HispanicTips » prison http://www.hispanictips.com Essential Hispanic & Latino News :: Relevant, Trusted, Comprehensive and Useful Wed, 25 Nov 2009 23:04:57 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 en hourly 1 A 21-year-old Montgomery County man Hector Hernandez whose criminal case helped trigger new police policies in Montgomery Count regarding illegal immigration was sentenced to 50 years in prison Thursday for killing a 14-year-old honor student aboard a transit bus last year http://www.hispanictips.com/2009/10/14/a-21-year-old-montgomery-county-man-hector-hernandez-whose-criminal-case-helped-trigger-new-police-policies-in-montgomery-count-regarding-illegal-immigration-was-sentenced-to-50-years-in-prison-thursd/ http://www.hispanictips.com/2009/10/14/a-21-year-old-montgomery-county-man-hector-hernandez-whose-criminal-case-helped-trigger-new-police-policies-in-montgomery-count-regarding-illegal-immigration-was-sentenced-to-50-years-in-prison-thursd/#comments Wed, 14 Oct 2009 16:52:59 +0000 Tomas http://www.hispanictips.com/?p=64470 HispanicTips :: Hispanic & Latino News & Information]]> http://js-kit.com/rss/www.hispanictips.com/p=64470 0 The Pecos Insurrection – How a private prison pushed immigrant inmates to the brink. (a must read) http://www.hispanictips.com/2009/10/12/the-pecos-insurrection-how-a-private-prison-pushed-immigrant-inmates-to-the-brink-a-must-read/ http://www.hispanictips.com/2009/10/12/the-pecos-insurrection-how-a-private-prison-pushed-immigrant-inmates-to-the-brink-a-must-read/#comments Mon, 12 Oct 2009 17:26:21 +0000 Tomas http://www.hispanictips.com/?p=64192 HispanicTips :: Hispanic & Latino News & Information]]> http://js-kit.com/rss/www.hispanictips.com/p=64192 0 The recently formed Colorado Commission on Criminal and Juvenile Justice has joined with local Latino leaders to launch a plan aimed at reducing the disproportionate number of Hispanics in the state’s prisons. http://www.hispanictips.com/2009/09/15/the-recently-formed-colorado-commission-on-criminal-and-juvenile-justice-has-joined-with-local-latino-leaders-to-launch-a-plan-aimed-at-reducing-the-disproportionate-number-of-hispanics-in-the-state/ http://www.hispanictips.com/2009/09/15/the-recently-formed-colorado-commission-on-criminal-and-juvenile-justice-has-joined-with-local-latino-leaders-to-launch-a-plan-aimed-at-reducing-the-disproportionate-number-of-hispanics-in-the-state/#comments Tue, 15 Sep 2009 15:25:39 +0000 Tomas http://www.hispanictips.com/?p=61099 HispanicTips :: Hispanic & Latino News & Information]]> http://js-kit.com/rss/www.hispanictips.com/p=61099 0 DHS Announces 11 Previously Unreported Deaths In Immigration Detention http://www.hispanictips.com/2009/08/17/dhs-announces-11-previously-unreported-deaths-in-immigration-detention/ http://www.hispanictips.com/2009/08/17/dhs-announces-11-previously-unreported-deaths-in-immigration-detention/#comments Mon, 17 Aug 2009 23:19:07 +0000 Tomas http://www.hispanictips.com/?p=58567 HispanicTips :: Hispanic & Latino News & Information]]> http://js-kit.com/rss/www.hispanictips.com/p=58567 0 One Latino Michigan inmate shares his perspective on prison life as he waits for Gov. Granholm to decide his fate http://www.hispanictips.com/2009/08/13/one-latino-michigan-inmate-shares-his-perspective-on-prison-life-as-he-waits-for-gov-granholm-to-decide-his-fate/ http://www.hispanictips.com/2009/08/13/one-latino-michigan-inmate-shares-his-perspective-on-prison-life-as-he-waits-for-gov-granholm-to-decide-his-fate/#comments Thu, 13 Aug 2009 18:08:58 +0000 Tomas http://www.hispanictips.com/2009/08/13/one-latino-michigan-inmate-shares-his-perspective-on-prison-life-as-he-waits-for-gov-granholm-to-decide-his-fate/ HispanicTips :: Hispanic & Latino News & Information]]> http://js-kit.com/rss/www.hispanictips.com/p=58200 0 Black-Latino tensions blamed in Chino prison riot http://www.hispanictips.com/2009/08/11/black-latino-tensions-blamed-in-chino-prison-riot/ http://www.hispanictips.com/2009/08/11/black-latino-tensions-blamed-in-chino-prison-riot/#comments Tue, 11 Aug 2009 15:17:43 +0000 Tomas http://www.hispanictips.com/?p=58061 HispanicTips :: Hispanic & Latino News & Information]]> http://js-kit.com/rss/www.hispanictips.com/p=58061 0 Mexico’s Drug Traffickers Continue Trade in Prison http://www.hispanictips.com/2009/08/11/mexico%e2%80%99s-drug-traffickers-continue-trade-in-prison/ http://www.hispanictips.com/2009/08/11/mexico%e2%80%99s-drug-traffickers-continue-trade-in-prison/#comments Tue, 11 Aug 2009 