National US jails rife with violence, abuse and overcrowding By KERI BLAKINGER The Marshall Project/Associated Press Nov 4, 2022 In California, lawyers accused staff at the Los Angeles County jail of chaining mentally ill detainees to chairs for days at a time. In West V…
World Watchdog says Afghan Taliban detaining, torturing civilians By RAHIM FAIEZ Associated Press Jun 10, 2022 ISLAMABAD (AP) — Taliban security forces in northern Afghanistan have unlawfully detained and tortured residents accused of association with a…
National Guantanamo prison lingers, an unresolved legacy of 9/11 By BEN FOX Associated Press Sep 9, 2021 NAVAL STATION GUANTANAMO BAY, Cuba (AP) — President Joe Biden turned the page on one legacy of 9/11 by ending the war in Afghanistan. But he h…
National US ends use of 2 immigration jails accused of mistreatment By BEN FOX and KATE BRUMBACK Associated Press May 20, 2021 WASHINGTON (AP) — A detention facility in Georgia where women claim they were subjected to unwanted medical procedures and a Massachusetts jai…
Local News Featured Protest over Redwood City jail conditions Updated Apr 13, 2025 A protest will take place Wednesday outside of the downtown Redwood City jail because of what planners say is the sheriff’s inability to maint…
National Advocates warn of more immigrant deaths without ICE action By NOMAAN MERCHANT Associated Press May 7, 2020 HOUSTON (AP) — More people will die of the coronavirus in U.S. immigration custody unless the Trump administration rapidly improves conditions…
National Detained immigrants plead for masks, protection from virus By NOMAAN MERCHANT Associated Press Apr 14, 2020 HOUSTON (AP) — Elsy was on the phone in an immigration detention center when guards showed up with face masks and forms to sign.
Coronavirus Trump administration urged to free migrants as virus surges By BEN FOX, PHILIP MARCELO and NOMAAN MERCHANT Associated Press Mar 25, 2020 WASHINGTON (AP) — Pressure was mounting on the Trump administration Wednesday to release people from immigration detention facilities where at…
National Detained immigrants sue over conditions, medical care By AMY TAXIN Associated Press Aug 19, 2019 LOS ANGELES (AP) — Immigrants held in U.S. detention facilities filed a lawsuit Monday decrying what they called shoddy medical care and a fai…
National CIA considered potential truth serum for terror suspects By DEB RIECHMANN, Associated PressUpdated Nov 14, 2018 WASHINGTON (AP) — Shortly after 9/11, the CIA considered using a drug it thought might work like a truth serum and force terror suspects to gi…
