On 5 and 6 July, violence inside Negombo Prison, western Sri Lanka, left at least 28 people dead. Hundreds of inmates were transferred to various prisons around the country. Amnesty International is concerned about the risk of custodial torture, ill-treatment, reprisals and retaliatory violence against the transferred inmates.
Broward County's Public Defender's Office hosted 35 high school students for a two-week internship for its annual Summer Justice Internship Program. The program is highly competitive and gives students a firsthand experience into careers in the criminal justice system. It also fosters leadership, civic engagement and professional development.
The Federal Bureau of Prisons has awarded a new inmate tablet services contract to Securus Technologies. The tablets will provide secure messaging, video services, educational content, career training, health information and reentry tools. The contract is four years with three one-year extension options. The sale of products and services will supply the funding for the contract.
Trans people are fleeing the US for Seattle. IOC cleared the way for Russia to return to the Olympics. Death penalty is a form of justice that is anything but blind. Charlie Kirk's assassination and the trial of his alleged assassin had Kareem thinking about the death penalty.
The retired judges are on a tour of the Rust Belt to promote the rule of law and teach voters about the constitution. Americans' confidence in the court system and democracy has dipped in recent years. President Donald Trump has cast doubt on the fairness of the judicial system. Federal judges have received death threats and profane messages.
Mario S. (44) escaped from prison in Schmelz at 3 p.m. as part of an approved execution. Mario S. and Clemens L. (29) murdered Anna-Maria A. (77) in 2010. They strangled her with a purple sweater and were sentenced to life imprisonment for murder in 2011. He returned to prison on Friday afternoon.
Wilber Urbina Garcia, 18, was detained by ICE during a routine check-in for his family's ongoing asylum application. He was sent to Adelanto ICE Detention Center. Wilber graduated from Jordan High School on June 9. His family emigrated from Nicaragua in 2022 and applied for asylum.
11 people removed by the United States arrived in Eswatini on 8 July. If confirmed, it is the fourth known transfer operation under the US-Swedish third-country removal arrangement. Amnesty International has documented the serious human rights consequences of these transfers, including arbitrary detention, restrictions on access to lawyers, denial of due process and the risk of onward refoulement.
A federal judge orders GEO Group to let Washington Department of Health inspectors into the Tacoma detention center it operates under contract with U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement. The state law requires basic health and safety standards at private detention facilities and allows state health inspectors to inspect them. Washington received thousands of complaints from detainees at GEO's Tacoma facility over the previous three years.
On 5 and 6 July, violence inside Negombo Prison, western Sri Lanka, left at least 28 people dead. Hundreds of inmates were transferred to various prisons around the country. Amnesty International is concerned about the risk of custodial torture, ill-treatment, reprisals and retaliatory violence against the transferred inmates.
Broward County's Public Defender's Office hosted 35 high school students for a two-week internship for its annual Summer Justice Internship Program. The program is highly competitive and gives students a firsthand experience into careers in the criminal justice system. It also fosters leadership, civic engagement and professional development.
The Federal Bureau of Prisons has awarded a new inmate tablet services contract to Securus Technologies. The tablets will provide secure messaging, video services, educational content, career training, health information and reentry tools. The contract is four years with three one-year extension options. The sale of products and services will supply the funding for the contract.
Trans people are fleeing the US for Seattle. IOC cleared the way for Russia to return to the Olympics. Death penalty is a form of justice that is anything but blind. Charlie Kirk's assassination and the trial of his alleged assassin had Kareem thinking about the death penalty.
The retired judges are on a tour of the Rust Belt to promote the rule of law and teach voters about the constitution. Americans' confidence in the court system and democracy has dipped in recent years. President Donald Trump has cast doubt on the fairness of the judicial system. Federal judges have received death threats and profane messages.
Mario S. (44) escaped from prison in Schmelz at 3 p.m. as part of an approved execution. Mario S. and Clemens L. (29) murdered Anna-Maria A. (77) in 2010. They strangled her with a purple sweater and were sentenced to life imprisonment for murder in 2011. He returned to prison on Friday afternoon.
Wilber Urbina Garcia, 18, was detained by ICE during a routine check-in for his family's ongoing asylum application. He was sent to Adelanto ICE Detention Center. Wilber graduated from Jordan High School on June 9. His family emigrated from Nicaragua in 2022 and applied for asylum.
11 people removed by the United States arrived in Eswatini on 8 July. If confirmed, it is the fourth known transfer operation under the US-Swedish third-country removal arrangement. Amnesty International has documented the serious human rights consequences of these transfers, including arbitrary detention, restrictions on access to lawyers, denial of due process and the risk of onward refoulement.
A federal judge orders GEO Group to let Washington Department of Health inspectors into the Tacoma detention center it operates under contract with U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement. The state law requires basic health and safety standards at private detention facilities and allows state health inspectors to inspect them. Washington received thousands of complaints from detainees at GEO's Tacoma facility over the previous three years.