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SOMA, SF
fromwww.theguardian.com
1 hour ago

Ketamine Queen' who pleaded guilty to selling Matthew Perry fatal dose to be sentenced

Jasveen Sangha, known as the Ketamine Queen, faces a 15-year sentence for selling ketamine that contributed to Matthew Perry's death.
UK news
fromwww.theguardian.com
7 hours ago

Treat jailed drug dealers like radical extremists, says prisons watchdog

Jailed drug dealers should be isolated and managed assertively to reduce violence and chaos in prisons.
NYC LGBT
fromwww.amny.com
14 hours ago

NYS corrections worker and felon boyfriend indicted for pimping out child

A corrections employee and her inmate partner were indicted for running a prostitution ring, including trafficking a child.
fromABC7 San Francisco
7 hours ago

New location proposed for controversial San Mateo County drug treatment facility

The Burlingame property, which previously housed a treatment facility, is already configured for services, allowing for a quicker opening compared to the El Camino Real site.
Mission District
Miami Marlins
fromwww.cnn.com
5 hours ago

Suspect in Gilgo Beach serial killings expected to plead guilty in court today

Rex Heuermann is expected to plead guilty to the murders of seven women in a court hearing.
#murder
US news
fromBoston.com
1 day ago

Worcester man receives life sentence for home invasion

Concepcion Rodriguez was sentenced to life in prison for a 2022 home invasion and multiple other charges.
California
fromABC7 San Francisco
19 hours ago

3 men to be sentenced after guilty pleas in 2021 fatal shooting of former SJ officer Kevin Nishita

Three men are being sentenced for the 2021 murder of retired police officer Kevin Nishita during a robbery attempt.
Psychology
fromPsychology Today
1 day ago

Dissociation: Imagination and Error in Criminal Justice

Dissociation is a normal psychological process that aids creativity but can also lead to erroneous beliefs and interpretations in various fields.
fromBoston.com
2 days ago

New Bedford man gets decades-long prison sentence for raping young relative

The victim shared numerous incidents of 'indecent touching' and accounts of rape by 'penile penetration' by Turcios Torres, the DA's said.
SF parents
Law
fromIndependent
3 days ago

Garda jailed for a year over attack on teenager released after less than a month

A garda was sentenced to a year in prison for assaulting a teenager but was released after less than a month.
fromIndependent
3 days ago

'He deserved every day he served': Paedophile Pat Salmon (89) dies four months into three-year jail term

Pat Salmon, who was sentenced for the repeated sexual assault of a five-year-old girl, died in the Mater Hospital after serving only four months of his three-year sentence.
London politics
#drug-trafficking
fromIndependent
1 month ago
London politics

Gardener who told gardai he was in fear when he agreed to hold nearly 90,000 of drugs jailed

fromIndependent
1 month ago
London politics

Gardener who told gardai he was in fear when he agreed to hold nearly 90,000 of drugs jailed

Social justice
fromwww.theguardian.com
3 days ago

Rise in number of girls being identified as victims in county lines exploitation, data shows

An increasing number of girls are identified as victims of county lines exploitation, rising from 15% to 22% of cases in one year.
SF politics
fromTruthout
4 days ago

CA Should Send Prisoners Home Instead of Spending Millions on New Facilities

California's prison reform focuses on expensive new facilities rather than effective rehabilitation, with minimal budget allocation for actual rehabilitation programs.
#ice
fromSilicon Canals
5 days ago
US politics

ICE confirms it deployed Paragon spyware inside the United States for drug trafficking cases - Silicon Canals

ICE is using commercial spyware domestically, raising constitutional concerns about warrantless surveillance and lack of oversight.
fromTechCrunch
5 days ago
US politics

ICE says it bought Paragon's spyware to use in drug trafficking cases | TechCrunch

ICE has utilized spyware from Paragon Solutions to combat drug trafficking and foreign terrorist organizations' use of encrypted communications.
US politics
fromSilicon Canals
5 days ago

ICE confirms it deployed Paragon spyware inside the United States for drug trafficking cases - Silicon Canals

ICE is using commercial spyware domestically, raising constitutional concerns about warrantless surveillance and lack of oversight.
US politics
fromTechCrunch
5 days ago

ICE says it bought Paragon's spyware to use in drug trafficking cases | TechCrunch

ICE has utilized spyware from Paragon Solutions to combat drug trafficking and foreign terrorist organizations' use of encrypted communications.
Medicine
fromTruthout
6 days ago

Our Prison-Like Clinic System Is Thwarting Effective Opioid Addiction Treatment

Methadone is essential for opioid addiction treatment, yet its distribution is heavily regulated by law enforcement, complicating access for those in need.
Upper West Side
fromwww.amny.com
5 days ago

Alleged Lower East Side gang members indicted for multiple shootings over two-year period amid war with rivals | amNewYork

Seven alleged gang members were indicted for firearms and murder schemes, linked to multiple shootings in Manhattan's Lower East Side.
Washington DC
fromSlate Magazine
5 days ago

They Had to Clean Solitary Cells. What They Saw Forced Them to Quit.

