Jelly Roll Unveils Songwriting Program at Nashville Juvenile Detention Center, with Help from Country Stars ERNEST and Jeffrey Steele
country music sensation jelly roll He returned to the Nashville Juvenile Detention Center, where he had previously served time, to launch a new songwriting program to help incarcerated youth find their musical voice. Fellow country music stars helped with the unveiling ceremony. Ernest Nashville Hall of Fame songwriter Jeffrey Steele. Jelly Roll kicked off a […]
DHS Keeps Detention Space Unfilled as Criminal Illegals End Up in U.S.
President Joe Biden’s Department of Homeland Security (DHS) has announced several recent incidents in which illegal aliens who committed crimes were released into U.S. communities after crossing the U.S.-Mexico border. As a result, the detention space continues to be unfilled. As of April 25, DHS: 34,000 By the end of fiscal year 2023, illegal aliens […]
NJ’s ban on immigrant detention centers challenged in fiery lawsuit as $100M contract hangs in balance
A Florida company that wants to open a new immigration detention center in Newark is suing to overturn New Jersey’s ban on the facility, arguing the policy is unconstitutional. are doing. GEO Group says in its lawsuit that the state ban has jeopardized its plans for Delaney Hall, a privately run 1,196-bed facility that has […]
DHS enlists anti-ICE immigration detention official who doesn’t want illegal migrants behind bars
The Biden administration’s Department of Homeland Security recently hired Michelle Branet to serve as the agency’s immigration detention ombudsman, according to a report Wednesday. announcement From DHS. Blane previously served as executive director of the department’s Family Reunification Task Force and has been an outspoken critic of Immigration and Customs Enforcement. In several posts about […]
NH detention center officials wouldn’t take kids’ word over staff: witness
A man who oversaw staff training and investigations at a New Hampshire youth detention center said Monday that top-level administrators sided with staff members against residents, while lower-level staff members sided with children who spoke out. He testified that he wanted to punish him. Virgil Bossum returned to the witness stand Monday for the fourth […]
Mayorkas Says Freeing Laken Riley’s Accused Killer into U.S. was Warranted Despite Available ICE Detention Space
When Jose Antonio Ibarra of Venezuela first crossed the U.S.-Mexico border near El Paso, Texas, in September 2022, Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) had approximately 8,100 detention beds available. . Instead of keeping Ybarra in a detention space, ICE released him into the interior of the United States. A year and a half later, Ybarra […]
Ex-employee describes sex abuse, retaliation at NH youth detention facility
A woman who worked at a New Hampshire youth detention center 30 years ago testified Wednesday that when she reported suspected abuse, supervisors and staff were dismissive at best and threatening at worst. Karen LeMoyne was the first witness in the first trial to hold the state responsible for child abuse at the Sununu Youth […]
First of nearly 1,200 lawsuits against NH youth detention center set for trial
It started with three words: “They raped me.” David Meehan’s disclosures to his wife seven years ago sparked an unprecedented criminal investigation into New Hampshire’s state-run youth detention center, built in the 1850s as a “house of reform.” It is now called the Sununu Youth Services Center, after the current governor’s father, former Governor John […]
Biden says he is working to secure release of Evan Gershkovich on anniversary of Russian detention
President Biden on Friday marked one year since Wall Street Journal reporter Evan Gershkovich’s capture in Russia, saying the U.S. government is working hard to secure his release and is “not giving up.” . Gershkovych, 32, was arrested on suspicion of espionage for allegedly collecting secret military information during a business trip to the Russian […]
WSJ marks anniversary of Russia’s detention of Gershkovich
wall street journal marked It marks a solemn one-year anniversary since Evan Gershkovitch, the reporter who left a large blank space on the front page of Friday’s newspaper’s “Special Corner Wrapping,” was detained in Russia. “His story should be here,” the text rang out over the gaping visual space. Elliott Brown of the Journal said, […]