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Prisons
October 23, 2020
Calif. prison must cut inmate population in half
A California appeals court has ordered state corrections officials to cut the population of one of the world’s most famous ...
October 22, 2020
Former Gitmo detainees fear new destination: Yemen
When 18 Yemeni detainees from Guantanamo were transferred to the United Arab Emirates, they were told they would be ...
October 22, 2020
Court orders California to cut San Quentin inmates by half
A California appeals court has ordered state corrections officials to cut the population of one of the world's most famous ...
October 21, 2020
Danish sub killer denies he had help in prison break attempt
A Danish man convicted of murdering a Swedish journalist on his homemade submarine was remanded to custody Wednesday after ...
October 21, 2020
Amnesty: Credible reports protesters shot dead in Nigeria
Amnesty International said late Tuesday there was “credible but disturbing evidence” that security forces in the megacity of ...
October 20, 2020
Danish submarine killer briefly escapes from prison
A Danish man convicted of torturing and murdering a Swedish journalist on his homemade submarine made a dramatic but brief ...
October 20, 2020
More than 1,300 inmates escape from prison in eastern Congo
More than 1,300 inmates have escaped from the central prison of Beni in eastern Congo after an attack by rebels of the Allied ...
October 19, 2020
Nigeria's anti-police protesters storm prison, free inmates
Nigeria's protests against police brutality turned violent Monday when a crowd stormed a prison and freed inmates in Benin ...
October 06, 2020
US judge: IRS can't keep coronavirus money from inmates
A U.S. judge says the IRS can't keep withholding coronavirus relief payments from incarcerated people, potentially clearing ...
October 06, 2020
Ex-jail employees charged for playing 'Baby Shark' on repeat
Two former Oklahoma jail employees and their supervisor face misdemeanor cruelty charges after investigators found they ...
October 04, 2020
The Latest: India records 75,800 new cases, recovery high
NEW DELHI — India has registered 75,829 confirmed coronaviruses cases in the past 24 hours, a day after crossing 100,000 ...
October 02, 2020
Voting nearly impossible for eligible voters behind bars
Most of the three-quarters of a million people held in U.S. jails have the right to vote. But many of them are unable to, ...
September 27, 2020
California will house transgender inmates by gender identity
Gov. Gavin Newsom signed a law on Saturday requiring California to house transgender inmates in prisons based on their gender ...
September 25, 2020
Australian think tank finds 380 detention camps in Xinjiang
China appears to be expanding its network of secret detention centers in Xinjiang, where predominantly Muslim minorities are ...
September 25, 2020
Feds put first Black inmate to death since execution restart
A man who killed a religious couple visiting Texas from Iowa was executed Thursday, the first Black inmate put to death as ...
September 16, 2020
2 dead of virus at US prison where executions are scheduled
Two inmates have died in as many days from coronavirus at the federal prison complex where the U.S. government plans to carry ...
September 08, 2020
El Salvador prosecutors search prisons in pact investigation
Prosecutors in El Salvador said Monday they have searched two prisons to investigate whether the administration of President ...
September 04, 2020
Alabama gov seeks 3 private built mega prisons, names sites
Alabama's governor announced plans Thursday to move forward with state leasing of three privately built mega prisons that ...
September 02, 2020
Washington says pardons by Venezuela's Maduro are token acts
The Trump administration said Tuesday that Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro should not be praised for releasing a few ...
September 01, 2020
Visitation to begin again at federal prisons in October
The federal Bureau of Prisons will begin allowing inmates to have visitors again in October, almost seven months after visits ...
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