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US Intel Flags Venezuelan Prison Gang's Growing Influence In 16 States
A notorious Venezuelan prison gang has established a presence in at least 16 US states, covering nearly half the nation's population, according to a recent internal intelligence memo from Homeland Security.
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Russian Prison Population Dropped By Nearly 60,000 In 2023: Report
The number of people held in Russian prisons dropped by 58,000 last year, Russian independent media reported on Friday, continuing a steady fall spurred in part by the recruitment of convicts to fight in Ukraine.
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UK Prisons Full: Judges Ordered to Delay Sentencing, Criminals May Be Released Early
The judge emphasized that their "greatest concern" revolved around defendants convicted of rape being allowed to remain on bail rather than being swiftly jailed.
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"Won't Be Able To Do Any More Harm": El Salvador Moves Thousands Of Criminals To Mega Prison
In El Salvador, thousands of gang members have been moved to a new "mega jail" as part of an ongoing campaign against crime that has caused the prison population to soar.
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Half Of US Adults Have Family Member Who Have Been Incarcerated: Report
Nearly half of all American adults have an immediate family member who has experienced incarceration, according to a new study published Thursday that spotlights the extent of mass imprisonment in the United States. The report comes as President Donald Trump has given his backing to a bipartisan bill aimed at reforming sentences imposed for drug of...
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US Releases 4 More Guantanamo Prisoners
The Pentagon announced that four more inmates were transferred out of the military prison in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, marking the final such transfer under President Barack Obama and leaving the facility's population at 41.
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Donald Trump's Illegal Immigration Stance May Boost Private Prisons
The population of American prisons is likely to rise for the first time in nearly a decade with President-elect Donald Trump's promise to detain and deport millions of immigrants who are in the country illegally and his selection of tough-on-crime Sen. Jeff Sessions to the nation's highest law enforcement post.
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Turkey To Release 38,000 From Jail; Frees Space For Plotters
Turkey has issued a decree that will pave the way for the conditional release of some 38,000 prisoners in an apparent move to reduce its prison population to make space for coup plotters.
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A Look At Guantanamo Bay's Dwindling Population
Here is a breakdown of the 76 detainees still held at the US military prison at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba.
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9 Yemeni Inmates From Guantanamo Transferred To Saudi Arabia: Pentagon
The Pentagon on Saturday announced the transfer of nine Yemeni inmates from Guantanamo Bay to Saudi Arabia, bringing the remaining population at the controversial military prison down to 80.
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Fight Against Drugs Fills US Federal Prisons: Study
More than half of US federal prison inmates are in jail for drug trafficking, with the harshest sentences going to crack dealers, most of them African Americans, a study found Tuesday.
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Barack Obama, Police Chiefs to Join in Call to Cut Incarcerations
President Barack Obama meets with top police officials and legal experts Thursday in a push to end "unnecessary incarceration" in a country where overpopulated prisons house 2.2 million people.
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US Police Chiefs Call for Reducing Prison Population
A group of 130 police chiefs, prosecutors and sheriffs from around the United States on Wednesday called for reforms that would to reduce the US prison population.
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Crackdown filling North Korean prisons with defectors
North Korea's prison population has swelled with those caught fleeing the country under a crackdown on defections by young leader Kim Jong Un, according to defectors living in South Korea and researchers who study Pyongyang's notorious network of labor camps and detention centers.
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Prosecutor wants prison term for Tyson
The top prosecutor of Arizona's most populous county wants prison term for former heavyweight boxing champ Mike Tyson.
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US Intel Flags Venezuelan Prison Gang's Growing Influence In 16 States
A notorious Venezuelan prison gang has established a presence in at least 16 US states, covering nearly half the nation's population, according to a recent internal intelligence memo from Homeland Security.
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Russian Prison Population Dropped By Nearly 60,000 In 2023: Report
The number of people held in Russian prisons dropped by 58,000 last year, Russian independent media reported on Friday, continuing a steady fall spurred in part by the recruitment of convicts to fight in Ukraine.
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UK Prisons Full: Judges Ordered to Delay Sentencing, Criminals May Be Released Early
The judge emphasized that their "greatest concern" revolved around defendants convicted of rape being allowed to remain on bail rather than being swiftly jailed.
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"Won't Be Able To Do Any More Harm": El Salvador Moves Thousands Of Criminals To Mega Prison
In El Salvador, thousands of gang members have been moved to a new "mega jail" as part of an ongoing campaign against crime that has caused the prison population to soar.
-
Half Of US Adults Have Family Member Who Have Been Incarcerated: Report
Nearly half of all American adults have an immediate family member who has experienced incarceration, according to a new study published Thursday that spotlights the extent of mass imprisonment in the United States. The report comes as President Donald Trump has given his backing to a bipartisan bill aimed at reforming sentences imposed for drug of...
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US Releases 4 More Guantanamo Prisoners
The Pentagon announced that four more inmates were transferred out of the military prison in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, marking the final such transfer under President Barack Obama and leaving the facility's population at 41.
-
Donald Trump's Illegal Immigration Stance May Boost Private Prisons
The population of American prisons is likely to rise for the first time in nearly a decade with President-elect Donald Trump's promise to detain and deport millions of immigrants who are in the country illegally and his selection of tough-on-crime Sen. Jeff Sessions to the nation's highest law enforcement post.
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Turkey To Release 38,000 From Jail; Frees Space For Plotters
Turkey has issued a decree that will pave the way for the conditional release of some 38,000 prisoners in an apparent move to reduce its prison population to make space for coup plotters.
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A Look At Guantanamo Bay's Dwindling Population
Here is a breakdown of the 76 detainees still held at the US military prison at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba.
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9 Yemeni Inmates From Guantanamo Transferred To Saudi Arabia: Pentagon
The Pentagon on Saturday announced the transfer of nine Yemeni inmates from Guantanamo Bay to Saudi Arabia, bringing the remaining population at the controversial military prison down to 80.
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Fight Against Drugs Fills US Federal Prisons: Study
More than half of US federal prison inmates are in jail for drug trafficking, with the harshest sentences going to crack dealers, most of them African Americans, a study found Tuesday.
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Barack Obama, Police Chiefs to Join in Call to Cut Incarcerations
President Barack Obama meets with top police officials and legal experts Thursday in a push to end "unnecessary incarceration" in a country where overpopulated prisons house 2.2 million people.
-
US Police Chiefs Call for Reducing Prison Population
A group of 130 police chiefs, prosecutors and sheriffs from around the United States on Wednesday called for reforms that would to reduce the US prison population.
-
Crackdown filling North Korean prisons with defectors
North Korea's prison population has swelled with those caught fleeing the country under a crackdown on defections by young leader Kim Jong Un, according to defectors living in South Korea and researchers who study Pyongyang's notorious network of labor camps and detention centers.
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Prosecutor wants prison term for Tyson
The top prosecutor of Arizona's most populous county wants prison term for former heavyweight boxing champ Mike Tyson.
