Biden’s prisons chief tapped to fix California prison mental health care
SACRAMENTO — Following through on intentions broadcast a year ago, a federal judge is putting control of California’s troubled inmate mental health programs into the hands of…
Palestinians burn ‘humiliating’ shirts after release from Israeli prisons | Israel-Palestine conflict News
Freed Palestinians burn ‘racist’ shirts forced onto them by Israel in exchange for captives after tense negotiations.Israel’s move to force the released Palestinians to wear…
Federal prisons being used to detain people arrested in Trump’s immigration crackdown
NEW YORK — The Trump administration is using federal prisons to detain some people arrested in its immigration crackdown, the federal Bureau of Prisons said Friday, returning…
Trump officials aim to send Venezuelan gang members to El Salvador prisons
SAN SALVADOR, El Salvador — The Trump administration said Friday it was in talks with El Salvador to revive an agreement that could allow the United States…
Why are there so many Palestinian children in Israeli prisons? | Israel-Palestine conflict News
At least 23 Palestinian child prisoners have been released by Israel as part of the ceasefire deal, bringing into focus Israel’s systematic prosecution of Palestinian…
Tears, hugs greet 90 Palestinian women, children freed from Israeli prisons | Gaza News
Ninety Palestinians have been freed from Israeli prisons and were greeted by large crowds of jubilant relatives, friends and supporters as they returned home to…
Hunger Ravages Inmates in Nigeria’s Overcrowded Prisons
Ibrahim* went from earning an honest living as a factory worker, supporting his family, to clawing for scraps of garri in a sweltering, overcrowded prison…
Women’s prisons are rife with trauma. Can California set a new course at Chowchilla?
CHOWCHILLA, Calif. — Gazing across the crowd of women, fresh from county jail in their orange prison jumpsuits, Lena Coleman wishes she could save them all.…
Video: Detainees released from notorious Syrian prisons | Syria’s War
NewsFeedVideos show the moments opposition fighters opened jail cells in notorious Syrian regime prisons to free detainees, including women and children. One man says he…
DOJ: ‘ Horrific and inhumane’ Georgia prisons violate Constitution
"People are assaulted, stabbed, raped and killed or left to languish inside facilities that are woefully understaffed," Assistant Attorney General Kristen Clarke Clarke said in…
Justice Dept. investigating sexual abuse allegations at 2 California women’s prisons
Federal prosecutors on Wednesday announced the launch of an investigation into two California women's prisons on allegations of sexual abuse being committed against inmates. Photo…
Israel’s ‘retaliatory’ Palestinian captive-taking has led to overcrowding in prisons
Palestinians search for victims following an Israeli strike that killed more than 100 people in a school sheltering displaced Palestinians. a medical source said, in…
New human rights report says Israeli prisons are ‘torture camps’ | Occupied West Bank
NewsFeedIsraeli human rights group B’Tselem has released a new report detailing the mistreatment of Palestinian detainees in which it says Israeli jails have been turned…
At least 261 people have died in El Salvador’s prisons under anti-gang crackdown, rights group says
The human rights organization Cristosal said Wednesday that at least 261 people have died in prisons in El Salvador during President Nayib Bukele’s 2 1/2-year-old,…
Rural village home to UK’s creepiest and most remote prisons with haunting secret
The small rural village of Princetown located in Devon is home to an array of activities and sites including one of the UK's creepiest prisons…
Water groups ‘facing lawsuits’ and ‘prisons near capacity’
A late intervention in the election campaign by former Prime Minister Boris Johnson leads a number of the papers. The Daily Telegraph says Mr Johnson…
How does Israel treat thousands of Palestinians in its prisons? | Israel-Palestine conflict News
Accusations of widespread abuses and torture. Palestinian detainees released from Israeli prisons say abuse and torture are widespread and systematic. Thousands, including minors, have been…
Israel frees hospital chief with prisons ‘full’ of Gaza captives | Gaza News
The detainees endured ‘almost daily torture’, claims al-Shifa Hospital Director Muhammad Abu Salmiya. Israel has freed dozens of Palestinians detained during its war in Gaza,…
Closing California prisons should be the easiest budget cut
California is facing a multibillion-dollar budget deficit that will require lawmakers and the governor to make painful decisions. Nobody wants less funding for their child’s…
Fact-checking PM's claims on prisons, crime and the NHS
Rishi Sunak makes a series of claims, also covering small boats and defence spending. Source link