California Women’s Prison Known as the “Rape Club” to Close Following Damning Report Los Angeles, California – The Federal Bureau of Prisons has announced the closure of the Federal Correctional Institution (FCI) Dublin, a women’s prison in California, after an extensive investigation by the Associated Press (AP) exposed extensive sexual abuse of inmates by prison … Read more
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According to the Office of the Rapporteur against Torture, in 2023, the Penitentiary System spent approximately Q22,516.58 for each prisoner in its custody. While analysts see the need to move from evaluations to actions to create a true mechanism for social reintegration and also attack the crime that originates in prisons. Carlos Solórzano, chief rapporteur … Read more
Chaos reigns in Haiti – which has been declared since yesterday 4/3 in a state of emergency – after gangs raided prisons and the escape of thousands of prisoners. Schools and banks remained closed yesterday, the streets were barricaded by residents with stones, tree branches and other objects and the Police are visible everywhere in … Read more
A state of emergency was declared in the western part of Haiti yesterday Sunday 3/3, following a mass prisoner escape, as the leader of the gang alliance Jimmy Serizier, or “Barbecue”, a former policeman, has escalated the attempt to overthrow the Prime Minister Ariel Henri. The government has announced a 72-hour night curfew (with the … Read more
What you should know A man convicted of a 2015 murder in western New York has been freed and his charge dismissed solely because he was held in the wrong prison under an interstate detainee law, a state judge ruled. Terrence Lewis was released earlier this month from a maximum-security prison in Seneca County, where … Read more
06.02.2024 The 15th Civil Senate of the Cologne Higher Regional Court decided today in the aforementioned proceedings and partially amended the contested regional court decision. In the proceedings (cf. the press release dated October 7th, 2022 – PM 10/22), the plaintiff takes action following an earlier injunction procedure (OLG Cologne, judgment of May 29th, 2018, … Read more
Not even the family of Manuel Luna, a 30-year-old Costa Ricanwho a week ago was found without vital signs in the George Vierno Center of the Rikers Island jail, knows the specific circumstances under which he lost his life. “Nobody knows anything. The only thing we were informed was that she was waiting in an … Read more
Not even the family of Manuel Luna, a 30-year-old Costa Ricanwho a week ago was found without vital signs in the George Vierno Center of the Rikers Island jail, knows the specific circumstances under which he lost his life. “Nobody knows anything. The only thing we were informed was that she was waiting in an … Read more
Former prisoners who returned from the war in Ukraine and were recruited into the “Shurm Z” units sent a collective appeal to Vladimir Putin, reports “Important Stories” (the publication is recognized as an undesirable organization and a “foreign agent”). The statement said that they have not received the promised wages, compensation for injuries or documents … Read more
He helped build the Zurich-West prison and is now leaving after just two years. The scandal-plagued prison is now looking for a replacement for head Marc Eiermann. The Zurich-West prison. -Keystone Ad the essentials in brief The head of the Zurich-West prison, Marc Eiermann, has resigned. Jean-Philippe Pinto (center) criticized the timing of the resignation. … Read more