Prison Population in Ukraine (December 31, 2024)
As of 31.12.2024, 37124 people were held in penitentiary institutions in Ukraine: Total Pre-trial prisons Correctional colonies 13 Sep 40201 15392 23896 06
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Kenneth Johnson, Francis Clement and John Stinson will stand trial on charges that they ordered murders as members of the Aryan Brotherhood. They
The CPT Publishes Report on 2024 Visit to Switzerland
The Council of Europe’s Committee for the Prevention of Torture and Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment (CPT) has published the report on
California v. Ramirez: the Mexican Mafia
After hearing evidence defendants Jamie Ramirez and Albert Villa participated in a beating of another inmate while in custody at Southwest Detention Center,
People v. Valdez: Sureño, Norteño
On January 27, 1994, around 2:30 p.m., a caravan of vehicles, including a white Datsun, drove by the residences of Jesus Mesa, Margarito
California v. Oliva: the Mexican Mafia, the 12th Street
In 2012, defendant admitted to a detective from the San Bernardino County Sheriff’s Department that he was a member of the 12th Street
Quiroz v. Clark: the Loma Bakers, the Cycos 13, the 18 Street
On the evening of the shooting, Raul Alatorre saw Petitioner, Risky, Flaco and Wicked in the area while he was playing basketball in
The CPT: Review of 2024 Activities and Upcoming Visits for 2025
35 years after the European Committee for the Prevention of Torture and Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment (CPT) first began its work,
People v. Super. Ct. (Guevara): Norteños, Sureños, the Mexican Mafia
Edgardo Ortiz Guevara was sentenced to 28 years to life under the “Three Strikes” law. His third strike was a nonserious, nonviolent felony.
Dmytro Yagunov: African-American Gangs in the United States: History, Transformation, Subculture, Hierarchy, Case Law and Political Discourse
This article focuses on African American street and prison gangs, which – along with other gangs – constitute a significant and iconic phenomenon