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
Newsom resists pressure to close more California prisons
SACRAMENTO — Gov. Gavin Newsom went far beyond the promise he made in his first year in office to close at least one California state prison.…
Record number of people waiting on remand in New South Wales’ prisons, BOSCAR says
In short: In December 2023, 42 per cent of New South Wales' total prison population were in prison on remand.Their cases mostly involved allegations of domestic violence…
California should close its budget deficit by closing prisons
Facing a state budget deficit of at least $38 billion, Gov. Gavin Newsom should be rethinking his expensive commitment to the state’s traditional system of…