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Handcuffs and beach clean-ups: a Cuban migrant's seven months in Guantanamo Bay
Leticia PINEDAYeilis Torres, a 38-year-old Cuban woman, knows all too well the loneliness and anguish facing the migrants ...
Suspects charged in murder, torture of Santa Clara County jail inmate identified
Authorities in the South Bay have released the identities of three Santa Clara County jail inmates charged in the murder and torture of another inmate.
‘A relentlessly dull world’ – the case for adding more colour to NZ’s grey prisons
Grey walls, grey furniture and grey jumpsuits affect the psychology of prisoners. Research suggests simple, colourful ...
Migrant flights to Guantánamo Bay have begun. Satellite images show activity at naval base
The first U.S. military flight carrying detained migrants to Guantánamo Bay departed on Tuesday. Here's what to know about ...
Fox News16d
Bureau of Prisons director out as Trump's Justice Department reforms take shape
The director of the Federal Bureau of Prisons (BOP) has resigned from her position, while a Biden-era executive order that sought to phase out the use of private prisons has been repealed amid ...
eNCA16d
Foreign nationals outnumber locals in prisons
This has raised concern in Parliament's Correctional Services Portfolio Committee. Chairperson Anthea Ramolobeng says this is increasing the burden on South Africa's prisons.
East Bay Times17d
East Bay man who hid loaded gun in 6-year-old nephew’s pants faces 15 years in prison
SAN FRANCISCO – An East Bay man who tried to hide a loaded handgun in his 6-year-old nephew’s pants was convicted last week of being a felon in possession of a firearm, according to prosecutors.
NBC News17d
Two Americans released from Afghanistan in deal struck in Biden’s final hours in office
The U.S. secured the release of two Americans held in Afghanistan in former President Joe Biden’s final hours in office in exchange for the release of an Afghan Taliban member in U.S. custody ...
The Marshall Project17d
What Will Trump’s Executive Order on Private Prisons Really Do?
On the first day of his second presidency, Donald Trump reversed former President Joe Biden’s executive order on private prisons. Biden’s order had barred contracts between the Department of Justice ...
Wall Street Journal17d
Jan. 6 Defendants Leave Prison as Trump’s Broad Pardons Draw Sharp Reactions
Those who walked out of prison included Enrique Tarrio, the pardoned former chairman of the far-right Proud Boys group who was sentenced to 22 years, and Oath Keepers founder Stewart Rhodes ...
Forbes17d
Bureau Of Prisons Director Colette Peters Out On Trump’s First Day
Colette Peters has resigned as Director of the Bureau of Prisons after 30 months on the job just as President Donald Trump was inaugurated on Monday. Deputy Director William Lathrop will take over ...
Mail & Guardian18d
Overcrowding in SA prisons exacerbated by ‘huge number of foreign nationals’
South African prisons had an overcrowding rate of 48% in the 2023/2024 financial year, housing 156 000 inmates but only having approved bed spaces for 105 474, correctional services portfolio ...