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Former Gov. Bill Richardson calls for ‘Brittany Griner-type campaign’ to free WSJ reporter and other American detainees

(WASHINGTON) -- Nearly a week after Wall Street Journal reporter Evan Gershkovich was arrested in Russia, former Gov. Bill Richardson, an expert on political prisoner negotiations, called the journalist's detention “unacceptable” and spoke about what it may take to free Gershkovich and other Americans detained ...
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Former correctional officer sentenced after assisting white supremacist assault on Black detainees: DOJ

(KAY COUNTY, Okla.) -- A former supervisory correctional officer in Oklahoma was sentenced to 46 months in federal prison for “abusing his position of power and authority to … facilitate an attack carried out by white supremacists on a Black inmate,” according to the ...
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ICE detainees at one facility appear to have undergone ‘excessive’ gynecological procedures: Senate report

(WASHINGTON) -- Immigration and Customs Enforcement detainees appear to have undergone "excessive, invasive, and often unnecessary gynecological procedures," at one of their privately managed facilities according to a Senate report released this week.Whistleblower and advocacy groups lodged complaints in 2021 into the Irwin County ...
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Detainees graduate from Exodus.Life addiction recovery program

In February of 2021, the Jefferson County Sheriff's Office began what has become a very beneficial and successful collaboration with Exodus.Life as a partnering component of the Comprehensive Opioid Abuse Site-Based Program (COAP).  This program is made possible through two categories of federal grant ...
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Supreme Court takes up secret CIA black sites in 9/11 detainee’s case

(WASHINGTON) -- The U.S. Supreme Court on Wednesday will wrestle with the limits of the government state secrets privilege in a high-stakes case brought by the first al-Qaida suspect detained and harshly interrogated at a CIA “black site” after Sept. 11, 2001.Abu Zubaydah, who ...
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12 detainees graduate from Exodus.Life addiction program

The Jefferson County Sheriff's office collaborated with a faith-based nonprofit organization called Exodus.Life to help detainees become clean of addiction and prepare to start new lives, according to members of the organization. Members of the Jefferson County Sheriff's office, Exodus.Life, and others gathered to ...
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Sheriff talks about investigations in detainees death

By Ray King Jefferson County Sheriff Lafayette Woods, Jr., on Monday, updated Deltaplex News on the state of the investigation into the death of 18-year-old Dezmen X. McBride, who had been locked up at the adult detention center before being taken ...
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Jefferson County Sheriff’s Office Terminates Jail Supervisor and Deputy Jailer After Escape of Two Federal Detainees

On Monday August 5th, a female jail supervisor has been terminated along with a female deputy jailer after the escape of two detainees.Based upon an internal investigative review, detainees, Wesley Gullett, 30, and Christopher Sanderson, 34, are believed to have escaped from the W.C. ...