Private prison industry backs Trump, prepares if Biden wins
Executives at the nation’s two largest private prison companies have been donating large sums to President Donald Trump and Republican candidates with an eye toward the November elections that one of the corporations believes will lead to a rebound in its stock price.
Private prison companies positioned to benefit from increased deportations
As the Trump administration is ramping up detentions and deportations of immigrants living in the United States, it is also revising and expanding contracts with private prison facilities. Prison companies can earn millions from the federal government by building and operating the facilities used to hold people before they are removed from the country.
New York to release some prison inmates early over shortage of guard staff
New York state prisons will release some inmates early because the system does not have enough corrections officers, weeks after the state fired more than 2,000 guards who went on strike over poor working conditions.
In a memo Monday, corrections Commissioner Daniel Martuscello directed prison leaders to begin identifying inmates who were convicted of minor crimes and already set for release within 15 to 110 days to be considered for an early discharge.
South Carolina inmate executed by firing squad for first time in US since 2010
A convicted double murderer has been executed by firing squad – the first such execution in the United States since 2010, according to the South Carolina Department of Corrections.
The execution of Brad Sigmon, 67, by the South Carolina Department of Corrections on Friday is only the fourth firing squad execution in the US since capital punishment was reinstated in 1976, according to the Death Penalty Information Center.
One of first prisoners held at Guantanamo by US sent back to Tunisia
Guantanamo Bay inmate Ridah Bin Saleh al-Yazidi has been repatriated to Tunisia, the US Department of Defense says.
He was found eligible for transfer from the detention facility after a "rigorous interagency review process", a press statement said.
US releases Guantanamo Bay prisoner held since day 1
A prisoner who has been held at Guantanamo Bay since the day it opened over 20 years ago has been released, the Pentagon said.
Ridah bin Saleh al-Yazidi’s transfer back to Tunisia was approved more than a decade ago, and he was never charged, but authorities have only just confirmed his repatriation.
Pentagon returns to Tunisia a Guantanamo Bay detainee held in the US military prison since 2002
The Pentagon on Monday returned to Tunisia a detainee held at the United States' military base at Guantanamo Bay, in Cuba, since 2002.
The Defense Department said Ridah Bin Saleh al-Yazidi, 59, was repatriated to the government of Tunisia after he was "determined transfer-eligible by a rigorous interagency review process established by [a] 2009 Executive Order."
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Russian court sentences 72-year-old American to prison for fighting in Ukraine
A Russian court on Monday sentenced a 72-year-old American in a closed trial to nearly seven years in prison for allegedly fighting as a mercenary in Ukraine.
Prosecutors said Stephen Hubbard signed a contract with the Ukrainian military after Russia sent troops into Ukraine in February 2022 and he fought alongside them until being captured two months later.