• Indefinite detention is the incarceration of an arrested person by a national government or law enforcement agency for an indefinite amount of time without...
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  • Indefinite imprisonment or indeterminate imprisonment is the imposition of a sentence of imprisonment with no definite period of time set during sentencing...
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  • disaster. The Act contains controversial language allowing the indefinite military detention of persons the government suspects of involvement in terrorism...
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  • imply that the U.S. government has the constitutional authority for indefinite detention without charge and trial. "Moreover, we are very concerned that the...
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    allowing for the indefinite detention of foreign nationals without charge and preventing them from legally challenging their detention. The following month...
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  • country. Some countries have set a maximum period of detention, while others permit indefinite detention. In the United States, a similar practice began in...
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  • possibility of indefinite detention without trial, combined with a substantial likelihood of error. Opponents of administrative detention challenge the...
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    federal court in New York issued a permanent injunction blocking the indefinite detention powers of the NDAA but the injunction was stayed by the Second Circuit...
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    suspect (reasonable suspicion) when detaining (or arresting) someone. Indefinite detention of an individual occurs frequently in wartime under the laws of war...
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    undertaken. Also, at the same time, the law was changed to permit indefinite detention, from the previous limit of 273 days. The policy was instituted by...
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    Al-Kateb v Godwin (category Imprisonment and detention)
    the High Court of Australia, which ruled on 6 August 2004 that the indefinite detention of a stateless person was lawful. The case concerned Ahmed Al-Kateb...
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  • manslaughter, two rapes and two attempted rapes. He was sentenced to indefinite detention at Broadmoor Hospital on 18 December 2008 for the manslaughter of...
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    The law is extremely controversial due to its authorization of indefinite detention without trial of immigrants, and due to the permission given to law...
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    Gleeson court held the Migration Act could be applied to authorise the indefinite detention of stateless persons. The court ruled that when properly interpreted...
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    A v Secretary of State for the Home Department (category Imprisonment and detention)
    human rights case heard before the House of Lords. It held that the indefinite detention of foreign prisoners in Belmarsh without trial under section 23 of...
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    Pre-trial detention, also known as jail, preventive detention, provisional detention, or remand, is the process of detaining a person until their trial...
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  • legislation enacted policies described by The Guardian as allowing indefinite detention "without trial [of] American terrorism suspects arrested on U.S....
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  • convicted murderers in modern British history. They were sentenced to indefinite detention at Her Majesty's pleasure, and remained in custody until a Parole...
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    Australian immigration detention facilities Australian immigration detention facilities comprise a number of different facilities throughout Australia...
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  • National Legislation for the Indefinite Detention of 'Dangerous Criminals'", Tasmania Law Reform Institute "Indefinite detention of people with cognitive...
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    government sought to have her held under administrative detention, where she faced indefinite detention without trial or charge. Her lawyer, who did not have...
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  • Retrieved April 6, 2019. "Michigan judge sentences boy killer to juvenile detention". CNN. January 13, 2000. Retrieved December 1, 2020. "Nathaniel Abraham...
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  • high-security mental health hospital. The twins were sentenced to indefinite detention under the Mental Health Act 1983. They remained at Broadmoor for...
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    1919, indefinitely extending the emergency measures of preventive indefinite detention, imprisonment without trial and judicial review enacted in the Defence...
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    Brainwashing Doublespeak Award Forced labour Extrajudicial punishment Indefinite detention Indoctrination Mass surveillance One-party state Permanent war economy...
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  • not authorize the indefinite detention of immigrants under order of deportation whom no other country will accept. To justify detention of immigrants for...
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  • days later: "Because the Constitution prohibits indefinite detentions without cause, the continued detention is unlawful." On January 21, 2009, President...
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    Indefinite Detention Power Limited to Foreigners?". Reason.com. Retrieved August 25, 2019. "How Smith-Amash NDAA Amendment Bans Indefinite Detention (Fact...
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    from the original on 7 March 2022. Retrieved 7 March 2022. "Indefinite immigration detention unlawful: High Court rules". UNSW Sydney. 8 November 2023....
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    responsibility, which occurred on 15 July 1992. He was sentenced to indefinite detention at Broadmoor. Napper has been diagnosed with paranoid schizophrenia...
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