NICE, France (AP) — A pro-independence leader in the French Pacific territory of New Caledonia was transferred to a prison facility in mainland France to await trial on charges relating to two weeks of unrest in May that left nine people dead, the public prosecutor in the territory said Sunday. Christian Tein, an Indigenous Kanak […]
Jun. 22—The Kootenai County Sheriff’s Office is searching for a 15-year-old boy who escaped Friday from the Kootenai County Juvenile Detention Center. The sheriff’s office and Coeur d’Alene Police Department were notified at about 5:30 p.m. Friday that two children escaped from the detention center, according to a sheriff’s office news release. Both agencies started […]
This article was first published by Source New Mexico. To read more visit https://sourcenm.com/. If not for systemic failures in medical and mental health care, almost all of the people who died in immigration detention in the U.S. between 2017 and 2021 could still be alive today, according to a report. U.S. Immigration and Customs […]
MOSCOW (AP) — Security forces stormed a detention center in southern Russia on Sunday, killing inmates who had taken two members of staff hostage, Russian state news agency RIA Novosti reported Sunday. The hostages at the pretrial detention center in Rostov-on-Don were uninjured, said RIA Novosti, citing Russia’s Federal Penitentiary Service. It said that the […]
Jun. 11—An inmate accused of escaping from the Youth Detention Center last month was indicted by a grand jury on Monday. Josef Toney, 19, is charged with escape or attempt to escape from jail. An arraignment has been set for Monday, according to court records. According to a criminal complaint filed at Metropolitan Court, on […]
By Ted Hesson WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) will close a costly Texas detention center and reallocate the funds to increase overall detention capacity as the agency ramps up operations to implement new U.S. border restrictions. In a memo to U.S. lawmakers on Monday, ICE said it would shutter the South […]
Already the subject of a federal civil-rights investigation, Kentucky’s Department of Juvenile Justice is bracing for an influx of hundreds of additional youths when several tough-on-crime laws take effect July 1. The state’s new juvenile justice commissioner, Randy White, testified last week to a legislative panel in Frankfort about the “challenge” posed by several bills […]
JERUSALEM (Reuters) – Israel is phasing out the use of a military-run detention camp for Palestinians captured during the Gaza war where rights groups alleged there has been abuse of inmates, justice officials said on Wednesday. State attorneys told the Supreme Court that inmates held at the Sde Teiman site, which was opened after Hamas’ […]
A harsh-toned letter to Monroe County Sheriff Ruben Marté from Attorney General Todd Rokita demands the county rescind its written policy regarding detention of undocumented immigrants or face legal action. If the policy isn’t off the jail’s books by July 1, the state will “compel (the county’s) compliance with Indiana law,” the letter states. Upon […]
Editor: “Berks on wrong track with its juvenile detention plan” (Reading Eagle, May 30) contained inaccuracies that must be addressed. The letter correctly states that Berms County has issued an emergency declaration regarding juvenile detention capacity and is working toward repairing the damage caused by a burst water pipe in the Community Reentry Center in […]
Editor: As a social work professional, I am disheartened at the recent move by the Berks County commissioners to expedite the reopening of the juvenile detention center (“Firms outline plan for youth center,” Reading Eagle, May 16). While I completely understand the shortage of available beds for juvenile detention across the state, the county has […]
A proposed bill could send chronically absent students to juvenile detention, or have them be investigated, for missing school. Why it matters: The Rhode Island Department of Education is cracking down on chronic absence from school with a media campaign urging kids to attend school, and regular shoutouts to schools with the highest attendance rates […]