A federal judge tentatively endorsed a government proposal to reunify hundreds of children with deported parents in their home countries, the Wall Street Journal reports. The approval could get the Trump administration closer to completing the tumultuous process of reuniting families separated under its “zero-tolerance...
Inmates in at least 17 states plan to refuse to work and, in some cases, refuse to eat to draw attention to poor prison conditions and what many view as exploitative labor practices in correctional facilities. The demonstrations are planned to start Tuesday and will...
Many U.S. prisoners are going on strike. The demonstrations are planned to take place from Tuesday to September 9, which marks the anniversary of the bloody uprising at the Attica Correctional Facility in New York state, reports Vox.com. During this time, inmates in at least...
Lawsuits in New York, California, Arizona, Texas, Michigan and Pennsylvania charge that innocent women, including minor girls, who were not found with any contraband were subjected to harsh interrogations by Customs and Border Protection (CBP) officers that led to indignities that included unreasonable strip searches...
Leaders of Mara Salvatrucha, the violent international street gang known as MS-13, had a 2015 internal meeting that which was recorded surreptitiously by U.S. authorities. They discussed better management of its its estimated 10,000 U.S. members along the lines of other corporate-style criminal gangs, such...
Prosecutors across the country have been expanding the use of stiff penalties targeted at drug dealers whose clients have died as a result of using their product, in efforts to combat the opioid crisis. Heavier sentences that in some cases are equated with a murder...