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22 Sep 2016, 5:12 am by Shane Reeves, David Wallace
Most importantly, they receive combatant immunity for many of their actions and prisoner of war status if captured. [read post]
20 Sep 2016, 12:09 pm by Zachary Burdette, Quinta Jurecic
The French justice minister defended his country’s use of special prison units grouping together Islamist extremists, saying that the units are overall less violent than other sections of the French prison system despite recent publicity surrounding the attack of two guards by extremist prisoners in northern France. [read post]
19 Sep 2016, 11:55 am by Edward Smith
Among those honored were over 100 administrators, medical staff, correctional officers, parole agents and more from prisons all over the state of California. [read post]
15 Sep 2016, 8:47 am by Nora Ellingsen
Young was sentenced to 144 months years in prison—four years longer than her husband and co-conspirator. [read post]
12 Sep 2016, 1:15 pm by Rishabh Bhandari
In a sign of Turkey’s deepening involvement in the Syrian conflict, Turkish warplanes killed 20 Islamic State fighters in an attack on targets in northern Syria. [read post]
12 Sep 2016, 6:07 am by Edward J. Cyran
District Court for the Northern District of Illinois sentenced Kuchipudi to two (2) years in prison and the return of over $786,000, consisting of overpayments and fines. [read post]
11 Sep 2016, 7:23 am by Taylor Dibbert
Over the course of Sri Lanka’s brutal, twenty-six year war, tens of thousands of political prisoners were detained by the Sinhalese-dominated state and kept in prisons or detention centers throughout the country. [read post]
9 Sep 2016, 11:14 am by Rishabh Bhandari
Turkish airstrikes destroyed four stationary targets in northern Syria on Friday as Ankara continues to launch attack attacks against militants in the region. [read post]
8 Sep 2016, 7:15 am by EEM
Opportunity:CFP: 1st Australia and New Zealand Refugee Trauma Recovery in Resettlement Conference, Sydney, 29-31 March 2017 [info]- Submission deadline is 12 September 2016.Publications:"Between a Rock and a Hard Place: A Trauma-Informed Approach to Documenting the Traumatic Experiences of Tamil Refugees," Journal of Human Rights and Social Work, Online First, 13 July 2016 [free full-text]"Important Considerations When Providing Mental Health First Aid to Iraqi Refugees in Australia:… [read post]
7 Sep 2016, 1:19 pm by Rishabh Bhandari, Quinta Jurecic
The notorious radical British preacher Anjem Choudary has been sentenced to five years and six months in prison for promoting the Islamic State. [read post]
5 Sep 2016, 9:43 am by Gritsforbreakfast
With Labor Day off, let's take an opportunity to clear Grits' browser tabs of stories which won't immediately make it into individual blog posts:Celebrate the CCA by sunsetting itThe Texas Court of Criminal Appeals turns 125 this year, according to a perfunctory salute and abbreviated history from the state bar. [read post]
2 Sep 2016, 8:11 am by Elena Chachko
The letter also called on Israel to allow UN officials to investigate, and to provide access to al-Bursh while he remains in prison. [read post]
31 Aug 2016, 12:39 pm by Rishabh Bhandari, Quinta Jurecic
The video shows the couple pleading the United States to force Afghanistan to end its executions of Taliban prisoner, saying that the Taliban will kill them and their children unless the policy is changed. [read post]
30 Aug 2016, 12:39 pm by Rishabh Bhandari
Secretary of Defense Ash Carter called on Turkey and Kurdish forces in northern Syria to stay focused on fighting the Islamic State and not to target each other. [read post]
26 Aug 2016, 11:51 am by Rishabh Bhandari
As the administration has encountered congressional resistance to the president’s desire to close the prison, Obama has been steadily transferring detainees it concludes are not a threat to countries willing to take them. 61 prisoners remain at Guantanamo, including 20 that have been approved for transfer. [read post]
24 Aug 2016, 12:20 pm by Rishabh Bhandari, Caitlin Gilligan
The government said a new gate and fence were necessary to tighten security at a northern outpost of Europe’s passport-free Schengen zone. [read post]
23 Aug 2016, 11:00 pm by GJEL Staff
He died in prison in 2005, leaving a $250,000 life insurance policy to his son Jesse, who left prison in 2001 after serving 13 years for the same crimes as his father. [read post]
22 Aug 2016, 12:18 pm by Rishabh Bhandari, Quinta Jurecic
This policy shift arose after a recent report documented the prison system’s inability to combat the problem of “radicalization behind bars. [read post]