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  • Published on Nov 12, 2026

    San Antonio Fights Plan to Turn Warehouse Into ICE Detention Center

    With roughly seven weeks until a Democratic majority takes over Congress, San Antonio is using a lawsuit to stall the Trump administration’s plan to turn a warehouse into a detention center for 1,500 immigrants. Representative Joaquin Castro, a Democrat …

    Source: The New York Times - Neutral
  • Published on 00:40 GMT

    UNDP Moves To Strengthen Healthcare, Human Rights Protection In Detention Centres

    The United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) has commenced efforts to strengthen access to healthcare and human rights protection in Nigeria’s detention centres through the development of guidelines to improve the treatment of persons in custody. The …

    Source: New Telegraph - Indeterminate
  • Published on Nov 12, 2026

    ICE inspection flags 22 deficiencies at private New Jersey detention center 

    Inspectors working for Immigration and Customs Enforcement documented a list of problems at Delaney Hall, a for-profit detention center in Newark, New Jersey, that houses about 800 immigrants at any given time. The report by ICE’s Office of Detention …

    Source: KXLF 4 - Montana - Pending
  • Published on Nov 12, 2026

    Remand centre death now murder probe

    Police are treating the death of George Komainaua at the Suva Remand Centre on October 24 as a murder investigation, Assistant Commissioner of Police (Crime) Loraini Seru said yesterday. Asked if police would also look into the death, ACP Seru said: “Yes, …

    Source: Fiji Sun - Pro-Government
  • Published on Nov 12, 2026

    Denmark says progress made towards detention centres outside EU

    Danish Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen said on Thursday there has been progress on plans for "return hubs" for rejected asylum seekers to be established in countries outside the European Union, the Danish news agency Ritzau reported. "The …

    Source: Yahoo News - Center-left
  • Published on Nov 12, 2026

    Marin County passes temporary ordinance banning detention centers

    The Marin County Board of Supervisors voted unanimously on Tuesday to pass a temporary moratorium on detention centers. The Nov. 10 urgency ordinance will establish a detention center moratorium in the unincorporated parts of the county. County staff said …

    Source: KALW - California - Center-left
  • Published on Nov 12, 2026

    How to Stop Prison Crime Rings? Jam Their Smuggled Cellphones, Says South Carolina Gov.-Elect.

    EASLEY, S.C.—South Carolina authorities in October seized drugs and firearms, raided a dog fighting ring, and indicted 25 people for crimes that were allegedly orchestrated from state prison with smuggled cell phones. Inmates are barred from having cell …

    Source: The Epoch Times - Right-wing
  • Published on 01:44 GMT

    Department of Corrections ‘works continuously’ to reduce county jail backlog

    The Alabama Department of Corrections (ADOC) said on Tuesday that it was working to reduce a backlog of state inmates in county jails. The population of state inmates under the control of ADOC has increased in county jails across the state recently.  …

    Source: 1819 News - Alabama - Right-wing
  • Published on Nov 12, 2026

    Panama Prison Chief Resigns Amid Reports of Inmate Deaths

    Panama’s prison system director Chanan Singh resigned after four months in office amid allegations that at least 10 inmates died from starvation and inadequate medical care. Human rights organizations are demanding investigations and urgent government …

    Source: teleSUR - Gov't Propaganda
  • Published on Nov 12, 2026

    Man gets federal prison time for flying drone onto S.C. prison yard

    NOTE: The above video is a livestream of WIS featuring current newscasts, Soda City Living and Gray Media’s Local News Live. COLUMBIA, S.C. (WIS) - A man has received a federal prison sentence after flying a drone onto a South Carolina prison yard. On …

    Source: WTOC 11 - Georgia - Neutral
  • Published on Nov 12, 2026

    SC man sentenced to prison time for flying drone over prison yard

    COLUMBIA — A Sumter man will spend just over a year in federal prison after pleading guilty to flying a drone over a state prison yard, a federal judge decided Thursday. U.S. District Judge Richard Gergel sentenced Quinzell Robinson, 47, to one year and …

    Source: SC Daily Gazette - South Carolina - Left-wing
  • Published on 00:55 GMT

    State prison offender missing

    SIOUX FALLS, SD (KELO.com) — A search is underway for a missing state prison offender.  Offender Paul Slaymaker is a minimum-custody offender housed at the St. Francis House in Sioux Falls for work release purposes. He left the facility without …

    Source: KRRO - South Dakota - Pending
  • Published on 00:55 GMT

    State prison offender missing

    SIOUX FALLS, SD (KELO.com) — A search is underway for a missing state prison offender.  Offender Paul Slaymaker is a minimum-custody offender housed at the St. Francis House in Sioux Falls for work release purposes. He left the facility without …

    Source: KQSF - South Dakota - Pending
  • Published on Nov 12, 2026

    Motherhood behind bars: Inside Missouri's first prison nursery

    VANDALIA — Inside a women's prison in Vandalia, Missouri, incarcerated mothers are getting an opportunity many women before them never had, the chance to raise their babies behind bars. The Women's Eastern Reception, Diagnostic and Correctional …

    Source: KOMU 8 - Missouri - Neutral
  • Published on Nov 12, 2026

    Five charged after marijuana, cellphone seized while being brought into jail

    WARREN COUNTY, Miss. (WLBT) - Five people have been charged after officers intercepted a package containing marijuana, tobacco, and a cellphone that was being brought into a jail in Warren County, according to the Vicksburg Daily News. Warren County …

    Source: WLBT - Mississippi - Pending
  • Published on Nov 12, 2026

    Grand Forks woman sentenced in Minnesota to 15 years in prison for third degree murder

    GRAND FORKS — A Grand Forks woman has been sentenced in Polk County District Court to 15 years in prison for third degree murder. During a hearing Thursday, Megan Kelly Thorsen was sentenced to 15 years in prison with credit for 180 days. Her lawyer asked …

    Source: Grand Forks Herald - North Dakota - Neutral
  • Published on Nov 12, 2026

    Court Orders Faisal Maina to Serve Seven-Year Jail Term

    Six years after jumping bail and disappearing from trial, Faisal Maina has been arrested and ordered to prison to serve a seven-year sentence for money laundering and false asset declaration. The long-running legal battle involving Faisal Maina, son of …

    Source: Huhu Online - Pending
  • Published on Nov 12, 2026

    Money laundering: Court sends Maina’s son to prison

    The Federal High Court in Abuja has ordered the remand of Faisal Maina, son of former Chairman of the defunct Pension Reform Task Team, Abdulrasheed Maina, at the Kuje Correctional Centre to begin serving his seven-year prison sentence for money laundering …

    Source: Blueprint Newspapers Limited - Indeterminate
  • Published on Nov 12, 2026

    Lower Gwynedd man admits to assaulting Plymouth cops with vehicle, sent to prison

    NORRISTOWN — A 22-year-old Lower Gwynedd Township man was sent to prison for up to five decades after he admitted to using his vehicle to strike and injure two Plymouth Township police officers and attempt to injure a third officer as they investigated …

    Source: The Reporter - Pennsylvania - Neutral

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