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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 | Dec 30, 2024

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Identity Theft

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 | Dec 20, 2024

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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 | Dec 11, 2024

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Influence Peddling

Probation Officer Falls in Love with Probatee; Covers Up His Crimes

Jennifer Leigh Peters, 42, from Madison Heights, Virginia, and Brendon Cole Webber, 27, from Lynchburg, Virginia, were both indicted on Nov. 20 on nine counts of charges related to accessing protected information to further aid criminal activity, according to a DOJ press release.

Report Jessika Saunders | Dec 10, 2024

Jennifer Leigh Peters Has Been Charged With Offenses Stemming From an Alleged Affair With a Probatee

Financial Gains

Cop and Brother Plead Guilty to Defrauding Energy Efficiency Program

Joseph Ponzo, a 51-year-old former police officer from Stoneham, Mass., and his younger brother Christoper, 50, pleaded guilty to a bribery and kickback scheme that netted them millions of dollars from Mass Save contracts, according to a DOJ public statement.

Report Strahinja Nikolić | Dec 9, 2024

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Embezzlement

Former FBI Agent Allegedly Defrauded Investors, According to Other FBI Agents

Jeffrey A. Royer, 61, from Montrose, Colorado, was indicted on Oct. 17 on charges of participating in a foreign exchange (forex) trading scheme, according to a DOJ press release. He allegedly defrauded his many investors out of over $1 million.

Report Jessika Saunders | Nov 7, 2024

Police

Repeat Offender Brutal Cop Convicted of Obstructing Justice, Violating Civil Rights

Aaron Jason Strong, 47, a former police lieutenant at the New Castle Police Department in Indiana, was found guilty on Oct. 4 by a federal jury on charges of excessive force and witness tampering, according to a DOJ press release.

Report Jessika Saunders | Oct 31, 2024

Former Police Officer Aaron Jason Strong Has Been Convicted of Charges Related to Police Brutality - The Daily Muck

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Georgia Prisons Are Unacceptable: Feds

The Justice Department announced that conditions in prisons located in Georgia violate the Eighth Amendment of the Constitution, according to a new DOJ press release.

Report Strahinja Nikolić | Oct 30, 2024

Georgia State Prison in Reidsville Represents the State Prison System Which Federal Investigators Concluded Was Full of Abuse and Other Problems - The Daily Muck

Sex Abuse

Even Worse than the ‘Rape Club,’ Carswell ‘Hospital of Horrors’ Outpaces California Prison in Sexual Abuse Allegations

Even If the now-closed women’s federal prison in Dublin, Calif., were an anomaly for its record of sexual abuse of female inmates, it would still be a terrible tragedy.

Feature Raymond L. Daye | Oct 29, 2024

Carswell ‘Hospital of Horrors’ Outpaces Dublin Prison in Sexual Abuse Allegations - The Daily Muck

Sex Trafficking

Former Law Enforcement Officer Solicited Sex from a Minor: Sentenced to 11 Years in Prison

A former Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) officer was sentenced to nine years in federal prison on Sept. 19 on one count for sexually enticing a minor online.

Report Matthew Koelher | Oct 21, 2024

Koby Don Williams A Former Law Enforcement Officer Was Arrested for Online Enticement of a Minor and Has Been Convicted - The Daily Muck

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Two Excessive Force Incidents in the Same Week: Alabama Law Enforcement Officers Plead Guilty

Two Alabama law enforcement officers pled guilty in August to using excessive force.

Report Jessika Saunders | Sep 12, 2024

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Antioch Police Officer Indicted Twice on the Same Day: For Wire Fraud and Excessive Force

A San Francisco grand jury returned four indictments on Aug. 16, 2023, and one Antioch Police Office was on two.

Report Jessika Saunders | Sep 5, 2024

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

ICE Supervisor Arrested for Identity Theft, Compromising Government Records

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

Probation Officer Falls in Love with Probatee; Covers Up His Crimes

Cop and Brother Plead Guilty to Defrauding Energy Efficiency Program

Former FBI Agent Allegedly Defrauded Investors, According to Other FBI Agents

Repeat Offender Brutal Cop Convicted of Obstructing Justice, Violating Civil Rights

Georgia Prisons Are Unacceptable: Feds

Even Worse than the ‘Rape Club,’ Carswell ‘Hospital of Horrors’ Outpaces California Prison in Sexual Abuse Allegations

Former Law Enforcement Officer Solicited Sex from a Minor: Sentenced to 11 Years in Prison

Two Excessive Force Incidents in the Same Week: Alabama Law Enforcement Officers Plead Guilty

Antioch Police Officer Indicted Twice on the Same Day: For Wire Fraud and Excessive Force

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