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El Salvador Becoming 'Black Hole' For US Deportees, Critics Fear

Rights groups are increasingly worried that El Salvador's notorious CECOT prison is becoming a "black hole" for the United States to rid itself of expelled migrants or other unwanted people with no legal consequences.

International Business Times

Federal judge finds ‘probable cause’ to hold Trump administration in contempt – a legal scholar explains what this means

A battle between the Trump administration and federal courts over the deportation of more than 100 immigrants to a prison in El Salvador intensified on April 16, 2025. U.S. District Court Judge James Boasberg released an opinion saying that he had “probable cause” to hold members of the administration in…

The Conversation

White House enlists grieving Maryland mother in effort to blunt criticism for defying court order on mistaken deportation

Rachel Morin’s mother appeared in the White House briefing room to give an emotional account of her daughter’s brutal murder, as the Trump administration tries to change the narrative surrounding its deportation policies

The Independent UK

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Ex-NYPD officer sentenced to 18 months after conviction for helping China stalk an expat

A former New York police sergeant has been sentenced to 18 months in prison in a U.S. case about China’s pursuit of critics abroad

The Independent UK

El Salvadoran VP Reveals Trump Is 'Paying' to Keep Abrego Garcia at CECOT, Senator Says

Sen. Van Hollen revealed that El Salvador's VP claimed the Trump administration is paying to keep a wrongly deported Maryland resident imprisoned.

Latin Times

El Salvador refuses to let Democratic senator visit or speak with Kilmar Abrego Garcia: ‘We have an unjust situation here’

Chris Van Hollen was denied a meeting with the wrongfully deported Salvadoran man imprisoned inside a notorious jail

The Independent UK

Weinstein’s lawyers want him held in hospital rather than jail while he faces trial

Disgraced Hollywood mogul fears he could be vulnerable to life-threatening injuries or death if he’s not moved

The Independent UK

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Military Contractor Pitches Declaring Part Of El Salvador Prison As U.S. Territory To Expand Deportations

Former Blackwater CEO Erik Prince is part of a group pitching the White House a plan to largely expand deportations to El Salvador: declaring part of it U.S. territory

Latin Times

Manchester Arena bomb plotter ‘moved to Belmarsh prison’ after attack on guards

Hashem Abedi is alleged to have attacked three prison officers with hot cooking oil in kitchen at HMP Frankland

The Guardian - UK

Man gets life in prison in killing of transgender model in the South Caucasus nation of Georgia

A man has been convicted of stabbing to death a transgender actor and model in her apartment last year in Georgia

The Independent UK

10 guards charged over the fatal beating of a New York inmate, including 2 with murder

Ten prison guards were charged in connection with the fatal beating of a 22-year-old prison inmate, including two charged with murder

The Independent UK

Subpostmasters say their fight is still on as they are made OBEs

Seema Misra was eight weeks pregnant with her second child when she was sentenced to 15 months imprisonment in 2010.

The Independent UK

Peru's former first lady arrives in Brazil for asylum to evade prison

Peru’s former First Lady Nadine Heredia and her youngest son have arrived in Brazil after the neighboring country granted her asylum

The Independent UK

The Correspondent review – Richard Roxburgh is excellent as jailed journalist Peter Greste

Based on Greste’s account of his time in an Egyptian prison, this is an important story powerfully told

The Guardian - AU

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Salon

Vance's argument for American tyranny

The vice president argues it would too difficult to provide due process to those he wants to imprison or deport

Al Jazeera

Can Trump legally deport US citizens to El Salvador prisons?

Proposal to deport criminals who are US citizens could test the limits of the US Constitution, experts say.

International Business Times

New Attacks Target France Prison Guard Cars, Home

Assailants targeted cars and a building lobby linked to prison staff in France overnight, the authorities said Wednesday, the latest in a series of coordinated attacks that have put the government on edge.

The Independent UK

American YouTuber who entered island of isolated Indian tribe has bail plea rejected

Mykhailo Polyakov faces up to five years in prison for trying to contact indigenous tribe on North Sentinel Island

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International Business Times

White House Reportedly Exploring Options To Send U.S. Citizens To Foreign Prisons Despite Unconstitutionality Claims

The White House is "looking into" the legality of sending U.S. citizens to prisons in El Salvador despite experts saying such a move would be unconstitutional

Roll Call

Sen. Chris Van Hollen trip seeks return of migrant deported in error - Roll Call

Sen. Chris Van Hollen, D-Md., has taken a lead role among Democrats opposing the mistaken deportation of a migrant who lived in Maryland.

The Independent UK

Manchester bomb plotter ‘moved to Belmarsh prison’ after guards attacked

Hashem Abedi has been transferred to the high security jail in south-east London, it is understood.

The Guardian - UK

Manchester bomb survivor: jail attack represents ‘catastrophic failure of duty’

Martin Hibbert tells justice secretary he is ‘absolutely disgusted’ to hear of alleged assault by Hashem Abedi

Radio France Internationale

Anti-terror probe launched after wave of attacks on French prisons

France has launched a national anti-terror investigation after a series of arson attacks and shootings this week targeted prisons across the country, raising fears over organised efforts to intimidate the justice system.

The Independent UK

Tommy Robinson loses appeal bid after claiming prison is ‘making him ill’

The far-right figure, whose real name is Stephen Yaxley-Lennon, is being held in segregation at HMP Woodhill where he is allowed four hours of social phone calls each day

The Independent UK

Manchester Arena bomber’s brother given spork in prison days after alleged attack on three officers

Hashem Abedi moved to HMP Belmarsh, where he previously attacked a prison officer in 2020

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