Honduras wants to build West’s only island prison colony and lock gangsters inside

TEGUCIGALPA, Honduras (AP) — Honduras plans to build the only island prison colony in the Western Hemisphere and send its most-feared gangsters there, tearing a page from neighboring El Salvador’s unforgiving approach to murder, robbery, rape and extortion.

Honduras’s progressive president once promised to address gang violence through systemic reforms to governance and the criminal justice system. Now, President Xiomara Castro plans to build an isolated prison for 2,000 gang leaders on the Islas del Cisne archipelago 155 miles off the coast, part of a larger crackdown following the gang-related massacre of 46 women in one prison.

Island prisons once were common across Latin America, with facilities in Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica, Mexico, Panama and Peru. Deadly riots, brutal conditions and bold prison escapes captured filmmakers’ and authors’ imaginations before the last island prison closed in Mexico in 2019.

I’m pretty OK with this idea. They can farm or forage or fuck each other all day long, whatever they want.

Connecticut tractor-trailer leaking human waste causes multiple crashes on Interstate 95, police say

A tractor-trailer that leaked human waste is being blamed by Connecticut State Police for causing at least 10 vehicle accidents this week along busy Interstate 95.

The accidents happened in Bridgeport around 10:30 p.m. Monday and involved two state police cruisers, according to reports filed by police.

“Through the course of the investigation, it was determined that… a 2017 Mack truck bearing Connecticut registration [redacted] (towing a 2018 Clement trailer bearing Connecticut registration [redacted]), had an unsecured load leaking human waste in the travel lanes of Interstate 95 northbound causing slick conditions,” read one of the police reports.

“The operator, identified as Shaky Joseph, who was aware of the leak, was subsequently taken into custody and charged with Unsecured Load, Reckless Driving, and 12 counts of Reckless Endangerment: 1st Degree,” police also said.

The reports indicated that 10 vehicles were involved in accidents, according to The Associated Press.

Troopers said they found the driver after witnesses reported the company name seen on the truck. Authorities contacted the company, H.I. Stone & Son, which then called the driver and told him to pull over and wait for police, state police said.

Joseph, who police say “did not stop and exited I-95 northbound onto the local streets,” then was arrested.

Whatever else you want to say, you have to respect Connecticut’s commitment to its brand.