Britons heading to the United Arab Emirates have been warned that carrying some foodstuffs and common over-the-counter medications could warrant a four-year prison sentence.Among the banned substances are foods containing poppy seeds; melatonin, which is taken to ease the effects of jetlag; codeine, a common ingredient in pain relief medication, and any trace of drugs such as cannabis, however small.
KIEV, Ukraine -- At least 10 convicts at a Ukrainian prison have declared a hunger strike in protest against allegedly brutal and humiliating treatment by the jail's administration, Ukrainian television said, citing a local human rights group.
One of the accusations was that prison staff had been beating them, Fifth Channel said, citing the Vinnytsya Human Rights Group.
Group chairman Dmytro
Last week, I posted this item about Marvin Montgomery, my brother-in-law, who was arrested for making false calls to 9-1-1. He is mentally handicapped, under the Hamilton County Board of Mental Retardation and Developmental Disabilities (MR/DD). Tonight, I was out with some in-laws, and asked for an update on Marvin. He is still in jail. That’s about 14 jail bed nights, and counting, for a developmentally disabled man picked up for making a phone call.
Well, according to the website, Mike is no longer in our county jail. We are assuming that by now he has been served the papers with the harassment restraining order on them. We do not know if he is back to couch surfing or if he has been transferred to another facility.I never dreamed that I would be grateful on the days that my child was in jail -- but at least when someone is there you know they are safe, they are fed, they are warm enough, and they aren't breaking more laws. But as I have stated over and over again, we really need a better plan for adults with FASD than to spend their lives behind bars.
Pakistani authorities sent as many as five fishermen to jail after a local court found them guilty of entering into Pakistan’s territorial waters. These fishermen were arrested on January 15 and handed over to the police on January 16. They were found fishing illegally in Pakistan territorial waters about 90 nautical miles from the coast. Pakistani authorities arrested them and seized their boat, the Dawn quoted Pakistan Police sources as saying. The names of those arrested are Karwa, son of Dewa; Jewa, son of Cheevi; Bhola, son of Jamid; Kanak, son of Jiwa; and Naro, son of Ram Bhai. The five were on-board a vessel, Jalpari, police said. Earlier, on Saturday, six other Indian fishermen were nabbed on the same charges. Their boat was seized. After obtaining their remand from court, they were sent to prison on Monday. (ANI)
A recent survey in Fitness magazine suggests that women still take personal appearance more seriously than Prison, Birth Defects, & Health. It's downright scary!Out of 1000 women, 25% would spend and entire week in prison in exchange for being their ideal weight upon release. 85% would accept an extra toe if they could stay their ideal weight.And another 25% would shave their heads, thus trading hair for weight loss.I am simply appalled. What happened to healthy living, or to controlling what you put in your mouth and how much you exercise?Tags: weight loss, News, fitness magazine, women, lynda lippin
An ex-employee Robin A. Hayes at medical Center was sent to jail for 39 months for stealing the identity information out of patients files.
With this Hayes was asked to pay $3,320.44 as compensation to two victims. According to Federal authorities, Hayes admitted her crime of stealing identity information from the patients files while she was an employee in the hospital. She used all of those
Today's News of the World knocks down the astonishing story about Amy Winehouse's jail hell that, erm, the News of the World ran less than a month ago.Now, the paper says that - depsite its lurid speculation that she'd be banged up and kill herself in prison - the CPS is unlikely to prosecute based on evidence collected so far to try and link her to claims that Blake tried to pervert the course of justice.Not that the NOTW thinks this is enough to stop her topping herself, mind:Meanwhile Amy's friends are terrified what she will do if her husband is convicted.One told us: "She's hatched a suicide pact with Blake. If he lands a lengthy sentence she's determined to end it rather than face years apart."Her family are worried sick." The paper seems determined that she's not going to make it out of this alive. We're not entirely sure how far you can suggest that a guilty verdict would force an innocent person to kill themselves before that could be considered to be influencing potential jur
You all remember the Norman Hsu story, don’t you? If you need a refresher you can check this and this out. Today Norman Hsu was sentenced to 3 years in jail.
Disgraced political donor Norman Hsu was sentenced Friday to three years in prison after a judge rejected his bid to throw out a 16-year- old fraud [...]
Michelle Rodriguez is serving her time in California's Lynwood jail just like other inmates.
Unlike some of the other A-listers who got a preferential treatment, the former Lost star is spending her nights on a bunk bed in a common area where 183 other general prisoners sleep.
"Michelle is one tough cookie and can handle general population just fine,” the New York Post quoted a source, as saying.
