A McKinney, Texas, man who was accused of stealing protected health information was sentenced to 48 months in federal prison this week. According to a U.S. Department of Justice press release, 46-year-old Demetrius Cervantes pleaded guilty this past December to conspiracy to obtain information from a protected computer. WHY IT MATTERS As outlined in… Read More »
Victoria’s Acting Premier has remained tight-lipped about the government’s preferred site for a stand-alone quarantine facility despite reports it could be housed at a new youth prison. A report in The Age on Tuesday suggested Avalon Airport was no longer the state government’s number one location for a dedicated COVID-19 quarantine facility to house returned… Read More »
A man is fighting for life after he was stabbed several times by a fellow inmate inside a Victorian maximum security prison. Geelong Crime Investigation Unit is investigating after the 47-year-old was attacked at Barwon Correctional Prison in Lara about 1pm on Friday. Ambulance Victoria confirmed the disturbing incident, warning the victim had been flown… Read More »
Undocumented immigrants walk for exercise at the Maricopa County Tent City Jail on April 30, 2010 in Phoenix, Arizona. (Photo by John Moore/Getty Images) RICHMOND, Va. (AP) — Stephanie Parris was finishing a two-year prison sentence for a probation violation when she heard she’d be going home three weeks early because of COVID-19. It made… Read More »
The Home Office has agreed to reconsider the case of a young doctor who was ordered to leave the country following an “administrative issue”. Mu-Chun Chiang, who has lived in the UK for 13 years, was told to leave or face up to six months in prison. A petition calling for the 27-year-old to be… Read More »
Yazmin Juárez, who testified in Congress earlier this month about her 21-month-old daughter’s death, filed a lawsuit Wednesday seeking $ 40 million in damages from CoreCivic, which runs the South Texas Family Residential Center in Dilley, Texas. Juarez and her daughter, Mariee, were detained for three weeks at the 2,400-bed facility last year. Mariee died… Read More »