Pentagon building largest-ever detention center at Fort Bliss to support deportation efforts
EL PASO, TX — It began in mid-July when construction crews broke ground at Fort Bliss — now, the Department of Defense has confirmed it is building a massive detention center on…
Ousted Peruvian President Castillo calls his detention ‘political revenge’
By Marco Aquino LIMA (Reuters) – Former Peruvian President Pedro Castillo, who is being held for 18 months in pre-trial detention after attempting to illegally dissolve Congress, said on Wednesday he was…
Former Federal Detention Officer sentenced to prison for illegal firearm possession and obstruction of justice
Seattle – An employee at the Federal Bureau of Prisons, Federal Detention Center (FDC) at SeaTac, Washington, was sentenced today in U.S. District Court in Seattle for two federal felonies related to…
Fayette County Attorney Sentenced To Probation With Home Detention For Defrauding Clients
HARRISBURG – The United States Attorney’s Office for the Middle District of Pennsylvania announced that on November 16, 2022, John William “JW” Eddy, age 40, of Fayette County, Pennsylvania was sentenced by…
Sending meth-laced mail into federal detention center lands Corpus woman in prison
CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas – A 54-year-old woman residing in Corpus Christi has been ordered to federal prison for mailing meth-laced papers disguised as mail to the Coastal Bend Detention Center (CBDC), announced…
U.S. Attorney’s Office Announces Agreement to Ensure Access to Medications for Opioid Use Disorder at Fayette County Detention Center
LEXINGTON, Ky. – United States Attorney Carlton S. Shier, IV, announced Tuesday that an agreement has been reached with the Lexington-Fayette Urban County Government’s Department of Community Corrections, to ensure that people…
Pakistani returns home after 18 years of U.S. detention in Guantanamo prison camp
By Gibran Naiyyar Peshimam KARACHI, Pakistan (Reuters) – A Pakistani national held by the United States for 18 years in the Guantanamo Bay prison camp without trial on suspicion of links to…
North Bay Village City Commissioner Who Pretended to be Law Firm’s Paralegal to See Lover at ICE Detention Center Convicted of Federal Crime
MIAMI – Julianna Clare Strout, 36, has been convicted of lying to get into a federal immigration detention center in Miami to see her romantic partner. Strout has served as a North…
Repeat Felon Sentenced to 78 Months in Federal Prison for Illegal Possession of a Firearm While on Home Detention for Firearms Offenses
INDIANAPOLIS – Donahvon Troutman, 33, of Indianapolis, was sentenced to 78 months in federal prison after pleading guilty to possession of a firearm by a convicted felon. According to court documents, in February 2021, Troutman was serving the first…
Repeat Felon Sentenced to 78 Months in Federal Prison for Illegal Possession of a Firearm While on Home Detention for Firearms Offenses
INDIANAPOLIS – Donahvon Troutman, 33, of Indianapolis, was sentenced to 78 months in federal prison after pleading guilty to possession of a firearm by a convicted felon. According to court documents, in February 2021, Troutman was serving the first…
American attorney released from detention in UAE – lawyer
By Alexander Cornwell DUBAI -U.S. citizen and civil rights attorney Asim Ghafoor, who was convicted in the United Arab Emirates this week on money laundering charges, has been released from detention there…
Blinken says he raised ‘Hotel Rwanda’ hero’s detention with Rwandan leader
By Clement Uwiringiyimana KIGALI – U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken said on Wednesday he had raised with Rwanda’s president U.S. concerns over the jailing of Paul Rusesabagina, portrayed in the film…
Griner sentence ‘compounds the injustice’ of wrongful detention – Blinken
(Reuters) – The nine-year prison sentence given to U.S. basketball star Brittney Griner in Russia “compounds the injustice of her wrongful detention,” U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken said on Thursday. “Nothing…
Local woman admits to sending meth-laced mail into federal detention center
CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas – A 55-year-old woman has pleaded guilty to mailing meth-laced papers disguised as mail to the Coastal Bend Detention Center (CBDC), announced U.S. Attorney Jennifer B. Lowery. Gail Hostetter,…
U.S. says no indication American’s detention in UAE linked to Khashoggi
WASHINGTON -The U.S. State Department on Monday said it has seen “no indication at this point” that the detention of an American in the United Arab Emirates is linked to his ties…
U.S. State Dept became aware of extension of Griner’s detention through media
WASHINGTON – The U.S. State Department became aware, through media reports, of Russia’s extension of the pre-trial detention of American basketball player Brittney Griner, department spokesperson Ned Price said on Tuesday, while…
Wyatt Detention Center to Provide Opioid Use Disorder Treatment to Detainees in Treatment Prior to Detention
PROVIDENCE – United States Attorney Zachary A. Cunha announced today that his office has entered into an agreement with the Donald W. Wyatt Detention Facility (Wyatt) to ensure that detainees being treated…
A prison cell, blood and ‘zombies’: Trevor Reed describes detention in Russia
WASHINGTON – Former U.S. Marine Trevor Reed described his experience in a Russian psychiatric facility in an interview broadcast on Friday, detailing squalid conditions amid severely mentally ill inmates. Reed, detained in…
Former Marion County Detention Deputy Sent to Federal Prison for Assaulting a Restrained Inmate
INDIANAPOLIS – Jorge Alberto Mateos, 26, of Noblesville, Indiana, a former detention deputy with the Marion County Sheriff’s Office in Indianapolis, was sentenced today to 18 months in federal prison for assaulting…
California Convict Sentenced To Prison For Assaulting Detention Officers
LAS VEGAS – A convicted felon detained at the Nevada Southern Detention Center (NSDC) was sentenced today to three years and five months in prison for assaulting two officers before a riot…
Exclusive: After pandemic drop, Canada’s detention of immigrants rises again
By Anna Mehler Paperny TORONTO – Canada is locking up more people in immigration detention without charge after the numbers fell during the pandemic, government data obtained by Reuters shows. Authorities cite…
U.S. judge weighs detention for two men accused of impersonating security agents
By Sarah N. Lynch WASHINGTON – A judge said on Friday that he needs more information before he can determine whether to jail two men who are accused of impersonating U.S. law…
Detainee Pleads Guilty to Injuring Officers in Assault at Detention Center
HONOLULU – David Akui-Cabanilla, III, 36, pleaded guilty today in federal court to two counts of assaulting a federal officer resulting in bodily injury. U.S. District Court Judge Leslie E. Kobayashi took…
Fentanyl Found In Air Vents Of Kids’ Detention Center, Hospitalizing 7
Fentanyl Found In Air Vents Of Kids’ Detention Center, Hospitalizing 7 Kendall Tietz on March 21, 2022 Multiple people were hospitalized Sunday after fentanyl was found in the ventilation system of an…
Child Molester Boasted About Light Penalties Before Being Sentenced To Girls’ Juvenile Detention Facility: REPORT
A child molester reportedly bragged about the light sentence he would receive in California in a phone call from jail, Fox News reported Monday. William Tubbs, who molested a ten-year-old girl two…
U.N. official urges Mexico to find alternatives to migrant detention or asylum
By Lizbeth Diaz MEXICO CITY – Mexico must seek alternatives to detention and asylum for migrants, especially ahead of an anticipated increase in arrivals this year, the U.N. refugee agency’s representative for…
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