Category: prison

Justice System a ‘Revolving Door’: Former Police Officers Say Canada Fails to Deter Violent Repeat Offenders

Canada’s legal system is failing to keep violent repeat offenders in jail due to lax bail policies, say retired law enforcement officers who spoke to The Epoch Times, while some criminologists say that without solving the root causes of violence, stricter bail control may not be enough. Calls for bail reform from some police chiefs and…


Pigeon Carrying a ‘Backpack’ of Crystal Meth Caught in BC Prison

A B.C. prison is probing a bizarre case of illicit drug trafficking, one that involves a pigeon. On Dec. 29, officers at the Pacific Institution, a medium-security federal institution in Abbotsford, B.C., discovered a pigeon with a small package attached to it in a fashion similar to a “backpack.” The bird was found in a fenced yard…


Former Colorado Funeral Home Owner Sentenced to 20 Years for Selling Body Parts

A former Colorado funeral home owner was sentenced to 20 years in federal prison on Tuesday for defrauding relatives of the dead by dissecting 560 corpses and selling body parts without permission. Megan Hess, 46, pleaded guilty to fraud in July. She operated a funeral home, Sunset Mesa, and a body parts entity, Donor Services,…


German Doctor to Appeal Jail Sentence for Illegally Issuing More Than 4,000 Mask Exemptions to New Patients

BERLIN—A German doctor was sentenced late Monday to two years and nine months in prison for illegally issuing more than 4,000 people with exemptions from wearing masks during the coronavirus pandemic. A regional court in the southwestern town of Weinheim confirmed Tuesday that the doctor was convicted of “issuing incorrect health certificates” to people from…


State Seeks Long Prison Term for Accused NYC Subway Gunman

NEW YORK—Prosecutors plan to seek a decades-long prison sentence for a man who is expected to plead guilty this week to opening fire in a subway car and wounding 10 riders in an attack that shocked New York City. Frank James, 63, is scheduled to enter a guilty plea on Tuesday in Brooklyn federal court,…


14 Dead, Including 10 Prison Guards, After Armed Attack on Mexican Prison Near US Border

Fourteen people have been killed, and dozens more injured after gunmen in armored vehicles attacked a state prison in the northern Mexican city of Ciudad Juarez, which sits across the border from El Paso, Texas, on New Year’s Day. Approximately 10 prison guards and four inmates were killed on the morning of Jan. 1 when…


Ministry of Justice Figures Reveal Which Foreign Killers Least Likely to Be Deported by UK

The Ministry of Justice has revealed at least 62 Poles and 46 Lithuanians were convicted of murder in Britain between 2011 and 2019, but only 16 of each nationality were sent back to their home country to serve their sentences. Figures released in response to a request made by The Epoch Times under the Freedom…


Angels With Dirty Faces (1938)

Jerry and Locke are childhood friends. From childhood to play, the two had very good feelings between them, but unfortunately, as adults, the two very different personalities embarked on completely different paths.   – Feature Films: Cinema collection: epochcinema.com Epoch Original content: epochoriginal.com Feature Films: www.theepochtimes.com/featured-films * Click the “Save” button below the video to…


Ex-mafia Boss ‘Cadillac Frank’ Salemme Dies in Prison at 89

BOSTON—Francis “Cadillac Frank” Salemme, the once powerful New England Mafia boss who was serving a life sentence behind bars for the 1993 killing of a Boston nightclub owner, has died at the age of 89, according to the Bureau of Prisons. Salemme died on Tuesday, according to Bureau of Prisons’ online records. Bureau officials did…


Prison Dogs | Documentary

This film is only available in the United States because of territorial licensing. “The day that my crime occurred, it was a street beef, I felt threatened, and ultimately just pulled out a gun and​ ​shot a kid,” says inmate​ Luis Diaz. “I really hate the person who I was then. I’m looking for forgiveness….