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A prison is a facility that is designed to hold individuals who have been convicted of a crime and are serving a sentence. Prisons are typically run by the government, and are intended to be places of punishment and rehabilitation. Inmates in prison are typically not allowed to leave the facility unless they are granted parole or are released at the end of their sentence. Prisons are often highly-secured and controlled environments, with strict rules and regulations designed to maintain order and safety. The conditions in prisons can vary depending on the country and the specific facility.
ST. THOMAS — A woman who lured poor women from other countries to St. Thomas in a long-running human trafficking operation is facing a minimum of five years in prison after signing a plea agreement with prosecutors, according to documents filed in U.S. District Court. Ramona Rivera Luna, 65, also known as “Clara,” was arrested…
A Dallas man was sentenced today to more than 30 years in federal prison for sex trafficking a 14-year-old minor and an adult victim, announced U.S. Attorney for the Northern District of Texas Chad E. Meacham. A federal jury in Dallas convicted Anthony Lennell Acy, 34, on one count of child sex trafficking and one…
Evidence suggests that execution by organ donation is part of a systematic campaign against people Beijing classifies as politically problematic. James S. RobbinsOpinion columnist The leading medical transplant journal in the world recently made the case that Chinese prisoners are being forced to give up organs at the expense of their lives. The journal article carried this shocking…
A six-month-long human trafficking operation resulted in the arrest of six Tulare County residents. During the investigation, Tulare County Human Trafficking detectives say they discovered the same people who were trafficking women for sex were also responsible for a drug trafficking organization. The investigation began in November 2021, when a victim came forward to report…
Farmworker advocates linked to human trafficking and forced labor in Georgia Two Georgia labor officials whose jobs involved protecting or advocating for farmworkers have links to one of the largest U.S. human trafficking cases ever prosecuted involving foreign agricultural laborers brought here on seasonal visas. One individual indicted in the case, Brett Donovan Bussey, left…
SCHENECTADY – The owner of Thai Thai Bistro in Niskayuna has admitted to labor trafficking, Schenectady County District Attorney’s officials said. Piyamas Demasi, 45, plead guilty to the felony charge Friday. She is to be sentenced in May to up to three years in prison. She could also get as little as five years of probation….
A person who has any knowledge or suspects anyone of human trafficking and fails to inform the police commits an offence, according to the Human trafficking Act, 2005 (Act 694). Any such person is liable upon summary conviction to a fine of not less than 250 penalty units or a term of imprisonment not less…
A woman has recalled the harrowing psychological torture she endured at a labour camp in China where prisoners had their organs harvested. Annie Yang, 56, was detained in three different camps between March 2005 and September 2006 in China before fleeing to the UK – she has shared her harrowing experience of psychological torture …
As part of the Abolish Slavery National Network Freedom United is campaigning against the poor conditions facing incarcerated people in U.S. prisons. Together we are saying, “No slavery, no exceptions.” Because of the exception clause – or the punishment clause – of the 13th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution, incarcerated people in the U.S. can…
Now measures are underway to dismantle the human trafficking networks operating within the Dzaleka Refugee Camp, identify and rescue their victims, and bring those responsible to justice. “The situation was much worse than we first envisaged,” says UNODC’s Maxwell Matewere, who initially visited the camp in October 2020, where he trained camp staff and law…
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