Solitary confinement work is demoralizing and involves invasive strip searches, contributing to severe mental health issues among incarcerated individuals.
NYC parents
fromwww.amny.com
6 days ago

Criminal case against man shot by cops during mental health crisis will move forward | amNewYork

A Queens man shot by police during a mental health crisis faces criminal charges despite calls for dismissal from his mother and community members.
fromIndependent
3 days ago

Brenda Power: Botox behind bars and no jail terms for financial crime - radical ways to shake up our broken prison system

A detective garda who brutally assaulted his wife in front of their young children walked free from court without a custodial sentence, raising serious concerns about justice.
Law
#san-francisco
fromMission Local
4 days ago
Mission District

S.F. probation department's new van hits the streets

The San Francisco probation department's mobile unit aims to assist homeless individuals on probation with essential services and resources.
fromMission Local
2 months ago
San Francisco

Crime fell nationwide last year-but in S.F., drug offenses soared 54%

San Francisco's drug-offense rate increased nearly 54% in 2025 to about 9 arrests per 1,000 residents, while most other crimes declined.
Mission District
fromMission Local
4 days ago

S.F. probation department's new van hits the streets

The San Francisco probation department's mobile unit aims to assist homeless individuals on probation with essential services and resources.
California
fromCalifornia Post
5 days ago

'Hotel California' cocaine found stashed in secret compartment during $1M bust

Police found $1 million worth of cocaine hidden in a car during a traffic stop in Merced after the driver and passenger consented to a search.
#dangerous-driving
London politics
fromwww.independent.co.uk
6 days ago

Man accused of injuring seven people with car in Derby appears in court

A man has been charged with dangerous driving after injuring seven pedestrians in Derby, with serious but non-life-threatening injuries reported.
fromIndependent
2 months ago
Miscellaneous

Man (43) who rammed van into gates, causing niece's death, after cocaine and alcohol bender is jailed for five years

London politics
fromwww.independent.co.uk
6 days ago

Man accused of injuring seven people with car in Derby appears in court

A man has been charged with dangerous driving after injuring seven pedestrians in Derby, with serious but non-life-threatening injuries reported.
fromIndependent
2 months ago
Miscellaneous

Man (43) who rammed van into gates, causing niece's death, after cocaine and alcohol bender is jailed for five years

fromIndependent
2 weeks ago

Senior marketing executive charged over 110,000 drugs seizure at Bauer Media's Newstalk headquarters

Seafra O'Donovan, a senior marketing executive at Ireland's largest independent radio group, was charged after a €110,000 cannabis seizure at the company's Dublin offices.
Cannabis
UK politics
fromwww.theguardian.com
2 weeks ago

The Guardian view on prisons: sentencing reform has not eased the sense of crisis | Editorial

Prisons in England and Wales face a crisis with high violence, staff shortages, and inadequate reforms, necessitating urgent government action.
fromwww.bbc.com
5 days ago

Prison guard and gang jailed over contraband plot

Jason Thompson, a guard at HMP Isis, was suspended as the Metropolitan Police investigated his involvement in smuggling drugs and contraband into the prison. He was sentenced to four years and six months for conspiracy and misconduct.
UK news
fromHoodline
2 weeks ago

Cypress Hills shooting: Men sentenced in Brooklyn

Joshua Bonilla was sentenced to 32 years to life, and Bryant Perez, identified by prosecutors as the getaway driver, received 20 years to life after pleading guilty.
Brooklyn
Canada news
fromwww.cbc.ca
1 week ago

Man sentenced to 9.5 years for kidnapping Toronto teen over half-brother's cocaine theft | CBC News

A man was sentenced to nine-and-a-half years for kidnapping a 14-year-old boy over a drug debt related to his half-brother.
fromwww.independent.ie
1 week ago

