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Assailants gunned down the chief warden of an Ecuador prison Sunday as citizens across the nation cast ballots on proposed tougher measures to fight a surge in gang-related crime.

Watchdog argues drug search powers should be boosted to fix system that is ‘not fit for purpose’ as home affairs department rejects multiple recommendations

The Justice Department reported yesterday: Earlier today, at the federal courthouse in Brooklyn, Nicholas Welker, also known as "King ov Wrath," was sentenced by United States District Judge Pamela K. Chen to 44 months' imprisonment for conspiring to make death threats. Welker, the leader of Feuerkrieg Division ("FKD"), an international…

Coban Porter sentenced to prison for DUI vehicular homicide, Jontay Porter banned from NBA for betting violations, impacting the Porter family.

Californians for Safer Communities reported filing over 900,000 signatures on April 18 in support of an initiative that would make changes to Proposition 47, which California voters approved in 2014 by a vote of 59.6% to 40.4%. Proposition 47 classified certain crimes as misdemeanors instead of felonies unless the defendant…

Aam Aadmi Party national convener and Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal told a Delhi court that the Enforcement Directorate was being “petty” and accused the agency of “politicising” what he ate in prison

Nellore Central Prison inmates contribute to elections by making EVM racks, part of Andhra Pradesh's crime-free society initiative.

Parole denied.

At least one inmate claims that the shower stalls, which were just 3 feet by 3 feet, were covered in human feces.