Legislation aimed at DAs coming, jamming phones in prison proposed | The Week in Politics
Also, a Tennessee representative wants to crack down on cell phones in prison and community gardens applications open in ...
She was expelled from the United States, but still thought America would help. She was wrong
Stuck in Panama are asylum-seekers from places like Iran, Afghanistan, Russia, China, Sri Lanka. They are caught in limbo – ...
Venezuelan migrants deported by the US ended up in a Salvadoran prison. This is their legal status
Lawyers hired by the Venezuelan government took legal action on behalf of the Venezuelan prisoners seeking their release on ...
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The Overlooked Crisis of Women and Mass Incarceration in the U.S.
As Women’s History Month comes to a conclusion across the United States, a sobering statistic casts a long shadow over the ...
After pardons, J6ers take up a new cause: Prison reform
Jan. 6 defendants across the country are now advocating for improved conditions and rights for those who are incarcerated.
An ‘Administrative Error’ Sends a Maryland Father to a Salvadoran Prison
The Trump administration says it mistakenly deported an immigrant with protected status but that courts are powerless to ...
Carlos Lehder, Medellín Cartel boss and Pablo Escobar's partner, freed in Colombia 3 days after arrest
Carolos Lehder, who served over 30 years in a U.S. prison, once owned a luxurious hotel, which had caged lions and a large ...
The United States’ Next Colony? El Salvador.
Three years ago, Nayib Bukele, the president-cum-dictator of El Salvador, had a message for American lawmakers: “OK boomers … ...
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The Increasing Significance of Class in American Hyperincarceration
An expanding body of research highlights the rising importance of class in arrests and incarceration in the United States. This research shouldn’t be read ...
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Mass Incarceration and Democratic Deterioration: Three Years of the State of Exception in El Salvador
On March 27, 2022, at the request of President Nayib Bukele, the Legislative Assembly passed a state of exception, limiting ...
Cumberland County felon who fired at Lee County deputies sentenced to federal prison
A convicted felon from Cumberland County who shot at Lee County deputies in 2022 has been sentenced to a maximum of 10 years ...
Woman faces nearly 5 years in prison for mailing fentanyl and meth from Arizona to Iowa
A woman who mailed thousands of dollars worth of drugs, including fentanyl and “ice” methamphetamine from Arizona to Iowa, ...