With Britney Spears scheduled to be deposed by ex-husband Kevin Federline's lawyer Mark Vincent Kaplan next week in their ongoing child custody case, OK! magazine suggests the troubled singer could find herself behind bars if she blows off the court
A Morocco court sentenced six men to jail terms ranging from four to ten months for allegedly engaging in homosexual acts. They were charged with violating Article 489 which criminalizes, “lewd or unnatural acts with an individual of the same sex.” Sarah Leah Whitson of the Human Rights Watch attacked the decision because “these men [...]
Scott Weiland has been formally charged with DUI, a charge which carries a year in the slammer.Weiland has issued a statement via his management denying that he was drunk at the time of his road accident, and looking forward to going to court to "clear things up".
By way of Norwegianity, TPM Muckraker is running a story on a guy named Hank Asher who, it turns out ran cocaine out of Columbia into Florida back in 1980 and is a very close friend of Rudy…That is “Rotten Rudy” Giuliani.
“H.A.”, according to ABC, is Hank Asher, who did indeed own a data mining [...]
Actor Kiefer Sutherland has just turned himself in to authorities in Glendale, CA (as agreed) from charges stemming from a DUI arrest earlier this year.
Kiefer was just booked. He is officially an inmate. The booking records show he is 5′10″, 150 lbs, blue eyes, blond hair, 40 years old. The arrest time (surrender) was 5:30 [...]
Fox News, USA Today, and a number of other major media outlets reported this week on news from Maryland where dozens of parents were notified by a district court that either they vaccinate their children or go to jail. The media reports have caused a lot of confusion around the U.S. among parents who have chosen not to vaccinate their children for certain illnesses based on concerns about possible negative impacts from the vaccines themselves. While the mainstream medical community claims vaccines are safe and effective, some people blame immunizations for a rise in autism and other medical problems. In actuality, there are no federal laws requiring vaccinations. Providing schools with vaccine exemption forms for your child is all that is required by federal law. If you have thoroughly researched the vaccine issue and have decided one or more vaccines may not be right for your children, follow this link to a website where you can download exemption forms for your state or country.
Today, the Hamilton County Board of Commissioners unanimously approved a motion brought forward by Commissioner David Pepper that would increase treatment options for first-time DUI offenders while freeing up jail bed space. The measure initiates action to designate the current Talbert House Reading Road facility as a minimum security correctional facility for the purpose of treating DUI offenders.
The Aiken County Sheriff's Office arrested an Augusta man who tried to open a bank account with a counterfeit $1,000,000 bill.
Alexander D. Smith is charged with disorderly conduct and forgery.
Investigators say Smith gave the counterfeit bill to a teller at Regions Bank in Clearwater, South Carolina. The employee refused to accept the bill and called the sheriff's office.
Officers say Smith
This weekend, Commissioner David Pepper spoke to The Cincinnati Beacon, giving details about new plans to get people out of jail who don’t need to be there. One of the ideas Pepper identified is emphasizing treatment in lieu of incarceration. One problem, perhaps, is the limited number of options for actualizing this concept. That got me thinking about Drake…
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For those on the political left, opposition to the jail plan sometimes took different forms than the reasons advanced by the right: progressives maintained the first priority was getting people out of jail who should not be there in the first place. While the campaign rhetoric from the right—claiming, sometimes, a need for more jail beds and not “nicer†jail beds—may have seemed to undermine the progressive objection, the failure of Issue 27 has now forced the issue upon the Hamilton County Commission. And it looks like they are implementing some new concepts that will finally get the important work started of cleaning up the process problems that clog our jails with people who don’t need incarceration.
ISLAMABAD (Reuters) - Pakistan released Imran Khan on Wednesday, his spokesman said, days after the cricketer-turned-politician was detained during a round-up of thousands of opponents
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The Cincinnati Beacon has obtained a copy of the fund-raising report for Citizens for a Safe Community, the pro-jail tax committee running numerous ads and robo-calls. The vast majority of their fund-raising came in the form of large donations, several from companies and individuals affiliated with 3CDC. The largest single donation, $50,000, came from David Pepper’s mother, Frances Pepper.
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A vague outline which plans eventually to tell us what will happen with nearly a billion dollars to build a new jail is not good enough. It is just not good enough. For a billion dollars, I expect something comprehensive, and not a booklet that uses the word “comprehensive” without any real substance. The Democrats have failed their progressive base, evident in the history of how they have handled this Super-Sized Tax. That’s why The Cincinnati Beacon formally endorses a “NO” vote for Issue 27.
Rex Ditto pleaded guilty and was sentenced to life in prison for killing Alan Shalleck, co creator of “Curious George” Rex Ditto pleaded guilty yesterday to first degree murder and robbery with a weapon. Rex Ditto will not be eligible for parole.
