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Luigi Mangione, Sean "Diddy" Combs, Sam Bankman-Fried To Share Hellish Brooklyn Jail
Metropolitan Detention Center is fabled for its difficult conditions and is notorious even among wardens. It is depicted as one of the most "troubled" facilities in the Bureau of Prisons, with issues ranging from overcrowding, violence and more.
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Despite Loss Worth Millions, Biden Officials Kept Immigration Jails Open
Biden administration officials last year recommended closing or downsizing nine immigration detention centers because of high costs and staffing shortages, a move that could have saved $235 million, a draft U.S.
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US Woman Jailed For Waterboarding Baby, Putting Him In Freezer
According to Multnomah County Detention Center, McDonald will be released on October 6.
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$8 Million To Families Of Those Who Died In Mexico Migrant Centre Fire
The families of 40 people who died in a fire at a detention center for undocumented migrants in a Mexican border town in March will receive more than $8 million each, the government said Sunday.
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US Woman Fills Bottle With Alcohol To Stop Baby From Crying, Arrested
The 37-year-old woman is being held in the West Valley Detention Center on a $60,000 bond.
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US Woman Arrested For Manslaughter After Her Sexually Abused Toddler Dies
Erica Lawson, 21, was charged with second-degree manslaughter and first-degree criminal abuse against a child under 12.
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Samsung Ex-Executive Charged With Stealing Secrets For Chinese Factory
A former Samsung executive has been charged with stealing company secrets for a copycat computer chip factory in China, and is being held in detention pending trial, prosecutors told AFP on Tuesday.
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Mexico Migrant Fire Deaths Being Probed As Suspected Killings
The deaths of 39 migrants in a fire at a Mexican detention center are being investigated as suspected homicides, a prosecutor said Wednesday, accusing those in charge of doing nothing to evacuate the victims.
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Guards Seen Walking Away From Burning Mexico Migrant Centre: Report
Video surveillance footage on Tuesday appeared to show guards leaving as flames engulfed an immigration detention center in northern Mexico where dozens of migrants died in a fire.
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"We're Not Dogs": Migrant Anger Boils After Mexico-US Border Tragedy
Searching desperately for his brother after a fire killed dozens at a Mexican immigrant detention center, Abel Maldonado pleaded with authorities to stop treating migrants like animals.
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39 Migrants Killed In Fire At Mexico-US Border Detention Center
The fire broke out shortly before midnight at the National Migration Institute (INM) facility in Ciudad Juarez, prompting the mobilization of firefighters and dozens of ambulances.
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At Least 38 Dead After Fire At Mexico Migrant Centre Near US Border
A fire believed to have been started by migrants protesting against their deportation killed at least 38 people at a Mexican immigration detention center near the US border, authorities said Tuesday, prompting demands for justice.
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Anna Sorokin, Of Netflix's 'Inventing Anna' Fame, Released From Jail
Fake heiress Anna Sorokin, whose breathtaking deception of New York's financial elite inspired a hit Netflix series, was released Friday from an immigration detention center but still faces deportation from the United States.
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Mouldy Salad, Smelly Toilets: Jailed Socialite Ghislaine Maxwell's Charge
British socialite Ghislaine Maxwell -- accused of grooming underage girls for sex with Jeffrey Epstein -- has been held at Brooklyn's Metropolitan Detention Center for almost 17 months, after being arrested last year at her estate in New Hampshire.
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Ecuador To Pardon Thousands Of Inmates After 118 Die In Worst-Ever Prison Riot
Ecuador is planning to pardon up to 2,000 inmates in order to relieve overcrowding at its detention centers after 118 inmates died and a further 79 were injured in the country's worst-ever prison riot earlier this week, an official said on Friday.
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Luigi Mangione, Sean "Diddy" Combs, Sam Bankman-Fried To Share Hellish Brooklyn Jail
Metropolitan Detention Center is fabled for its difficult conditions and is notorious even among wardens. It is depicted as one of the most "troubled" facilities in the Bureau of Prisons, with issues ranging from overcrowding, violence and more.
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Despite Loss Worth Millions, Biden Officials Kept Immigration Jails Open
Biden administration officials last year recommended closing or downsizing nine immigration detention centers because of high costs and staffing shortages, a move that could have saved $235 million, a draft U.S.
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US Woman Jailed For Waterboarding Baby, Putting Him In Freezer
According to Multnomah County Detention Center, McDonald will be released on October 6.
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$8 Million To Families Of Those Who Died In Mexico Migrant Centre Fire
The families of 40 people who died in a fire at a detention center for undocumented migrants in a Mexican border town in March will receive more than $8 million each, the government said Sunday.
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US Woman Fills Bottle With Alcohol To Stop Baby From Crying, Arrested
The 37-year-old woman is being held in the West Valley Detention Center on a $60,000 bond.
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US Woman Arrested For Manslaughter After Her Sexually Abused Toddler Dies
Erica Lawson, 21, was charged with second-degree manslaughter and first-degree criminal abuse against a child under 12.
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Samsung Ex-Executive Charged With Stealing Secrets For Chinese Factory
A former Samsung executive has been charged with stealing company secrets for a copycat computer chip factory in China, and is being held in detention pending trial, prosecutors told AFP on Tuesday.
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Mexico Migrant Fire Deaths Being Probed As Suspected Killings
The deaths of 39 migrants in a fire at a Mexican detention center are being investigated as suspected homicides, a prosecutor said Wednesday, accusing those in charge of doing nothing to evacuate the victims.
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Guards Seen Walking Away From Burning Mexico Migrant Centre: Report
Video surveillance footage on Tuesday appeared to show guards leaving as flames engulfed an immigration detention center in northern Mexico where dozens of migrants died in a fire.
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"We're Not Dogs": Migrant Anger Boils After Mexico-US Border Tragedy
Searching desperately for his brother after a fire killed dozens at a Mexican immigrant detention center, Abel Maldonado pleaded with authorities to stop treating migrants like animals.
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39 Migrants Killed In Fire At Mexico-US Border Detention Center
The fire broke out shortly before midnight at the National Migration Institute (INM) facility in Ciudad Juarez, prompting the mobilization of firefighters and dozens of ambulances.
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At Least 38 Dead After Fire At Mexico Migrant Centre Near US Border
A fire believed to have been started by migrants protesting against their deportation killed at least 38 people at a Mexican immigration detention center near the US border, authorities said Tuesday, prompting demands for justice.
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Anna Sorokin, Of Netflix's 'Inventing Anna' Fame, Released From Jail
Fake heiress Anna Sorokin, whose breathtaking deception of New York's financial elite inspired a hit Netflix series, was released Friday from an immigration detention center but still faces deportation from the United States.
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Mouldy Salad, Smelly Toilets: Jailed Socialite Ghislaine Maxwell's Charge
British socialite Ghislaine Maxwell -- accused of grooming underage girls for sex with Jeffrey Epstein -- has been held at Brooklyn's Metropolitan Detention Center for almost 17 months, after being arrested last year at her estate in New Hampshire.
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Ecuador To Pardon Thousands Of Inmates After 118 Die In Worst-Ever Prison Riot
Ecuador is planning to pardon up to 2,000 inmates in order to relieve overcrowding at its detention centers after 118 inmates died and a further 79 were injured in the country's worst-ever prison riot earlier this week, an official said on Friday.
