Jail and Corrections

10+ hour, 12+ min ago   (98+ words) Immigration detention facility construction paused courthousenews.com Immigration detention facility construction paused SAN JOSE, Calif. — A federal court in California issued a preliminary injunction keeping the federal government from building an immigration detention facility in Gilroy. Santa Clara County and…...

4+ day, 22+ hour ago   (258+ words) A Buffalo man convicted of assaulting a federal employee and causing bodily injury was sentenced to time served and three years of supervised release. U.S. District Judge Richard J. Arcara imposed the sentence on 34-year-old Jacob D. Ortiz, according to the U.S. Attorney’s Office…...

6+ day, 5+ hour ago   (638+ words) A federal court ruling could challenge the constitutionality of part of the Wisconsin state law that bans AI-generated child pornography. Late last month, a three-judge panel ruled that the First Amendment protects a person’s right to privately possess images or…...

1+ week, 11+ hour ago   (540+ words) A man who secretly posted explicit videos of his ex-girlfriend to the world’s most popular pornography website — then “actively engaged” with online commenters — has been sentenced to 10 months in prison. The defence asked for a conditional sentence to be served…...

1+ week, 2+ day ago   (249+ words) KEIZER, Ore. (KPTV/Gray News) - An Oregon man was sentenced to six years in prison for beating his wife with a Bible and threatening her with guns, according to the Marion County District Attorney’s Office on Friday. According to the…...

1+ week, 6+ day ago   (1735+ words) A 67-year-old lawful permanent resident was detained by U.S. Customs and Border Protection at San Francisco International Airport for eight days in March, then transferred to an ICE detention facility. Tucked within SFO’s International Terminal is a windowless room officials call…...

2+ week, 14+ hour ago   (1100+ words) Santa Clara County’s efforts to construct new jail facilities have repeatedly stalled due to rising costs and ongoing disagreements among officials and residents, but the deteriorating infrastructure is propelling the county to finally move forward. County officials said the plan…...

2+ week, 5+ day ago   (403+ words) A businessman has been sentenced to two years in federal prison after pleading guilty to orchestrating a telemedicine fraud scheme that submitted approximately $110 million in false claims to Medicare. Steven Richardson, 42, of Port St. Lucie, was sentenced by U.S. District Court…...

2+ week, 5+ day ago   (29+ words) Yahoo Des Moines man who planted hidden cameras in porta potties sentenced to 20 years...

2+ week, 5+ day ago   (255+ words) A Des Moines man who admits to hiding cameras inside porta-potties has been sentenced to two decades in prison. Tyler Pavlick, 33, had pleaded guilty to three counts of attempted sexual exploitation of a minor and one count of possession of…...