prisons
Two years after he was arrested for his connection to gang-related crimes in a racketeering case, Casanova has received his prison sentence. The Brooklyn rapper, who was facing up to 60 years in prison, on Tuesday was sentenced to 188 months (or over 15 years) behind bars. Damian Williams, the United States Attorney for the Southern […]
Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) found human remains in a car located at the bottom of Lake Ontario earlier this year and identified them as those of David Hannah, a prison guard who went missing in 1983. Back in January, during an underwater search for a separate, unrelated vehicle, police divers found a car submerged in Lake […]
Prakazrel Michel, better known as Pras, was found guilty Wednesday for his involvement in an international conspiracy scheme in which millions of dollars in foreign money was used for the purpose of influencing U.S. government officials. According to TMZ, Pras, who was deemed guilty on all 10 counts, faces up to 20 years in prison. His attorney […]
Kawhi Leonard’s sister is facing life behind bars for murdering an elderly woman in 2019. ESPN reports Kimesha Williams, the sister of the Los Angeles Clippers star forward, has been sentenced to life without parole in connection with the murder of Afaf Assad, an 84-year-old Long Beach, California woman who Williams killed in a casino bathroom […]
The United States Supreme Court has declined to hear the case of a Texas inmate who spent more than half of his life in solitary confinement. According to Reuters, 54-year-old Dennis Wayne Hope sued Polunsky Unit prison officials several years ago, claiming he was forced to spend 22 to 24 hours a day inside a 9 feet long and 6 […]
Following the guilty verdict of three men involved in the killing of XXXTentacion, the rapper’s mother has suggested they will be targets behind bars. In comments provided to TMZ, Cleopatra Bernard gave her thoughts on the life sentences the three men were given at their sentencing earlier this week. She said the time they received was appropriate, […]
The three men accused of killing XXXTentacion have been sentenced to life in prison. According to WPLG, the defendants—Michael Boatwright, Trayvon Newsome, and Dedrick Williams—received their sentencing on Thursday, nearly five years after XXXTentacion was fatally shot at age 20. Prosecutors say the three men and their co-defendant Robert Allen had targeted XXXTentacion—legal name Jahseh Onfroy—outside a motorsport dealership […]
WNBA star and former political prisoner Brittney Griner has called on the Biden administration to help free American reporter Evan Gershkovich following his detainment in Russia. “Our hearts are filled with great concern for Evan Gershkovitch and his family since Van’s detainment in Russia,” reads a statement that was signed by both Griner and her […]
Former kickboxer and misogynistic influencer Andrew Tate was released from jail on Friday amid an ongoing investigation into alleged human trafficking. Tate, his brother Tristan and their two associates, Georgiana Naghel and Luana Radu, spent three months behind bars Romanian jail while authorities carried out a human trafficking investigation into the group. “We are ecstatic to […]
A former detention officer for the Fulton County Sheriff’s Office was arrested Monday following the discovery of a cellphone video showing her engaged in “inappropriate behavior” with an inmate. Kawana Jenkins has been charged with two counts of improper sexual contact by an employee or agent, five counts of violation of oath by a public officer, two […]
