Homeland Security
The Homeland Security topic covers the role of corrections in National Security — from immigrant detention centers to Guantanamo Bay.
The DHS has declined to confirm that Milwaukee County Sheriff David Clarke will be joining the agency
Omar Abdel-Rahman, convicted of plotting terror attacks in the U.S. in the ‘90s, died after suffering from diabetes and coronary artery disease
Sheriff Thomas Hodgson offered inmate labor to help President Trump build a wall between Mexico and the U.S.
Barry Walter Bujol Jr. was convicted of attempting to provide material support to a foreign terrorist organization and aggravated identity theft
The inmates, some of whom are illegal immigrants, represent 2 percent of the state’s 55,092 prisoners
Correctional staff at the “supermax” prison in Florence, Colo. protect us each day by housing dozens of terrorists
Tarek Mehanna of Sudbury is accused in an indictment of conspiring to kill American troops in Iraq
Group reached a new milestone for the first time this year, making up the majority all federal felony offenders sentenced in the first nine months of fiscal year 2011
Judge Thomas Thrash granted a request to block parts of the law that penalize people who knowingly and willingly transport or harbor illegal immigrants while committing another crime
Judge has advanced a lawsuit challenging Metro Nashville’s authority to investigate the immigration status of jail inmates and determine whether to turn them over for federal deportation proceedings
The U.S. Department of Homeland Security’s Secure Communities Initiative allows authorities to compare fingerprints of people held in local jails those in federal immigration databases
Islamic radicalization in prisons continues to be a concern among law enforcement officials across the U.S.
Finding religion in prison brings comfort to many but can it lead to deadly consequences of mass proportions?
If the San Francisco sheriff’s plan becomes reality, illegal immigrants arrested for petty crimes won’t be held in jail longer than necessary
Identifying some of the 450 to 650 foreign nationals booked into the Humboldt County Jail is an impossible task
British police will have only up to 14 days to detain suspected terrorists — still a far longer period than in most other nations
Sheriff Tom Knight said he agrees with the general philosophy of getting illegal immigrants off the street, but realistically Sarasota County doesn’t have the jail space to house them.
Yolanda Lugo Jimenez is expected to serve prison time before being deported to Mexico.
Facility in Stewart, Ga. houses detainees facing deportation from U.S.
Two more Muslim inmates are trying to join American-born Taliban fighter John Walker Lindh in his fight for group prayer
Abuse of inmates at Abu Ghraib prison in Iraq and complaints of detainee torture will be one focus of the study
Alabama cries foul as Georgia stands to gain federal money, jobs
Struck down the federal government’s challenge to the portion of the law that prohibits the transport of illegal immigrants.
Nearly half of 287(g) detainees charged with minor offenses.
The 600-bed, $32 million civil detention facility is the first of its kind to house low-risk detainees
November 5, 2010 marks the one-year anniversary since Maj. Nidal Hasan opened fire in a crowded medical building at Fort Hood
Drug lords’ gunmen target narcotics thieves, feds say
The American, Reza Taghavi, 71, hadn’t been charged with a crime despite suspicions he supported a violent opposition group
The detainee, a former al-Qaida cook, was promised a plea bargain deal for pleading guilty to supporting terrorism
The prisoner has been on a hunger strike for more than five years; is still being fed with a nutrient mix through a nasal tube
The prisoner is accused of recruiting Sept. 11 hijackers
Hasan’s lawyer is also asking for a change of venue