Two men in court over alleged 6,400 drone drug delivery to Cloverhill Prison

Craig Doyle, 25, of The Paddocks Way, Adamstown, Lucan, and 30-year-old Adam Aspel, with an address at Corkagh Grange Way, Clondalkin, were arrested by gardai carrying out surveillance of drone activity on March 28.
Law
fromwww.amny.com
2 weeks ago

Manhattan man convicted of causing fentanyl-related death of toddler son: DA Bragg | amNewYork

Rosa was found guilty of second-degree manslaughter and second-degree aggravated harassment for allowing his son to ingest lethal doses of drugs.
NYC parents
UK news
fromwww.independent.co.uk
4 days ago

Young adults facing life or indeterminate sentences almost doubles in a decade

The number of young adults receiving life sentences has nearly doubled in a decade, raising concerns about their mental health and future prospects.
Higher education
fromwww.theguardian.com
3 weeks ago

He's definitely no Walter White': former US academic charged with dealing meth

A former college dean named Alan Jay White was arrested in Indiana for alleged methamphetamine dealing and counterfeiting, drawing comparisons to the fictional character Walter White from Breaking Bad.
Public health
fromThe Walrus
4 weeks ago

Cocaine Is Atlantic Canada's Silent Killer | The Walrus

Cocaine-related deaths are surging in Atlantic Canada, driven by increased drug potency and mental health complications, with poverty and housing shortages exacerbating the crisis.
fromwww.amny.com
2 weeks ago

Split state Court of Appeals reverses drug-selling conviction, with disagreement over rules of using prior crimes as evidence | amNewYork

The high court found that the two incidents were dissimilar. The 2017 incident involved individual drug possession with intent in Henderson's personal vehicle, while the 2019 incident involved allegedly joint possession in an apartment where four other people were staying.
Law
fromwww.theguardian.com
2 weeks ago

California's new war on drugs': thousands arrested, few get treatment, data shows

Proposition 36, a state ballot measure, enacted harsher penalties for minor theft and drug offenses, with proponents pledging the crackdown would lead to mass treatment to keep people alive, out of jail, and off our streets. Case records, however, suggest the state is largely failing to meet the central goal of getting people help and instead conducting mass arrests and incarcerating more people with addiction.
California
Boston food
fromBoston.com
3 weeks ago

2 men arrested after fatal overdose on Cape Cod prompts monthslong, multi-town investigation

Two men arrested for cocaine trafficking following investigation into November 2025 fatal overdose in Massachusetts.
NYC parents
fromBoston.com
3 weeks ago

Former Boston Public Schools teacher sentenced to 10 years in prison for child exploitation

A former Boston science teacher received a 10-year prison sentence for using Discord to solicit sexually explicit images from minors across multiple states and countries.
Canada news
fromwww.cbc.ca
3 weeks ago

Ontario to end funding to multiple drug consumption sites, including 2 in Toronto, forcing them to close | CBC News

Ontario is ending funding for at least seven drug consumption sites across the province, including two in Toronto, with a 90-day notice period ending June 13, 2026.
Law
from48 hills
2 weeks ago

Lurie wants to be tough on crime-but won't pay for the impacts on defendants - 48 hills

Increased arrests and prosecutions in San Francisco are costly, leading to understaffed public defense and potential legal ethics violations.
fromwww.mercurynews.com
1 month ago

Honduran national convicted of drug-trafficking in Bay Area

The drugs were stored inside a pair of backpacks at Palma's apartment, prosecutors said. One was hidden in a laundry hamper in Palma's bedroom closet. It contained more than 400 grams of methamphetamine, 200-plus grams of a mixture containing fentanyl, other controlled substances and digital scales. A loaded gun was found in the same pack.
SOMA, SF
fromLos Angeles Times
1 month ago

More than a ton of methamphetamine uncovered in Northern California drug busts

More than 100 law enforcement agents conducted high-risk search warrants across three locations. The first was an active methamphetamine lab in the 8000 block of Center Drive in Valley Springs. A second site was located in the 2000 block of Golf Road in Turlock, which contained all the equipment necessary to operate as a lab but was shut down before production began. The third site, located in the 900 block of Reno Avenue in Modesto, was used by the drug trafficking organization to store and distribute illicit narcotics.
California
Law
fromAbove the Law
1 month ago

This Is Why Criminal Justice Needs Number Nerds - Above the Law

Data-driven evidence, not ideology, should guide criminal justice reform through incentive-based systems and rigorous testing of policies.
#prison-security
UK news
fromwww.bbc.com
1 month ago

