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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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.