Rex Ditto took the plea so his parents
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The Cincinnati Beacon has obtained a copy of the transcripts for the hearing and decision for a temporary restraining order against Sheriff Leis to prevent him from further campaigning using county funds and equipment. As seen in the transcript for the hearing, Judge Nadel states that he is a friend of Sheriff Leis, but he said that he could decide the case in an unbiased manner. Unsurprisingly, he ultimately decided in favor of the sheriff, comparing his campaign for the jail to a United Way campaign.
The story of how these documents have been made available for public download really encapsulates the power of the digital revolution. First, we have Michael Earl Patton’s original story—based off the information he was given, which suggested the County accepted the gift of an industrial site without conducting an Environmental Site Assessment. This prompted Assistant County Administrator Jeff Aluotto to write a response, asking The Beacon to post it. After a review of this letter revealed several unanswered questions, someone filed a records request for the actual copy of the ESA. The large file was put on a CD, which Michael Earl Patton acquired, and gave to me so I could make it available to anyone who wishes to review it!
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One of the items in the so-called “Comprehensive Safety Plan” is video visitation. As explained earlier in The Cincinnati Beacon, this would prevent in-person visits to the inmates, even from family members. The Beacon has recently learned that video visitation is already being used in the Butler County jail, and not only family members but also members of the clergy are restricted from meeting the inmates.
Cincinnati Six Years After the Killing and the Riots
Guest article by Dan LaBotz
Why six years after police killed an unarmed black man and the city was rocked by riots, has everything in Cincinnati come down to the building of a jail? How did the liberals’ darling Todd Portune end up joining hands with conservative moral crusader Sheriff Simon Leis? Why has the Democratic Party placed all of its chips on 800 more jail beds in a city and a county with a declining population? Why have not only Democrats and Republicans, but also the corporations and the labor unions joined together to build a jail that is opposed by the NAACP and most black Cincinnatians? How did what began as a search for racial reconciliation lead to a jail that is to many here the emblem, that is, both the symbol and the reality of racial discrimination?
Speaking at the press conference will be Christopher Smitherman of the NAACP; Suhith Wickrema of No Jail Tax PAC; Dan La Botz of Cincinnati Progressive Action; Justin Jeffre, Green Party Candidate for Council; Michael Patton, Libertarian Party Candidate for Council; Andre Harper, Republican Candidate for City Council; County Commissioner Pat De Wine and Representative Tom Brinkman of the Ohio House.
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Guest article by Thomas A. Dutton.
One “fact” reigns supreme in the minds of most Cincinnatians—"crime."
We shouldn’t be surprised by this. After 50 years of mostly white suburbanization, a deindustrialized economy that has produced “jobless ghettos” and underemployment, and a rollback on most governmental initiatives associated with the New Deal and Great Society Programs in favor of an unfettered market, all of which have created large pools of expendable people in the nation’s core, is it any wonder that crime would grip the haves’ imagination?
Michelle Rodriguez has failed to fulfill the terms of her probation in a DUI case and may face jail time, the Los Angeles City Attorney’s office announced Friday.
“She hasn’t shown proof of completion of her 30 days of community service,” said City Attorney spokesman Frank Mateljan. “She could face jail [...]
Guest article by Mike Shryock, Licensed Professional Clinical Counselor
With 38 years experience working professionally with the mentally ill, the addicted and the criminal justice system, I am very troubled by the notion of building a larger jail. It is well known that our current jail is filled mostly with poor people with nonviolent misdemeanor charges directly related to their medical conditions which we as a society have failed to address in the community.
Sunday’s jail story and opinion by Peter Bronson was obviously written by someone who did not understand the issue and who was relying on only the pro-jail side for information. Besides portraying the jail as the preferred place for many mentally ill and African-Americans, some of the “facts” reported in a sidebar are wrong. One number, the “14,000” early releases since 2004, Sheriff Leis knows to be wildly wrong but often repeats it or a similar number in an apparent attempt to scare voters. Another, the $33 cost per taxpayer, is fudged. Other data are also wrong.
First, Simon Leis used taxpayer dollars to distribute threatening letters to his employees, suggesting that if they did not vote for the new jail they could lose their jobs. Next, Leis put huge “Support the New Jail” signs all over County vehicles in the Harvest Home parade—both actions which eventually prompted a citizen lawsuit. Now, he’s posted his message on the Sheriff’s web page!
Linda Newman, an activist with Cincinnati Progressive Action and the No Jail Tax PAC, recently published a letter to the editor in CityBeat. She desired to have it posted here, too, for reaching the maximum number of readers with her concerns.
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by No Jail Tax Pac
Hamilton County Sheriff Simon Leis and County Commissioners Todd Portune and David Pepper have called upon us to vote to add 800 news beds to the county jail to be financed by a regressive sales tax that we don’t want. The NAACP led a successful campaign this summer that also involved CPA, COAST, ACORN, the Libertarian Party and the Green Party. We succeeded in keeping Leis, Portune and Pepper from foisting this jail on us and now have the right to vote on the jail tax in the coming November election.