Gang which used drones for prison drops jailed

A seven-member gang was jailed for using drones to smuggle drugs, weapons, and mobile phones into prisons across London, accounting for approximately 75% of all drone drops in the region.
UK news
fromwww.bbc.com
1 month ago

Gang which used drones for prison drops jailed

A seven-member gang was jailed for using drones to smuggle drugs, weapons, and mobile phones into prisons across London, accounting for approximately 75% of all drone drops in the region.
fromIndependent
2 months ago

Doctor who battled opioid addiction spared criminal record for stealing and forging prescriptions

A medical doctor, who attributed his opioid addiction to work stress and admitted stealing and using forged prescriptions, has walked free from court.
Miscellaneous
fromwww.npr.org
2 months ago

For those with addiction, going into and coming out of prison can be a minefield.

The Alaska Department of Corrections does not provide comprehensive access to this life saving medication. "I'm gonna give you a little pinch," Spencer said, sliding the needle into a fold of skin on the patient's belly for the subcutaneous injection. Alaska's not an outlier. Despite the fact that those recently released from incarceration are some of the most vulnerable to dying from drug overdose, addiction experts say that many jails and prisons around the country don't provide medication treatment.
Public health
fromsfist.com
2 months ago

Sup. Dorsey's Latest Crusade Is to Hold Hearings Into Whether SF Drug Court Is Getting Too Lenient

SF's 30-year-old Drug Court was intended for non-violent drug offenders to avoid jail for low-level drug crimes. But now people with pretty violent charges are sneaking in, and Supervisor Matt Dorsey ain't happy about it. San Francisco's Drug Court was established in 1995, and is meant as a diversion program so that low-level drug offenders can avoid normal court and jail, and instead get "services in the community designed to get them out of their drug and crime situations.
San Francisco
Mental health
fromwww.bbc.com
2 months ago

'My ketamine addiction put me in a Japanese prison'

Ketamine addiction drove Izabel Rose to procure drugs in Japan, leading to five months' imprisonment and a traumatic but ultimately life-changing experience.
Canada news
fromwww.cbc.ca
1 month ago

Ontario could give TTC special constables the power to arrest drug users on transit | CBC News

Ontario proposes allowing special constables on transit to arrest people using drugs publicly, but constables demand increased force tools while advocates warn of harm to vulnerable populations.
#fentanyl
California
fromLos Angeles Times
1 month ago

3 members of SoCal jewelry heist crew that tunneled through wall are sentenced

Three members of a sophisticated burglary crew received four to four-and-a-half year sentences for a multimillion-dollar jewelry heist in Simi Valley involving rooftop entry, surveillance camera disabling, and safe drilling.
fromInside Higher Ed | Higher Education News, Events and Jobs
2 months ago

Rethinking Technical Violations, Supervision in Prison Education

In response to Joshua Bay's recently published Inside Higher Ed article, the Consortium for Catholic Higher Education in Prison, a coalition of partnerships between Catholic universities and departments of corrections in 15 states across the country, is adding its voice to those of other leaders in the field alarmed by the piece's misleading framing: a framing that flies in the face not just of decades of established literature on the subject, but of the study (as yet unpublished and unreviewed) itself.
Higher education
UK politics
fromwww.bbc.com
2 months ago

Drugs policy approach needs to change, Polanski says

Legalise drugs and adopt a public-health approach to ensure people with problematic drug relationships receive medical help and reduce black-market harm.
Social justice
fromwww.mercurynews.com
2 months ago

Opinion: A California diversion program saved her from prison and dying young

Community-based diversion with behavioral health, job training, and supports can break cycles of trauma and incarceration and enable educational and professional recovery.
fromwww.amny.com
2 months ago

Op-Ed | Do rehabilitation programs in prison help, both legally and personally? amNewYork

RDAP is a voluntary program that lasts between nine and 12 months (ordinarily, it requires roughly 38 weeks to complete in five-day workweeks, three-hour-a-day segments). The 500-hour program strives to educate inmates on the dangers of addiction. Most importantly, relapse prevention is stressed with the goal of helping inmates during post-release stay clean and sober to avoid reoffending. Congress appropriates more than $100 million annually for RDAP.
Public health
Miscellaneous
fromIndependent
2 months ago

Cork twins with 274 previous convictions between them sentenced on same day for separate offences

Cork twins with over 270 prior convictions received prison sentences and a suspended sentence; Denis Kelly jailed five months for stealing a phone and wallet from an unlocked car.
fromwww.amny.com
2 months ago

Corrupt ex-cop pleads guilty to charges in drug trafficking scheme amNewYork

According to his eight-count indictment, the ex-cop took more than $30,000 in exchange for transporting drugs, including approximately eight kilograms of cocaine; providing unauthorized armed protection for a drug trafficking enterprise; and submitting false reports to the NYPD to help a co-conspirator avoid repayment of a drug-trafficking-related debt. Nguyen entered a guilty plea to three of the indictment's eight counts bribery and narcotics distribution conspiracy, and a firearm charge before U.S. District Judge Analisa Torres Thursday.
US news
Public health
fromwww.ocregister.com
2 months ago

Will there be reform for California's fraud-plagued addiction treatment in 2026?