12:30:05 +0000 Tomas http://www.hispanictips.com/2009/08/11/mexico%e2%80%99s-drug-traffickers-continue-trade-in-prison/ HispanicTips :: Hispanic & Latino News & Information]]> http://js-kit.com/rss/www.hispanictips.com/p=57967 0 Political prisoners held in Cuba increased by one to 206 in the past six months, the first time the number has not dropped sharply since Raul Castro took over http://www.hispanictips.com/2009/08/10/political-prisoners-held-in-cuba-increased-by-one-to-206-in-the-past-six-months-the-first-time-the-number-has-not-dropped-sharply-since-raul-castro-took-over/ http://www.hispanictips.com/2009/08/10/political-prisoners-held-in-cuba-increased-by-one-to-206-in-the-past-six-months-the-first-time-the-number-has-not-dropped-sharply-since-raul-castro-took-over/#comments Mon, 10 Aug 2009 20:43:54 +0000 Tomas http://www.hispanictips.com/?p=57820 HispanicTips :: Hispanic & Latino News & Information]]> http://js-kit.com/rss/www.hispanictips.com/p=57820 0 Obama’s Vision of “Truly Civil” Immigrant Prison Reform: More Prisoners, More Prisons http://www.hispanictips.com/2009/08/06/obama%e2%80%99s-vision-of-%e2%80%9ctruly-civil%e2%80%9d-immigrant-prison-reform-more-prisoners-more-prisons/ http://www.hispanictips.com/2009/08/06/obama%e2%80%99s-vision-of-%e2%80%9ctruly-civil%e2%80%9d-immigrant-prison-reform-more-prisoners-more-prisons/#comments Thu, 06 Aug 2009 21:24:57 +0000 Tomas http://www.hispanictips.com/?p=57774 HispanicTips :: Hispanic & Latino News & Information]]> http://js-kit.com/rss/www.hispanictips.com/p=57774 0 U.S. to Reform Policy on Detention for Immigrants – The Obama administration intends to announce an ambitious plan on Thursday to overhaul the much-criticized way the nation detains immigration violators, trying to transform it from a patchwork of jail and prison cells to what its new chief called a “truly civil detention system.” http://www.hispanictips.com/2009/08/06/us-to-reform-policy-on-detention-for-immigrants-the-obama-administration-intends-to-announce-an-ambitious-plan-on-thursday-to-overhaul-the-much-criticized-way-the-nation-detains-immigration-viola/ http://www.hispanictips.com/2009/08/06/us-to-reform-policy-on-detention-for-immigrants-the-obama-administration-intends-to-announce-an-ambitious-plan-on-thursday-to-overhaul-the-much-criticized-way-the-nation-detains-immigration-viola/#comments Thu, 06 Aug 2009 16:08:36 +0000 Tomas http://www.hispanictips.com/?p=57748 HispanicTips :: Hispanic & Latino News & Information]]> http://js-kit.com/rss/www.hispanictips.com/p=57748 0 The son of a decorated Vietnam veteran, Hector Veloz is a U.S. citizen, but in 2007 immigration officials mistook him for an illegal immigrant and locked him in an Arizona prison for 13 months. http://www.hispanictips.com/2009/08/04/the-son-of-a-decorated-vietnam-veteran-hector-veloz-is-a-us-citizen-but-in-2007-immigration-officials-mistook-him-for-an-illegal-immigrant-and-locked-him-in-an-arizona-prison-for-13-months/ http://www.hispanictips.com/2009/08/04/the-son-of-a-decorated-vietnam-veteran-hector-veloz-is-a-us-citizen-but-in-2007-immigration-officials-mistook-him-for-an-illegal-immigrant-and-locked-him-in-an-arizona-prison-for-13-months/#comments Tue, 04 Aug 2009 18:33:42 +0000 Tomas http://www.hispanictips.com/?p=57460 HispanicTips :: Hispanic & Latino News & Information]]> http://js-kit.com/rss/www.hispanictips.com/p=57460 0 An Oklahoma lawmaker who wrote one of the strongest state immigration laws in the nation is continuing his fight against illegal immigration with legislation that authorizes the deportation of illegal immigrant prison inmates. http://www.hispanictips.com/2009/06/22/an-oklahoma-lawmaker-who-wrote-one-of-the-strongest-state-immigration-laws-in-the-nation-is-continuing-his-fight-against-illegal-immigration-with-legislation-that-authorizes-the-deportation-of-illegal/ http://www.hispanictips.com/2009/06/22/an-oklahoma-lawmaker-who-wrote-one-of-the-strongest-state-immigration-laws-in-the-nation-is-continuing-his-fight-against-illegal-immigration-with-legislation-that-authorizes-the-deportation-of-illegal/#comments Mon, 22 Jun 2009 15:38:31 +0000 Tomas http://www.hispanictips.com/?p=55006 HispanicTips :: Hispanic & Latino News & Information]]> http://js-kit.com/rss/www.hispanictips.com/p=55006 0 With California slipping into a financial sinkhole, Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger is proposing to save more than $180 million by cutting short the sentences of thousands of immigrants in the state’s prisons