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YouTuber who faked livestream to create alibi in pregnant girlfriend’s murder learns his fate
A YouTuber who faked a video game livestream to try to create an alibi while he fatally stabbed his pregnant girlfriend was sentenced to 31-years to life in prison after investigat…
‘They beat me until I lost consciousness’: growing reports of brutal arrests, torture and deaths in Iran’s prisons | Iran
Man dies in max security prison after driving ute into police station
A man has died in a maximum security prison days after driving his car at police officers, narrowly missing them, before crashing into a police station in Western New South Wales.…
Director General of Prisons inspects Madurai central prison
Director General of Prisons inspects Madurai central prison…
Fajitas, stir-fry, BBQ chicken – see the food options provided to Delaney Hall ICE detainees: ‘Higher standards than most US prisons’
Demonstrators and top Garden State Democrats have demanded that DHS shutdown the privately-operated facility in Newark amid reports of poor conditions inside the 1,000 beds detenti…
Former AG Pam Bondi tells lawmakers Ghislaine Maxwell should ‘die in prison’
Former Attorney General Pam Bondi told House lawmakers investigating the Department of Justice’s handling of an investigation into sex offender Jeffrey Epstein that his convicted a…
Meet The Pro-Trump Colombian Presidential Candidate Promising 10 New Mega-Prisons
Pro-Trump Colombian presidential candidate Abelardo de la Espriella has promised build 10 new mega-prisons.…
Andy Kim: Nothing’s Improved Since Minnesota—Except Private Prison Profits
We spoke to the senator pepper-sprayed outside ICE's Delaney Hall detention center.…
Judge weighs whether prisons can phase out hormone drugs for transgender inmates
A federal judge weighed whether Trump’s prison policy phasing out transgender inmate hormone treatments could move forward.…
Diphtheria outbreak reaches WA’s prisons
Two cases of the bacterial disease have been linked to West Kimberley Regional Prison, although a Justice Department spokesperson says they did not contract it while incarcerated.…
Reform civil service plan ‘would sack more planning officers than exist’
Analysis of party’s proposed cuts also suggests it would get rid of two-thirds of psychologists who support prison staff…
Sex-obsessed prison warden filmed romping with inmate admits she’s ‘incredibly embarrassed’
“I regret everything I did. I’m incredibly embarrassed.”…
OIG Critical Of Bureau Of Prisons USP Canaan In Recent Report
The Office of Inspector General issued a report critical of the treatment of inmates at USP Canaan. Sadly, similar site visits at other institutions were just as bad.…
True scale of UK’s prison drug crisis revealed as deaths hit record high
Exclusive: Charlie Taylor demands ministers to get a ‘grip’ on the crisis as tactics for smuggling lethal substances into jails have escalated to drones that can deliver up to 11kg…
My Wife Fought Corruption in El Salvador. Then She Vanished Into Its Prisons.
The cost of Nayib Bukele’s crackdown on crime is too high.…
Judge Sanctioned Private Prison Giant for Destroying Evidence in ICE Death Suit
The first known sanction of its kind held CoreCivic responsible for destroying video in a case alleging wrongful death of an ICE detainee. The post Judge Sanctioned Private Prison …
Prison union says new correction facility ‘needed 10 years ago’
According to a government spokesperson, a long-term custodial infrastructure plan is progressing, including the expansions of Acacia and Casuarina prisons.…
Transforming Bureau Of Prisons Through Technology and Leadership
The Bureau of Prisons is embracing the use of AI to help it manage its facilities. A large contract is telling about the direction the Agency is heading.…
Fishermen families demand release of their kith and kin from Sri Lankan prisons; resort to road blockade on Madurai-Rameswaram NH; T.N. minister speaks to them over phone
Fishermen families demand release of their kith and kin from Sri Lankan prisons; resort to road blockade on Madurai-Rameswaram NH; T.N. minister speaks to them over phone…
92 life convicts cleared for special remission in Telangana
Telangana government has approved special remission for 92 eligible life convicts in line with the Supreme Court’s directions on premature release policies and timelines for prison…
DOJ opens third state investigation over Washington housing men in women’s prisons
The Justice Department opened a third federal civil rights investigation Tuesday into a state housing transgender women assigned male at birth in women’s…
Death in custody highlights prison service delays, police union says
A man died while in the custody of Queensland's most crowded police watch house. The police union says the bottleneck is being caused by outdated prison service work practices.…
NT laws to allow police to hold young people for 48 hours will be ‘funnelling Aboriginal children into prisons’, advocates warn
Police will be able to question children without an adult present and hold them after being charged under draft laws introduced by the CLP…