Bolivia coup attempt: ex-army chief given six months ‘preventive detention’, says prosecutor | Bolivia
Bolivian prosecutors said on Friday they had sentenced a former army commander accused of leading an attempted coup to six months of “preventive detention,” while the president again denied the attack was a “suicide coup” aimed at undermining his popularity. General Juan José Zúñiga Macías has been charged with terrorism and armed rebellion, prosecutor César […]
Biden admin to close ICE’s largest detention center — says it’s the ‘most expensive facility’ in the nation
The Biden administration plans to close Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s largest detention center, citing the fact that it is the “most costly facility” in the country. New York Post report. The South Texas Family Residential Center in Dilley, Texas, can hold 2,400 undocumented immigrants. The facility is run by CoreCivic, a Tennessee-based private prison contractor. […]
Former Baltimore State’s Attorney Marilyn Mosby avoids jail, sentenced to 1 year of home detention
Former Baltimore State’s Attorney Marilyn Mosby avoided prison time on Thursday when a judge sentenced her to home detention and supervised release after convicting her of perjury and mortgage fraud, local reports said. The Baltimore Sun reported that U.S. District Judge Lydia Kay Grigsby sentenced Mosby to one year of home confinement and three years’ […]
$85M ICE detention center remains mostly empty on taxpayers’ dime: Contractors, nonprofits ‘are the ones benefitting’
According to reports, U.S. Customs and Immigration Enforcement recently increased funding to a facility in California that serves as a detention center for illegal immigrants. building owner. Earlier this week, security firm GEO Group announced that the federal government would continue funding the 1,940-bed Adelanto ICE Processing Center. The center has remained mostly empty since […]
California ICE Detention Center Holding Only 5 People due to COVID Rule
The California detention center used by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) can hold just five people, even though it can hold thousands of people. The Adelanto ICE processing center in Southern California can hold about 1,940 people, but due to outdated coronavirus policies, it can currently hold only five people. detained According to the […]
EXCLUSIVE: Illegal Immigrant Mom Arrested For Trying To Hire Hitman Was Released From ICE Detention Years Ago
The mother of an illegal immigrant who was arrested for trying to pay a hitman to kill a witness involved in her son’s murder trial was previously in federal custody but later released, immigration officials told Daily・Confirmed with Kohler News Foundation. Josefina Cardona-Cardona, an illegal immigrant from Guatemala, was accused Monday of agreeing to pay […]
Survivors of alleged Illinois youth detention center sex abuse speak up
Three men who say they were sexually abused as children in Illinois youth detention facilities will speak out about their experiences as part of a lawsuit accusing decades of systematic child abuse at those facilities. I came forward for the sake of it. Many of the 95 plaintiffs in the case said they were threatened […]
Lawsuit alleges decades of child sex abuse at Illinois juvenile detention centers statewide
Child sexual abuse has been widespread and systematic for decades in Illinois juvenile detention centers, a lawsuit filed Monday by 95 men and women who were incarcerated there as children says. This was clarified by the description that should be given. The complaint alleges gang rapes, forced oral sex, beatings and molestation of children, and […]
Brittney Griner Breaks Silence About Russian Detention
Brittney Griner, star center for the WNBA’s Phoenix Mercury, broke her silence following her 10-month detention in Russia during a Wednesday interview with ABC. Authorities arrested Griner for drug possession in Russia’s Sheremetyevo Airport in February 2022. She reportedly pled guilty to drug charges in July 2022 after they found hash oil in her luggage. […]
Closing arguments heard in NH youth detention center abuse suit
A New Hampshire jury heard closing arguments Thursday in a lawsuit over alleged abuse at Sununu Youth Services Center. Plaintiff David Meehan claimed he was routinely beaten, raped and kept in solitary confinement. More than 1,000 other former residents have since come forward, and 11 former state employees have been arrested in the case. Meehan’s […]