“Prison officer” — 54 distilled results

Prison officer faces trial for alleged inmate rape

An officer at Adelaide Women's Prison is standing trial accused of raping an inmate, with a convicted murderer providing testimony in the case. The trial marks one of the first public proceedings involving allegations of sexual assault by correctional staff.

rss:smh 63d ago · rss:smh 62d ago

Multiple federal sentencings for drug, firearms and exploitation crimes

Between September 3 and September 11, 2026, the U.S. Department of Justice announced sentencings in six unrelated federal cases: a Sanford man for drug trafficking, a Des Moines man to 15 years for child pornography, Antonio Marquis Nicholson to 25 years for child sex trafficking conspiracy in South Carolina, a Fort Dodge man for illegal firearm possession, a Compton man to 36 months for assaulting a federal officer during an anti-immigration riot, and a Hardy, Iowa man for child pornography possession. These represent routine DOJ press releases with no connecting narrative.

rss:doj-press 18d ago

Multiple defendants sentenced for child sexual abuse material crimes

Between August 16 and August 21, 2026, federal authorities sentenced or charged multiple defendants across the United States for child sexual abuse material (CSAM) crimes: Mitchell Best, 43, of Cabot received 60 years; additional convictions included cases in Lowell, Lake Worth, and Farmington. On August 21, federal agents boarded two cruise ships in Boston and arrested 11 people for receiving, distributing, and exploiting CSAM.

rss:doj-press 41d ago

Assad-era Syrian official jailed 60 years for torture

Samir Ousman Alsheikh, age 74, was sentenced to 60 years in prison on September 17-18, 2026 by a US court after being convicted in March of three counts of torture, one count of conspiracy to commit torture, visa fraud, and attempted naturalization fraud. He headed the Damascus Central Prison under Bashar al-Assad's regime.

rss:aljazeera 11d ago

Man sentenced to 14 months for vinegar attack on Rep. Ilhan Omar

Anthony James Kazmierczak was sentenced on September 17, 2026, to 14 months in prison for spraying apple cider vinegar on U.S. Representative Ilhan Omar during a January 2026 Minneapolis town hall meeting. He pleaded guilty, admitting he attacked Omar because he disagreed with her progressive political views.

rss:thehill 11d ago