Immigration agency detainee care report [US DHS] News
Immigration agency detainee care report [US DHS]

ICE Policies Related to Detainee Deaths and the Oversight of Immigration Detention Facilities, US Department of Homeland Security – Office of the Inspector General, June 11, 2008 [finding that ICE officials do not always adhere to proper medical protocols and recommending stricter standards, increased oversight, internal review, and reporting requirements]. Read the full text of the report [PDF]. Reported in JURIST's Paper Chase here.

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Eighteenth Amendment came into effect

On January 16, 1920, the Eighteenth Amendment to the US Constitution came into effect as scheduled one year after ratification, marking the beginning of Prohibition. Learn more about Temperance and Prohibition from Professor K. Austin Kerr of the Ohio State University Department of History.

English Parliament bans Roman Catholicism

On January 16, 1581, the English Parliament banned Roman Catholicism throughout the country during the reign of Queen Elizabeth I. From that time on, Catholicism declined in England until the Catholic Emancipation of the late 18th century.

Read the history of the Roman Catholic Church in England.