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March 18, 2024
US prosecutors push for 40-50 year prison sentence for disgraced FTX co-founder

NASSAU, BAHAMAS — US prosecutors are urging a federal judge to impose a 40-50-year prison sentence on Sam Bankman-Fried, the disgraced founder and former CEO of FTX, following his conviction on fraud and conspiracy charges linked to the collapse of the once-prominent cryptocurrency exchange. In a sentencing memo filed by the Department of Justice's Southern [...]

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March 15, 2024
Man gets six-months prison for breaking into restaurant

A MAN was sentenced to six months in prison yesterday after he admitted to breaking into a restaurant and stealing more than $1,000 worth of property last Sunday.

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May 23, 2019
Rapist pastor begs to go back to US jail: Fox Hill prison too dangerous

A BAHAMIAN pastor sentenced to life plus 20 years on child rape charges in Georgia will be extradited after waiving his right to local legal proceedings yesterday.

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June 30, 2014
Bahamian's plea from Cuban prison

A BAHAMIAN serving time in a Cuban prison for drug possession is urging the Bahamas government to repatriate him.

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March 07, 2024
Prison outbreak in Haiti a "great threat" to national security says RBDF Commodore

NASSAU, BAHAMAS-  Royal Bahamas Defense Force (RBDF) commodore Dr. Raymond King said the outbreak of inmates from two prisons in Haiti poses a "great threat" to the national security of The Bahamas. His comments come as National Security Minister Wayne Munroe revealed yesterday the creation of a blockade in Southern New Providence Nearly 4000 inmates [...]

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March 05, 2024
FLIGHTS ARE HALTED AMID HAITI CHAOS: State of emergency declared in nation after prison breakout

ALTHOUGH Bahamasair has suspended flights to Haiti,  Immigration Acting Director William Pratt said repatriation flights to Haiti will continue even though that country declared a state of emergency after thousands of inmates escaped prison.

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February 26, 2024
Former Inmate: Prison Did Not Prepare Me For A Life After Incarceration

GRAND BAHAMA, BAHAMAS - Grand Bahamian Kenyatta Lewis is calling for better conditions within the prison system. Lewis is a former inmate.

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February 21, 2024
Man sentenced to 18 years in prison for killing gay man

NASSAU, BAHAMAS — A man was sentenced to 18 years in prison for killing a gay man. Justice Andrew Forbes sentenced Dermaine Sterling, who pleaded guilty to manslaughter in the death of 40-year-Jamal Russell. The two men on Facebook, according to the prosecution believed that Russell was a woman. Sterling went to Russell's home, where [...]

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February 20, 2024
Minister is hopeful on prison accreditation

NATIONAL Security Minister Wayne Munroe is hopeful that improvements to the prison's infrastructure will help the institution get accredited, even as he awaits Cabinet's approval of necessary construction plans for the facilities.

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