Kushner earns praise for backing criminal justice overhaul
They had come at the invitation of presidential son-in-law Jared Kushner, a top White House adviser.
Category Archives: Federal Prisons
Jailbreak: The head count
Late last night, the Senate passed First Step, the leniency legislation that will free many thousands of felons from federal prison and shorten the sentences of many thousands of future felons. The vote was 87-12.
Ex-collector pleads guilty to embezzling $300,000
Missouri State Auditor Nicole Galloway, center, announced the results of her audit of the Callaway County Collector's Office on Monday. The audit discovered more than $300,000 in missing funds, she said.
Costly mistakes cited in Danbury prison reconstruction
Rebuilding the Danbury federal penitentiary cost needless expense and exposed female inmates to poor conditions and even danger while temporarily held in Brooklyn, two U.S. Department of Justice reports conclude. The reports by the department's Office of the Inspector General cover the period between July 2013 when the U.S. Bureau of Prisons announced it would convert Danbury from a prison housing women to one housing men, and October 2017 when the construction project was finished.
Wood County man pleads guilty in child porn case
Nathan Kelley entered a guilty plea to one count of distribution or attempted distribution of child pornography and to one count of possessing child pornography, Stuart said. Kelley admitted to using his phone to send images depicting child pornography through Twitter to another person on Nov. 18, 2017, at his residence in Wood County, officials said.
Star Parker: Senate should pass the First Step Act
It is rare these days in Washington to see bipartisan support for anything, let alone for a major issue with far reaching implications for the nation. This is why the bipartisan passage in the House, 360-59, of the First Step Act to reform our federal prisons is such big news.
FBI: Laconia man sentenced for selling meth
A Laconia man was sentenced to 50 months in federal prison for methamphetamine trafficking, U.S. Attorney Scott Murray announced Friday. Peter Dauphin, 45, sold "ice" methamphetamine to an buyer cooperating with law enforcement officers on five separate occasions in April and May 2017, according to court documents and statements made in court.
Assistant band director ordered to prison for distributing child pornography
A 29-year-old Corpus Christi man has been sentenced to federal prison following his conviction of distribution of child pornography, announced U.S. Attorney Ryan K. Patrick. Parker J. Pendergraph pleaded guilty March 26, 2018.
Texan convicted of smuggling 30 immigrants in load of limes
A South Texas man faces up to 10 years in federal prison after being caught trying to smuggle 30 immigrants in a refrigerated truck trailer hauling a load of limes. Prosecutors say David Rodriguez Sr. of Carrizo Springs was convicted Friday in Corpus Christi of conspiring to and transporting illegal immigrants.
Vigilance leads to federal prison
We sometimes take our municipal police forces for granted. At times, it's state troopers or deputies who grab the television and newspaper headlines.
The Latest: Police report assaults at protest in Oregon
Some of ... . A young child holds a sign during the rally to protest the Trump administration's immigration policies Saturday, June 30, 2018, in New York, New York.
Ex-Las Vegas headliner loses bid to undo federal porn plea
This March 17, 2007, file photo, magician Jan Rouven presents the Floating Virgin during the dress rehearsal of a German TV show in Riesa, eastern Germany. A federal judge has rejected a former Las Vegas Strip headliner's bid to withdraw his guilty plea in a pornography case involving thousands of videos and images, including some depicting kindergarten-age boys in sex acts.
Dimon, Corbat-led group criticize Trump immigration policy
A leading bank CEO condemned the Trump administration's "zero-tolerance" immigration policy that led to more children and parents being separated at the U.S.-Mexico border, as did a New York nonprofit co-led by another big-bank chief. President Donald Trump signed an executive order on Wednesday ending the family separations but other immigration issues remained unresolved.
Attorneys say there’s no access to asylum seekers in Oregon prison
A small group of protesters has set up camp outside the Portland, Oregon headquarters of the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement to protest the Trump administration's policy of separating families after illegal border crossings. About two dozen protesters gathered Tuesday, June 17, 2018, for a round-the-clock vigil and vowed not to leave until the policy was changed.
Rand Paul’s attacker got 30 days in jail. Was that enough?
Rand Paul's neighbor-turned-attacker is headed to federal prison, but some critics aren't happy with the sentence . Rene Boucher was sentenced to 30 days in jail last week for tackling the Kentucky senator, knocking him off his lawn-mower and breaking his ribs last year.
The Latest: Wyden: Immigration policy ‘makes zero sense’
The Latest on a visit by Democratic members of Oregon's congressional delegation to a federal prison where immigrants from Latin America are being held : Democratic members of Oregon's congressional delegation visited a federal prison where immigrants from Latin America have been transferred and blasted the Trump administration for separating parents from children. Sen. Ron Wyden said Saturday afternoon that "what we saw over the last hour demonstrates that the Trump 'zero tolerance' policy makes zero sense and shows zero understanding of American values" Around 120 immigrants from Mexico and Central America are reportedly being held at the prison, located 20 miles northwest of Salem, the state capital.
Merkley, Wyden to visit Oregon prison housing immigrants
Democratic members of Oregon's congressional delegation plan to visit a federal prison in Oregon where immigrants from Latin America have been transferred and an attorney seeking to represent the immigrants says they have been denied access to lawyers. Sens. Jeff Merkley and Ron Wyden and Reps.
Prosecutors: Kentucky Consultant Gave Bribe For Contract
Federal prosecutors say a veteran Democratic consultant and lobbyist gave "Christmas presents" to a high-ranking state official as part of a pay-to-play scheme that "attempted to reach the highest levels of state government." But an attorney for James Sullivan says the lobbyist is just being used by the state's former No.
Children from border fight in Washington state foster care
Washington Gov. Jay Inslee and a roster of fellow Democratic politicians on Saturday decried the federal government's decision to separate young children of asylum seekers taken into custody at the U.S.-Mexico border from their parents indefinitely. The administration is sending more than 1,600 immigrants - including some of those parents - to federal prisons amid a lack of space in other facilities.
Critics blast Trump, Sessions for sending border detainees to prison
In this May 7, 2018, file photo, Attorney General Jeff Sessions listens during a news conference in San Diego near the border with Tijuana, Mexico. A judge allowed a lawsuit challenging U.S. immigration authorities for separating parents from their children to go forward on Wednesday, June 6, but said he would decide later whether or not to order a nationwide halt.