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Feds: Louisiana Keeps People Incarcerated Past Their Prison Sentences

A federal lawsuit has been filed by the Justice Department against the State of Louisiana and the Louisiana Department of Public Safety and Corrections (LDOC) for allegedly keeping prisoners incarcerated for weeks and months after they have fully served their sentences and were legally entitled to be released, according to a Justice Department press release.

Report Strahinja Nikolić

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Chinese Man Pleads Guilty to Running Illegal Police Station in NYC

Chen Jinping, 60, from New York, pleaded guilty on Dec. 18, 2024, to crimes related to operating an illegal police station in Lower Manhattan, NYC, under the direction of China’s Ministry of Public Security (MPS), according to a DOJ press release. Jinping acted as an unlicensed agent of the Chinese government on behalf of one […]

Report Jessika Saunders

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Faces of the Missing: Many Native Americans Remain ‘Lost’; Murders Are Unsolved Mysteries

In the first few months of 2024, the disappearance of two young adults rocked the Spirit Lake Tribe in Fort Totten, N.D.

Feature Raymond L. Daye

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BOP Settles ‘Rape Club’ Lawsuit, Says Dublin Prison Will Not Reopen

After years of scandal, the Dublin federal women’s prison is a sordid footnote in the Bureau of Prisons’ history. The government settled a lawsuit by former inmates of the prison known as “the Rape Club” for $115 million, the law firm for the inmates reported in a Dec. 18 press release.

Feature Raymond L. Daye

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Feds Arrest Halfway House Employee for Allegedly Assaulting Inmate

Tristan Cox, a 33-year-old former halfway house employee, was arrested Nov. 13 on federal charges of non-consensual sexual contact with a federal inmate in his custody and was released on a $10,000 bond.

Report Strahinja Nikolić

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Does Carswell Prison Still Deserve Nickname as ‘Hospital of Horrors’? Yes.

Andrea “Andi” High Bear was sentenced to 26 months in federal prison for a drug-related crime in South Dakota. Three months after arriving at Federal Medical Center Carswell, a Bureau of Prisons facility in Fort Worth, the pregnant mother of five contracted COVID-19. She died shortly after her daughter was born.

Feature Raymond L. Daye

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ICE Supervisor Arrested for Identity Theft, Compromising Government Records

Henry Yau, an Immigrations and Customs Enforcement (ICE) supervisor, was arrested for his alleged role in connection with a scheme to commit identity theft, convert government records and disclose agency records containing individually identifiable information, according to a Justice Department press release.

Report Strahinja Nikolić

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Medical Horror: Urologist Gets Life for Sexually Abusing Patients, Including Children

Darius A. Paduch, a former urologist employed by two prominent medical institutions in the New York City area, was sentenced to life in prison on Nov. 20 for sexually abusing patients, according to a public statement by the Department of Justice. Some of those patients were minors who were subjected to Paduch’s egregious assaults for […]

Report Strahinja Nikolić

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Don’t Drink the Water: Phillips 66 Indicted for Dumping Industrial Wastewater in Los Angeles Sewer, Hiding It

Phillips 66, a Houston-based company, was charged with six counts of violating the Clean Water Act after it allegedly illegally discharged hundreds of thousands of gallons of industrial wastewater from its Carson oil refinery into the Los Angeles County sewer system, then failing to report the violations to authorities, according to a Nov. 21 Justice […]

Report Strahinja Nikolić

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Sex Trafficking

Cries of the Missing: The Tragedy of Missing/Murdered Indigenous People– ‘None of Us Are Safe Until All of Us Are Safe’

It’s just a movie. It’s make-believe. These things don’t happen in real life.

Feature Raymond L. Daye

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Little League Coach Pleads Guilty to Attempting to Entice Minor for Sex

A volunteer Little League coach tried to solicit sex online from a 13-year-old. That 13-year-old was actually an undercover detective posing as a minor to catch adult predators.

Report Matthew Koelher

Joseph Rocco Quaranta Has Pleaded Guilty to Enticing a Minor for Sex in Marion County Florida

Sex Abuse

‘License to Rape’: The Seamy Side of a Spy

For 14 years, a CIA employee got away with sexually abusing passed-out women while serving his country. But Brian Jeffrey Raymond’s luck ran out in his embassy-leased apartment in Mexico City on May 31, 2020, when his last victim screamed for help and neighbors called the local police.

Feature Raymond L. Daye

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Feds: Louisiana Keeps People Incarcerated Past Their Prison Sentences

Chinese Man Pleads Guilty to Running Illegal Police Station in NYC

Faces of the Missing: Many Native Americans Remain ‘Lost’; Murders Are Unsolved Mysteries

BOP Settles ‘Rape Club’ Lawsuit, Says Dublin Prison Will Not Reopen

Feds Arrest Halfway House Employee for Allegedly Assaulting Inmate

Does Carswell Prison Still Deserve Nickname as ‘Hospital of Horrors’? Yes.

ICE Supervisor Arrested for Identity Theft, Compromising Government Records

Medical Horror: Urologist Gets Life for Sexually Abusing Patients, Including Children

Don’t Drink the Water: Phillips 66 Indicted for Dumping Industrial Wastewater in Los Angeles Sewer, Hiding It

Cries of the Missing: The Tragedy of Missing/Murdered Indigenous People– ‘None of Us Are Safe Until All of Us Are Safe’

Little League Coach Pleads Guilty to Attempting to Entice Minor for Sex

‘License to Rape’: The Seamy Side of a Spy

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