U.S. District Judge Sheri Polster Chappell

Clarence Black, Jr. and Jarrek Fabrion Myrick were sentenced to 20.5 and 15.5 years in federal prison for conspiring to ship methamphetamine and fentanyl from California to Florida. The sentences were handed down by U.S. District Judge Sheri Polster Chappell.

Guards at the Florida Everglades immigration detention center known as 'Alligator Alcatraz' allegedly beat and pepper-sprayed migrant detainees after they complained about non-functioning phones, per a lawyer's court declaration. A federal judge had ordered the facility to provide operable phones for legal communication, but state and federal officials denied violating detainees' First Amendment rights.