Study covers 12 years of in-custody deaths at 7 detention facilities in San Diego County. It will be presented at next month’s Citizens’ Law Enforcement Review Board meeting. The meeting will be held at 5:30 p.m. on May 7 at the SanDiego County Administration Center.
A Salvadoran court on Tuesday began a collective trial of 486 alleged gang members. The charges include homicide, femicide, extortion and arms trafficking. It is one of the biggest mass trials under president Nayib Bukele’s crackdown on gang violence through controversial emergency powers. Human rights groups have warned that the collective prosecutions violate due process and block defendants from accessing legal counsel.
Pope Leo has visited one of Equatorial Guinea's most notorious prisons. He is on the 10th day of his African tour. Pope Leo delivered a message of hope to the 600 inmates at the prison in Bata city. He asked that detainees be allowed to study and work during their confinement.
Pope Leo XIV visited Bata Prison in Equatorial Guinea on Wednesday. He is on the 10th day of an 11-day apostolic journey to Africa. The pope arrived on Tuesday after stops in Algeria, Cameroon and Angola. He was welcomed at the Mongomo basilica with fireworks and a release of balloons. Leo has to strike a delicate balance between supporting the faithful and supporting the government of Teodoro Obiang Nguema Mbasogo.
The Supreme Court heard arguments on Wednesday on the issue of paroling green card holders on parole. The government wants to limit the rights of lawful permanent residents. Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson, a Joe Biden appointee, voiced the strongest opposition to the government's arguments.
90 Palestinian women are being held in Israeli prisons. Most of them are detained at Damon prison in northern Israel. They face harsh conditions, including hunger, deprivation, medical neglect, abuse, solitary confinement and assaults. More than 700 women have been detained since the start of the Gaza war in October 2023.
Ms. Rachel talked to seven families detained at the Dilley Immigration Processing Center in Texas. She started a petition to shut down the facility. The petition has been signed by more than 250,000 people, including Madonna, Pedro Pascal, Jane Fonda, Javier Bardem, Keke Palmer, Mark Ruffalo and dozens of other celebrities.
"Alligator Alcatraz" immigration detention center in the Florida Everglades can remain open, an appeals court ruled on Tuesday. The state-run facility was not under federal control and was not subject to federal law requiring an environmental impact review. Environmental groups that brought the lawsuit will continue pursuing the case.
Eleventh Circuit Court of Appeals upheld its earlier decision to block a judge’s order for the facility to wind down operations. The Florida-run facility wasn't under federal control and didn't need to comply with federal law requiring an environmental impact review. Environmental groups will continue fighting as the case returns to the district court.
Nearly 60,000 immigrants are being held in detention in the U.S. today. Some of them are children as young as five years old. The number of detainees who have been in ICE custody for more than a year has skyrocketed in recent months. The El Gamal family has been in detention for over a year. Their father, Mohamed Soliman, is accused of throwing molotov cocktails into a crowd in Boulder, Colorado. The family was arrested for overstaying their tourist visas in 2023, but they were released in April 2026.