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Deported drug mule threatens to sue US federal authorities for inhumane treatment while incarceratedDeported drug mule threatens to sue US federal authorities for inhumane treatment while incarcerated
Apr 16th, 2023 | Category: GLEANER PREMIUM | 18:42#JamaicaGleaner APRIL 16, 2023: Joy Thorpe, a convicted drug mule and the only female among a group of 37 Jamaicans recently deported, is threatening to sue the United States Federal Bureau of Prisons for the inhumane and cruel conditions she said she faced behind bars. The 54-year-old cosmetologist from Orange district, St James, who was caught trafficking half kilo of cocaine at the John F Kennedy Airport in New York in 2020, said her human rights were trampled on at the Aliceville Federal Correctional Institution in Alabama. She is calling for an urgent reform of the criminal justice system in the US and better treatment for non-immigrants. Her husband, who was travelling with her when she was held, received one year and one day
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