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Miami Migrant Detention Center Staff Fear Migrant Uprising As Population Swells To Three Times Its Capacity

As the Trump admin ramps up its deportation efforts, Krome Detention Center in Miami saw its prisoner population skyrocket and reports of abuse come to light.

Latin Times

Pardoned J6 Rioter Claims He 'Received No Due Process' During Texas Town Hall Showdown: 'That's Why I'm Running for Congress'

Ryan Nichols, who was sentenced to more than 5 years in prison for his role in the Jan. 6 Capitol attack, said he is running for Congress because he did not receive due process.

Latin Times

Brazil Ex-president Collor De Mello Jailed For Corruption

Brazil's former president Fernando Collor de Mello was arrested and taken to prison Friday to begin serving a nearly nine-year sentence for corruption and money laundering, the latest former leader to face jail time.

International Business Times

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Martin Wright obituary

Other lives: Director of the Howard League for Penal Reform who also campaigned for better treatment of victims of crime

The Guardian - UK

Disgraced former US congressman George Santos jailed for over seven years for fraud and identity theft

George Santos lied about his life story and defrauded donors to finance his lifestyle

Evening Standard

Disgraced Former Congressman George Santos Gets Maximum Sentence Over Wire Fraud, Identity Theft Scheme

Disgraced Former Congressman George Santos was sentenced to 87 months in prison over wire fraud and aggravated identity theft

Latin Times

George Santos given seven-year prison term for fraudulent congressional run

Republican former representative who had lied about his credentials sobbed in court saying he was ‘humbled’

The Guardian - US

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Costa Gazidis obituary

Other lives: Anti-apartheid doctor who fled to the UK after being imprisoned in South Africa

The Guardian - UK

Matt Gaetz visited El Salvador’s mega-prison and saw people drained of hope. He then pitched it to Stephen Miller

Matt Gaetz was given a tour of the facility, which human rights groups have described as a ‘tropical gulag’ rife with abuses

The Independent UK

3 men sentenced to over a century in prison after plot to kill a ringleader in UK's biggest heist

Three men who plotted to kill a former cage fighter, who years before had been convicted of being one of the ringleaders in the U.K.’s biggest-ever heist, have been sentenced to a collective term of over a century in prison

The Independent UK

Former Rep. George Santos sentenced to 87 months in prison - Roll Call

A federal judge sentenced disgraced former New York Republican Rep. George Santos to more than seven years in prison on Friday.

Roll Call

Disgraced Former Congressman George Santos Expects To Get Over 7 Years In Prison For Lying Scheme

Disgraced Former Congressman George Santos said he's "totally resigned" to getting over 7 years in prison for a lying scheme

Latin Times

Lorry driver who killed pregnant nurse in M8 crash jailed

Trevor Norgate, 58, previously pleaded guilty to causing death by dangerous driving over the incident near Hermiston Gait in 2023.

Evening Standard

Convicted murderer missing from open prison traced

Police said Raymond McCourt, 59, was found in Edinburgh and will now be returned to prison.

Evening Standard

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The Independent UK

Musician tells the stories of 10 women imprisoned for killing their abusers

Vivir Quintana is using a typically male genre of music to sing for incarcerated women

The Independent UK

As immigrant arrests surge, complaints of abuse mount at America's oldest detention center in Miami

As President Donald Trump seeks to make good on his campaign pledge of mass arrests and removals of migrants, the U.S. immigration detention system is being overrun with prisoners

The Guardian - AU

Man charged over Audrey Griffin’s murder found dead in prison cell

Police confirm 53-year-old discovered unresponsive at Silverwater correctional complex late on Thursday

The Independent UK

A Detroit nonprofit's former finance chief gets 19 years for $40 million theft

A former executive at a major Detroit nonprofit has been sentenced to 19 years in prison in the the theft of more than $40 million meant to help beautify the city’s riverfront

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The Independent UK

Gunman who killed seven from rooftop during July 4 parade is sentenced to life in prison

Judge calls Robert Crimo ‘irretrievably depraved, permanently incorrigible, irreparably corrupt and beyond any rehabilitation’

The National (Scotland)

'Do not approach': Convicted killer who escaped prison spotted in Glasgow

A convicted killer who escaped from prison recently has been spotted on CCTV in Glasgow.

Evening Standard

Assaults on prison staff reach highest level in a decade

Some 10,605 assaults on staff in male and female jails were recorded in the period up to December 2024, at a rate of 122 per 1,000 prisoners.

The Independent UK

China jails most writers in the world for sixth year in a row

Iran named as one of the worst offenders for jailing mostly women writers protesting against suppression

The Independent UK

Trump-appointed judge orders government to ‘facilitate’ return of another deported asylum seeker sent to El Salvador

The case of a 20-year-old Venezuelan man could tee up yet another legal battle as the administration fights to keep Kilmar Abrego Garcia imprisoned

The Guardian - UK

Use of pepper spray authorised at young offender institutions in England and Wales

Decision by Shabana Mahmood, the justice secretary, means Pava spray could be used on children as young as 15

Euronews

Pope Francis' final act of mercy: €200,000 donation to juvenile prison in Rome

The official responsible for charity and prison pastoral care in Rome has described how the pontiff gave a massive sum from his personal account.

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