and senior centerfielder Khi Holiday manufactured a tally. Holiday walked, stole second, advanced third on a ground out, and scored on a wild pitch for run number three.
 
An RBI single by senior leftfielder BJ Banyon ran the USI advantage to 4-0 in the bottom of the fourth. Junior shortstop Clayton Slack doubled to lead off the frame before scoring on the liner through the right side.
 
USI sealed the win by scoring twice in the bottom of the fifth, sixth, and eighth in cruising to the 10-0 victory.
 
Overall at the plate, USI had five players – Holiday, Martin, Banyon, junior designated hitter Cole Kitchens, junior third baseman Patrick McLellan – with two hits each in the victory. Holiday scored a team-high three runs, while Kitchens extended his team-best hitting streak to 17 games.
 
On the mound, freshman right-hander Sage Stout started and picked up his third win of the year. Stout (3-1) allowed three hits and two walks, while striking out a season-high four batters, in blanking the Norse through four innings.
 
USI junior right-hander Aaron Rubio, senior right-hander Hiroyuki Yamada, and graduate right-hander Camden Dimidjian combined to pitch the final four innings and blanked the Norse on a single hit. Rubio struck out a pair of batters in two innings, while Yamada and Dimidjian fanned a hitter each.
 
Up Next for the Eagles:

The Screaming Eagles finish the homestand with a three-game series against the Eagles of Morehead State University April 4-6.
 
Morehead State, which was picked to finish fourth in the OVC this season, is 10-16 overall and 1-5 in the OVC after losing two of three with Eastern Illinois University last weekend in Morehead, Kentucky. The MSU Eagles have lost six of the last eight games, but posted a win at Ohio University Tuesday, 4-3.
 
Due to the ever-changing weather in April, USI encourages fans to watch for potential schedule changes on USIScreamingEagles.com, X, and Facebook.

UE baseball outlasts SEMO in 7-6 win

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EVANSVILLE, Ind. – In the final game of a five-game homestand, the University of Evansville baseball team was able to get a one-run win over the Southeast Missouri Redhawks.
In a back-and-forth game, the Purple Aces were able to keep the upper hand for their second straight win. UE also evened the series with SEMO in Evansville with the 7-6 victory on Tuesday. Both teams have now won four games at German American Bank Field since 1980. The Aces offense was led by first baseman Cal McGinnis (Kimberly, Wis. / Bradley) and catcher Matt Flaherty (Lake Zurich, Ill. / Bellarmine), with three hits each. McGinnis had the winning hit for UE with a single up the middle in the bottom of the eighth that hit the second base bag to skip into center field and score the seventh run.
“It was a complete game for the club tonight,” said Head Coach Wes Carroll following the win. “It was our first midweek win in quite some time. We got some great efforts on the mound from multiple guys, especially Clevidence and Jack Wills on the backen,d throwing strikes and being able to land some off speeds to give us a chance. And then our defense threw up a goose egg in the error column while our offense did just enough.
“We had some back-to-back-to-back two-out RBI knocks, which was really crucial at the beginning of the game. And then Flaherty delivered the big barrel, and we had something go our way. We got a bounce that went our way as Cal McGinnis hit off the second base bag for the go-ahead run. I’m proud of our club for competing all nine innings against a quality opponent in SEMO. And hopefully, we’ll keep this momentum going when we get on the bus Thursday to go to Chicago.”
Evansville had another big start to a game on Tuesday, taking down SEMO in order while also adding two hits in the first inning. But the Redhawks scored first in the top of the second after getting a lead off double and back-to-back sacrifice plays to bring in a run. The Aces were able to get out of the frame with a fly out on the next at-bat.
UE answered the run in the bottom of the second like the Redhawk’s. Flaherty put a lead off double down the left field line. He scored for Evansville two at-bats later on back-to-back infield groundouts. The Aces were able to get another runner on base but were not able to bring him home as they headed to the third inning.
SEMO threatened in the top of the third loading the bases after a lead off strikeout. But with two outs on the board, reliever Parker MacCauley (Paducah, Ky. / Tennessee Tech) got the Redhawks swinging to get out of the jam. UE’s bats really got going in the bottom of the third with a two-out rally to take an early lead.
Left fielder Charlie Longmeier (Seymour, Ind. / Seymour HS) started the rally with a double into right. Evansville had a second runner on base just after as SEMO’s pitcher walked right fielder Harrison Taubert (Casper, Wyo. / Northeast CC). The Aces then had three straight batters hit singles to the outfield to score three runs to make it a 4-1 game. UE scored one more run in the bottom of the third on a catcher’s balk to hold a four-run lead a third of the way through the game.
The Redhawks were able to get back some of the runs from Evansville in the top of the fourth. SEMO had two batters get on base to start the inning, and a double in the third at-bat scored the first run. The Redhawks then scored two more runs to clear the bases on a groundout and a passed ball. SEMO added one more hit in the fourth, but the Aces got back-to-back outs to end the inning to keep a one-run lead.
Neither team scored over the next two innings as UE added two hits to its stat line. The Redhawks tied the game up in the top of the seventh with a solo home run. The homer was immediately answered by Evansville in the bottom of the inning as Flaherty had his second long ball in as many games. The Aces were back in front but did not stay there for long as SEMO scored another tying run on a double in the top of the eighth.
Despite the Redhawks connecting on their second tying run of the game, UE kept fighting at the plate in the bottom of the eighth. Evansville began the offensive frame with a single from third baseman Drew Howard (Ferdinand, Ind. / Forest Park HS). Howard soon moved into scoring position on a wild pitch from SEMO’s closer.
The Aces got another runner on base as outfielder Ty Rumsey (Evansville, Ind. / North HS) was hit by a pitch to take first. McGinnis then came to the plate and put the winning hit through the middle to score Howard for the 7-6 score. UE’s defense held on in the top of the ninth with three straight outs as winning pitcher Jack Wills (Shelbyville, Ky. / Shelby County HS) threw his second strikeout of the night.
Seven Evansville batters had hits on Tuesday night for 13 overall hits. Along with three hits from Flaherty and McGinnis, McConnell and Howard also had multiple hits against the Redhawks. Flaherty and Howard also led the team in RBIs with two each. While Wills picked up the win ,the Aces used five pitchers on Tuesday who combined for nine hits, five earned runs, five walks, and eight strikeouts. Reliever Jack Clevidence (Ankeny, Iowa / Ankeny HS) threw the most strikeouts for UE with eight Ks.
Evansville returns to conference play this weekend with a trip up to the Windy City. The Aces will play three games at UIC starting on Friday, April 4. First pitch for the first game of the series is set for 4 p.m. in Chicago.
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