California's addiction treatment system remains poorly regulated, allowing profiteering patient-brokers and substandard private programs despite partial reforms.
US news
fromThe Mercury News
2 months ago

Vallejo man caught selling stolen gun while on jail furlough for murder, feds say

A 22-year-old on juvenile furlough faces federal charges for possessing and attempting to sell a stolen Glock tied to an earlier juvenile murder conviction.
Law
fromwww.theguardian.com
2 months ago

Record number of offenders being recalled to prison in England and Wales

Record offender recalls have surged; many deliberately breach licence terms to return and traffic drugs while early-release rules and overcrowding reduce support and housing.
California
fromwww.mercurynews.com
1 month ago

Oakland woman who cleaned out fentanyl stash house after husband's death sentenced to prison

Fany Reanos-Moreno was sentenced to 30 months in federal prison after pleading guilty to fentanyl and methamphetamine distribution, amid claims of coercion by smugglers.
#bank-robbery
Canada news
fromwww.cbc.ca
2 months ago

Crime rates declined over time near Toronto supervised drug consumption sites, study suggests | CBC News

Overdose prevention and supervised consumption sites in Toronto were not linked to overall crime increases and were associated with neutral to positive local crime trends.
Public health
fromwww.bbc.com
1 month ago

'His loss is massive': Inquests show spread of deadly synthetic drugs

Nitazenes, extremely potent synthetic opioids often mixed into other drugs as cheap substitutes, have caused hundreds of UK deaths including accidental overdoses.
fromwww.bbc.com
2 months ago

Wrongly released sex offender admits crimes

Metropolitan Police A convicted sex offender who was accidentally released from prison has pleaded guilty to burglary and carrying a knife. Brahim Kaddour-Cherif, 24, became the centre of a manhunt in November after he was mistakenly set free from HMP Wandsworth while on remand awaiting trial for the offences. On Tuesday, Kaddour-Cherif appeared at Snaresbrook Crown Court and admitted breaking into a garage in Walthamstow, east London and stealing bikes in January 2024.
UK news
fromwww.bbc.com
1 month ago

Sex offenders should tell police about pregnancies, review finds

Baby Victoria's body was found in a shopping bag in Brighton in 2023, after her parents concealed her birth and went on the run in an attempt to avoid contact with social services. Marten and Gordon, a convicted rapist, were both sentenced to 14 years for gross negligence manslaughter last year. The review, chaired by Sir David Holmes, sought to identify missed safeguarding opportunities, and to learn lessons from what the review called the "extreme case" of baby Victoria's death.
UK news
fromABC7 San Francisco
10 years ago

Ex-law student gets 7 year sentence for hitting man with car in Oakland

The charges against Zato stem from an incident in which she plowed into 27-year-old James Roda of Oakland with her 1984 Mercedes-Benz while he was in the middle of 14th Street between Madison and Oak streets shortly before 1 a.m. on Oct. 5, 2013. Zato's lawyer, Megan Burns, said in her closing argument in November that Zato struck Roda under duress because she faced an imminent threat from a group of men who had beaten her and robbed her of her cellphone in front of the Oakland Public Library.
California
fromwww.mercurynews.com
2 months ago

They were bothtrying to get control of the firearm': Oakland man gets 6 years in 2022 homicide

Donald Marler, 31, was transferred to North Kern State Prison on Jan. 7, two months after pleading no contest to voluntary manslaughter in the shooting death of 38-year-old Nicholas Lord. In exchange for his plea, prosecutors threw out a murder charge, court records show. At Marler's preliminary hearing last April, a woman who was one of Lord's roommates testified that the two men started arguing about a stolen car inside their shared residence on June 7, 2022.
California
California
fromThe Mercury News
2 months ago

Prolific retail thief linked to dozens of crimes across Bay Area sentenced

A Richmond man received a five-year prison sentence for over 80 organized retail thefts across multiple Bay Area counties totaling at least $80,000.
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