and turning them over to federal authorities for deportation. http://www.hispanictips.com/2009/06/20/with-california-slipping-into-a-financial-sinkhole-gov-arnold-schwarzenegger-is-proposing-to-save-more-than-180-million-by-cutting-short-the-sentences-of-thousands-of-immigrants-in-the-states-pri/ http://www.hispanictips.com/2009/06/20/with-california-slipping-into-a-financial-sinkhole-gov-arnold-schwarzenegger-is-proposing-to-save-more-than-180-million-by-cutting-short-the-sentences-of-thousands-of-immigrants-in-the-states-pri/#comments Sat, 20 Jun 2009 21:25:19 +0000 Tomas http://www.hispanictips.com/2009/06/20/with-california-slipping-into-a-financial-sinkhole-gov-arnold-schwarzenegger-is-proposing-to-save-more-than-180-million-by-cutting-short-the-sentences-of-thousands-of-immigrants-in-the-states-pri/ HispanicTips :: Hispanic & Latino News & Information]]> http://js-kit.com/rss/www.hispanictips.com/p=54960 0 US Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) plans to dramatically expand an immigration enforcement program that uses biometric information to check the immigration status of all individuals booked at state and local jails. Known as Secure Communities, ICE expects to make the program available to each of the nation’s 1,200 state and federal prisons and 3,100 local jails by the end of 2012. http://www.hispanictips.com/2009/06/16/us-immigration-and-customs-enforcement-ice-plans-to-dramatically-expand-an-immigration-enforcement-program-that-uses-biometric-information-to-check-the-immigration-status-of-all-individuals-booked-a/ http://www.hispanictips.com/2009/06/16/us-immigration-and-customs-enforcement-ice-plans-to-dramatically-expand-an-immigration-enforcement-program-that-uses-biometric-information-to-check-the-immigration-status-of-all-individuals-booked-a/#comments Tue, 16 Jun 2009 15:39:11 +0000 Tomas http://www.hispanictips.com/2009/06/16/us-immigration-and-customs-enforcement-ice-plans-to-dramatically-expand-an-immigration-enforcement-program-that-uses-biometric-information-to-check-the-immigration-status-of-all-individuals-booked-a/ HispanicTips :: Hispanic & Latino News & Information]]> http://js-kit.com/rss/www.hispanictips.com/p=54400 0 The rounding up of thousands of suspects in Mexico’s drug war has left the already unruly prison system overwhelmed with jailbreaks and struggling to contain deadly riots between inmates from rival gangs. http://www.hispanictips.com/2009/06/03/the-rounding-up-of-thousands-of-suspects-in-mexicos-drug-war-has-left-the-already-unruly-prison-system-overwhelmed-with-jailbreaks-and-struggling-to-contain-deadly-riots-between-inmates-from-rival-g/ http://www.hispanictips.com/2009/06/03/the-rounding-up-of-thousands-of-suspects-in-mexicos-drug-war-has-left-the-already-unruly-prison-system-overwhelmed-with-jailbreaks-and-struggling-to-contain-deadly-riots-between-inmates-from-rival-g/#comments Wed, 03 Jun 2009 11:12:38 +0000 Tomas http://www.hispanictips.com/2009/06/03/the-rounding-up-of-thousands-of-suspects-in-mexicos-drug-war-has-left-the-already-unruly-prison-system-overwhelmed-with-jailbreaks-and-struggling-to-contain-deadly-riots-between-inmates-from-rival-g/ HispanicTips is Essential Hispanic & Latino News & Information
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My readers say it best: "love it," "addictive,""useful," "great," & "invaluable." - View quotes & testimonials]]> http://js-kit.com/rss/www.hispanictips.com/p=51758 0 Tejano singer Adalberto C. Gallegos Jr., 52, of Tucson has been sentenced to 15 months in federal prison on money laundering charges, according to a news release from the U.S. Attorney’s Office in Phoenix. http://www.hispanictips.com/2008/12/24/tejano-singer-adalberto-c-gallegos-jr-52-of-tucson-has-been-sentenced-to-15-months-in-federal-prison-on-money-laundering-charges-according-to-a-news-release-from-the-us-attorneys-office-in-ph/ http://www.hispanictips.com/2008/12/24/tejano-singer-adalberto-c-gallegos-jr-52-of-tucson-has-been-sentenced-to-15-months-in-federal-prison-on-money-laundering-charges-according-to-a-news-release-from-the-us-attorneys-office-in-ph/#comments Wed, 24 Dec 2008 20:17:01 +0000 Tomas http://www.hispanictips.com/2008/12/24/tejano-singer-adalberto-c-gallegos-jr-52-of-tucson-has-been-sentenced-to-15-months-in-federal-prison-on-money-laundering-charges-according-to-a-news-release-from-the-us-attorneys-office-in-ph/ HispanicTips is Essential Hispanic & Latino News & Information
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