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How Old Prisons Are Being Converted Into Stylish Apartments
The number of incarcerated people nationwide has declined, and almost 200 correctional facilities have closed in the past 20 years. The sites are being repurposed.The New York Times - 4h -
El Salvador offers to house US prisoners in its jails
As Rubio visits, president says country could take American citizens as well as ‘violent’ immigrantsFinancial Times - 12h -
Daniel Khalife jailed for spying for Iran and prison escape
The former British army soldier is sentenced after he was the subject of a nationwide manhunt in 2023.BBC News - 1d -
Venezuela releases US prisoners and agrees to take deportees
Agreement struck in meeting between Trump’s envoy and country’s authoritarian leader Nicolás MaduroFinancial Times - 2d -
Three Israeli hostages and dozens of Palestinian prisoners released
Saturday's handover was less chaotic than the exchange a few days ago, after concerns were expressed over safety.BBC News - 3d -
Brazilian prison using geese for security
Officials at a prison in Brazil have discovered that geese can provide security. The geese patrol the fenced perimeter between the prison yard and the outer walls.CBS News - 3d -
Watch: Freed Palestinian prisoners greeted by jubilant crowds
In total, 183 prisoners were released by Israel, after Hamas released three Israeli hostages who were taken to Gaza on 7 October 2023.BBC News - 3d -
Who are the Palestinian prisoners released in exchange for Israeli hostages?
Israel has released a total of 183 Palestinian prisoners in exchange for three Israeli hostages held in Gaza as part of the ceasefire agreement between Israel and HamasABC News - 3d -
Israel Releases Prisoners After Chaotic Hostage Handover
The release of more than 100 Palestinian prisoners as laid out in the Israel-Hamas cease-fire deal had been in doubt after crowds in southern Gaza surrounded hostages who were being freed.The New York Times - 4d -
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Bob Menendez Is Sentenced to 11 Years in Prison
Mr. Menendez, a powerful longtime senator from New Jersey, was convicted last year on federal bribery and corruption charges.The New York Times - 5d -
Israeli hostages and Palestinian prisoners released
The swap on Saturday was the second exchange since the ceasefire.BBC News - Jan. 25 -
West Bank celebrations as freed Palestinian prisoners return
The BBC's Jon Donnison watched on in Ramallah as the former captives were greeted by cheering crowds.BBC News - Jan. 25 -
Prisoner at large after escaping from hospital
Police are searching for a prisoner who escaped custody from a hospital in Bellville, Texas, on Thursday.ABC News - Jan. 24 -
Southport killer sentenced to at least 52 years in prison
Judge says ‘highly likely’ 18-year-old Axel Rudakubana will ‘never be released’Financial Times - Jan. 23 -
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Final wave of Jan. 6 prison releases continue
President Trump granted clemency for more than 1,500 people for their cases related to Jan. 6. Some were released from prison on Wednesday. CBS News congressional correspondent Scott MacFarlane ...CBS News - Jan. 22 -
Trump to huddle with House GOP moderates at White House
A trio of moderate House Republicans are set to meet with President Trump at the White House on Wednesday, the latest huddle between the president and different GOP factions as the lower chamber ...The Hill - Jan. 22 -
The Reluctant Steamroller in the White House
Trump is obsessed with asserting dominance over Hill Republicans. Except when it comes to his own agenda.Politico - Jan. 22 -
Two Americans freed in US-Taliban prisoner exchange
Two Americans, Ryan Corbett and William McKenty, were freed in a prisoner exchange between the United States and the Taliban. The deal was brokered by former President Biden before he left office, ...The Hill - Jan. 21 -
Two Americans Freed by Taliban in Prisoner Swap
The last-minute deal was the final capstone in Biden’s campaign to release dozens of Americans detained abroad.The Wall Street Journal - Jan. 21 -
American released in apparent prisoner swap with Taliban
At least one American, identified as Ryan Corbett, was released in an apparent prisoner exchange with the Taliban. In a statement, his family thanks both Joe Biden and Donald Trump. Taliban ...NBC News - Jan. 21 -
US trades Taliban prisoner for two American detainees
Two Americans held by the Taliban were exchanged for an Afghan imprisoned in the US on narco-terrorism charges.BBC News - Jan. 21 -
2 Americans Held in Afghanistan Are Freed in Prisoner Swap
In exchange, the Biden administration released an Afghan man convicted on narcotics charges in 2008.The New York Times - Jan. 21 -
Putin's Torturers Couldn't Break These Ukrainian Prisoners
Former POWs detail cruel methods, including beatings and electric shocks from a field telephone known as “a call to Putin.”The Wall Street Journal - Jan. 20 -
90 Palestinian prisoners released from Israel
The ceasefire began Sunday after Hamas supplied a list of the hostages slated for return to Israel.ABC News - Jan. 20 -
‘It was almost a relief when someone died’: former prisoners on the torture and terror of Eritrea’s secret prisons
Those who have escaped one of the world’s most repressive states give a rare glimpse into their horrific ordeal in the country’s vast gulag system. In the darkened office of his church, the ...The Guardian - Jan. 20 -
Trump returns to the White House
Incoming president to issue executive orders on deportations, tariffs and cuts to regulationFinancial Times - Jan. 20 -
Freed Palestinian prisoners are reunited with loved ones
There were scenes of joy in the West Bank as families awaited to welcome the 90 prisoners who Israel freed as a part of the ceasefire deal. The 90 prisoners were released in exchange for the three ...NBC News - Jan. 20 -
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Palestinians in West Bank wait anxiously for prisoners to be released
Ninety Palestinians should be freed from Israeli jails in exchange for three Israeli hostages released by Hamas in Gaza.BBC News - Jan. 19 -
Navalny Lawyers Sentenced to Years in Prison
Three lawyers who defended the Russian opposition leader before his death were sentenced to up to five years as the biggest crackdown on dissent since the Soviet era deepened.The Wall Street Journal - Jan. 17 -
Russia sentences Alexey Navalny's lawyers to years in prison
Russia sentenced three lawyers who had defended Alexei Navalny to several years in prison for sharing his messages from prison with the outside world.CBS News - Jan. 17 -
Missouri man who crashed U-Haul near White House sentenced to 8 years in prison
A Missouri man who crashed a rented U-Haul into the security barriers close to the White House in 2023 was sentenced Thursday to eight years in prison, court documents show. Sai Varshith Kandula ...The Hill - Jan. 17 -
How many prisoners are fighting the Los Angeles fires?
Inmate firefighters responding to the ongoing Los Angeles fires and working 24-hour shifts are earning $26.90 per day, according to the California Dept. of Corrections.ABC News - Jan. 14 -
Hundreds of California prison inmates fight wildfires - and stigma
Critics say using incarcerated men and women to fight fires is cheap labour, but supporters say it is rehabilitative.BBC News - Jan. 11 -
US transfers 11 prisoners out of Guantánamo Bay
The U.S. on Monday transferred 11 prisoners out of Guantánamo Bay, the latest batch of inmates to leave the infamous facility in Cuba that once held around 780 detainees. The 11 prisoners were ...The Hill - Jan. 6 -
Ex-prison officer jailed over sex with inmate
A video clip of Linda De Sousa Abreu, 30, having sex with an inmate went viral online.BBC News - Jan. 6 -
Man charged with helping ex-British soldier in London prison getaway
London police say a man has been charged with assisting a former British soldier later convicted of spying for Iran in his escape from prisonABC News - Jan. 6
