Florida’s Krome detention center overcrowds amid Trump immigrant crackdown
MIAMI — Hundreds of people swept up in the Trump administration’s crackdown on immigration are being kept at an overcrowded ...
N.M. paid more than $1 million to settle claims due to prison injuries from 'less-lethal' munitions
The term “less lethal” refers to weapons and ballistics used to subdue people without killing them, ranging from simple wooden batons to pepper spray and rubber bullets. However, these devices and ...
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“You’re Here Because of Your Tattoos”
The Trump administration sent Venezuelans to El Salvador’s most infamous prison. Their families are looking for answers.
Judge says heat in Texas prisons unconstitutional as states face mounting lawsuits
AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — A federal judge's rebuke of Texas housing prisoners in lockups without air conditioning stopped short of ...
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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 ...
Homeland Security Secretary Noem visits the El Salvador prison where deported Venezuelans are held
Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem has visited the high-security El Salvador prison where Venezuelans who the Trump ...
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From Tijuana to Mass., asylum seekers and their families face uncertainty and desperation
President Trump essentially shut down the system that let migrants apply for asylum. Since then, advocates say many people ...
Judge says extreme heat in Texas prisons is unconstitutional but doesn’t order they install AC
A federal judge has found the extreme heat in Texas prisons that don’t have air conditioning is “plainly unconstitutional.” ...
US prosecutors weigh death penalty for alleged Mexican drug lord Caro Quintero
The U.S. government said on Wednesday it may seek the death penalty for alleged Mexican drug lord Rafael Caro Quintero, ...
Men get 100 years for shooting at Juárez police in 2023 Cereso prison breakout
Five men sentenced to 100 years in prison in a drive-by shooting at police after a prison breakout in Juárez, Mexico.
Beatings, overcrowding and food deprivation: US deportees face distressing human rights conditions in El Salvador’s mega-prison
El Salvador has the highest prison population rate in the world. The US administration intends to increase the number of ...