Jail and Corrections

12+ hour, 46+ min ago   (493+ words) The El Paso County Sheriff’s Office is projecting a nearly $6 million budget shortfall to close out the fiscal year, with Sheriff Oscar Ugarte saying most of the gap is tied to overtime needed to keep the county’s jails staffed. Ugarte…...

3+ day, 22+ hour ago   (122+ words) A former employee of the Arizona Department of Corrections, Rehabilitation & Reentry is accused of releasing confidential videos showing use of force. Court records say Elbert Bowie worked at the Lewis prison complex in Buckeye. A probable cause statement alleges that…...

5+ day, 22+ hour ago   (139+ words) CAPE GIRARDEAU, Mo. (Heartland News) - A southeast Missouri man was sentenced to 15 years in prison for installing hidden cameras in the bathroom of a home. He was sentenced on Tuesday, September 29. According to the district attorney, 50-year-old Ross Andrew Schaefer…...

1+ week, 3+ day ago   (1452+ words) A dispute over who was next in line to use a jail tablet escalated into a six-on-one attack on a Black inmate and helped Stanislaus County prosecutors accomplish something that took more than five years of investigative work: locally establishing…...

1+ week, 3+ day ago   (543+ words) A Kosovar national has pleaded guilty to operating Rydox, a large illegal online marketplace that sold stolen personal information, login credentials, credit card details, and cybercrime tools. Kosovo law enforcement and Albania's Special Anti-Corruption Body (SPAK) arrested 28-year-old Ardit Kutleshi…...

1+ week, 4+ day ago   (248+ words) (TNND) — Elizabeth Holmes, the former Theranos CEO convicted of defrauding investors, is scheduled to be transferred from a federal prison camp to a halfway house in Texas in 2027, according to the Justice Department’s Victim Notification System. The scheduled Aug. 23, 2027, transfer…...

2+ week, 2+ day ago   (490+ words) Yesterday’s subject line: “Bolivia's 83% fuel shock, hours after the IMF loan” Rights groups and opponents call the killing of a Nicaraguan former officer in Costa Rica transnational repression. A Costa Rican court has now kept suspects in the case behind…...

3+ week, 1+ hour 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…...

3+ week, 4+ day 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…...

3+ week, 5+ day 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…...