Guest article by Hamilton County Commission President Todd Portune.
The Beacon article quoting Suhith Wickrema’s statements that we do not need to house federal prisoners and which then forms the basis to launch other attacks against the Hamilton County Comprehensive Public Safety Plan offers a multitude of inaccurate or incomplete assertions in the ongoing effort to defeat the plan at the polls. As a consequence, people like Dan La Botz react without full knowledge, or worse yet, La Botz has willfully chosen to join in. Either way a full recitation of the facts and the reasoning is needed for the voter to make an informed decision.
“I would rather a thousand times be a free soul in jail than to be a sycophant and coward in the streets ... If it had not been for the men and women who, in the past, have had the moral courage to go to jail, we would still be in the jungles.”
Eugene V. Debs (1855 – 1926) U.S. labor and political...
No Jail Tax PAC, the grassroots citizens’ political action committee that led the fight to defeat the jail tax proposed on the ballot last November, will oppose the jail tax again in this coming election, according to spokesman Suhith Wickrema, a social worker who lives in Cincinnati.
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There is an old saying, “don’t look a gift horse in the mouth.” I asked a friend of mine who worked with horses all his life about this saying and he explained that there are many reasons why one SHOULD look a gift horse in the mouth, in fact, one would be a fool not to. Similarly, one should always check out free gifts of industrial property. Anybody who has paid attention to the news in the past thirty years knows about toxic waste sites, poisons, lead paint, Superfund, groundwater contamination, and underground storage tanks. Cleaning up such sites can cost many millions of dollars.
Finally Sallu bhai has been dictated 5 years jail for poaching a gazelle at a wildlife preserve."Salman Khan will have to surrender before the court and be sent to jail to serve the sentence," said prosecutor P.R. Bishnoi, after the ruling at a court in Jodhphur, a city in the northern state of Rajasthan.Salman's Lawyer remarks "Salman would likely surrender once he gets the court order".Bollywood was sad with court's verdict.Salman came into limelight with the release of the hit films Maine Pyar Kiya (I Have Loved) in 1989 and Hum Aapke Hain Kaun (What Am I To You) in 1994.He was recently doing Marigold and Partner.Let's see what is in forture for Sallu
Salman Khan was alloted 343 identity at Jodhpur jail on Saturday.He looked totally frustrated and pale while he was accompanied to the police custody. He was given this verdict on eve of his hunting of rare chinkara deer in 1998.The dramatic jailing, which drew hundreds of his fans to the court and the prison complex, came a day after a district court upheld the five-year jail term given to Salman by a lower court. Salman has been convicted of poaching a chinkara deer at the Ghoda farm near Jodhpur on the night of September 28, 1998 while filming Sooraj Barjatya's blockbuster Hum Saath Saath Hain. Jail sources told IANS that Salman had been sent to barrack no 1.5, where the hugely popular actor had spent three nights in April 2006 before he got bail. Giving him company is Mahesh, who was with Salman during his first jail also. Jail officials said Salman may be a celebrity but he would wear the white prison dress like everyone else and get no special treatment. "We will follow the Jail
Mumbai: Actor Salman Khan, who was granted bail by the Jodhpur bench of Rajasthan High Court on Friday in the Chinkara poaching case, reached home in Mumbai later in the day.Speaking to the media, the actor, who spent a week in the Jodhpur jail, said he believed in destiny.“I am very thankful to my fans who prayed for me. I am not guilty. I want to hold my head high and not hang it in shame,” said Salman.Salman, who flew to Mumbai in a chartered plane after his release, reportedly broke down into tears when he heard the news.When asked how he utilised his time in jail, Salman said, “I used to paint inside the Jodhpur Central Jail I will auction all the paintings that I made in jail.”tating that his family was his strength and his support system, he said, "I cried on the Rakhee day. It was tough for me.”Salman has been in Jodhpur Central Jail for the past seven days after a sessions court upheld his five-year jail term in the 1998 Chinkara poaching case.The actor also took tim
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DeWine Reiterates Call to End Practice to Free Up Jail Space
Cincinnati, OH - - September 5, 2007 - - An opinion made public today, and authored by the County Prosecutor, supported County Commissioner Pat DeWine’s position that the current contract to house federal prisoners in the County jail does not comply with Ohio law. DeWine first identified the illegality of the practice, and introduced a motion to end the practice on August 15. DeWine noted that Ohio law only allows such an arrangement to be entered by the County Commissioners and the Board of Commissioners had never acted to allow such a practice. The full Board held up acting on DeWine’s request, requesting an opinion from the Prosecutor.
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