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April 10, 2024
Cleare confirms man beaten in prison attack

ACTING Corrections Commissioner Doan Cleare confirmed the fears of a mother who said she could not speak to her son because he was beaten in prison, telling The Tribune the man was attacked by several inmates.

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April 02, 2024
Four-Month Sentence For Man Who Escaped Prison Bus

NASSAU, BAHAMAS - A  Bahamian man who's wanted in the United States for human smuggling briefly escaped lawful custody last Thursday.

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March 31, 2024
Prison Officer Arrested For Allegedly Attempting To Smuggle Contraband Into The Correctional Facility

NASSAU, BAHAMAS – A 28-year-old male officer from the Bahamas Department of Correctional Services (B.D.O.C.S) is in police custody after he was found attempting to smuggle electronic devices, along with a quantity of suspected marijuana into the correctional facility on Saturday March 30, 2024. According to reports, shortly after 4:00 p.m., the officer, while reporting [...]

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March 28, 2024
FTX Founder Gets 25 Year Prison Sentence

UNITED STATES - Sam Bankman-Fried, also known as SBF, was sentenced by a New York judge today to 25 years in prison for defrauding customers on his cryptocurrency exchange, FTX.

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March 28, 2024
Child killer says prison conditions too harsh

CONVICTED child killer Kohfe Goodman filed a constitutional motion in the Supreme Court about the deplorable conditions he faces in prison while serving a 55-year sentence.

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March 27, 2024
Kofhe Goodman Claims Constitutional Rights Violated In Prison

NASSAU, BAHAMAS - Convicted murderer Kofhe Goodman says authorities have violated his constitutional rights.

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February 03, 2011
Murderer sentenced to 50 years in prison

Convicted murderer Mark Anthony Capron was yesterday sentenced to 50 years in prison by Supreme Court Justice Vera Watkins.
The sentence is retroactive to January 27, 2010 – the date of his conviction.
Capron was initially convicted on October 17, 2002, of the murder of Andrew Simms Ferguson. He was sentenced to death.
At the time the death sentence was mandatory for those convicted of murde...

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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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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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