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Ecuador Finds 13 Inmates Dead at Machala Prison After Blast Outside Facility

Officials opened autopsies to determine causes in the latest mass deaths within Ecuador’s prison system.

House Democrats Detail Alleged Perks for Ghislaine Maxwell at Texas Prison as BOP Denies Special Treatment

31 Dead in Ecuador Prison as Government Begins Transfers to New Maximum-Security Facility

Judge Orders Preventive Detention for Morena Rial, Denies Home Confinement

Inmate Weighing 265 Kilograms Dies in Turin Prison as Family Questions Care

Investigations Underway After Two Inmates Drown in Tihar Jail Drain

Pentonville Prison Placed in Special Measures After Urgent Notification

Italian Engineer Maurizio Cocco Freed on Bail After Three-Year Detention in Ivory Coast

Maharashtra Jails Exceed Capacity by 12,343 Inmates as Government Details 17,110-Bed Expansion

Dozens of Inmates Riot at Marassi Prison in Genova, Two Guards Hospitalized

British Nationals Detained Abroad as Drug Smuggling Cases Escalate

French Prison Attacks Tied to Drug Cartels as Investigation Shifts to Organised Crime Unit

Palestinian Detainee Numbers Double to Nearly 10,000 Since 2023

Robert Brooks’ Prison Death Officially Ruled Homicide Following Autopsy

Pope Francis Opens Historic Holy Door at Rome Prison to Launch Jubilee Year

Bureau of Prisons to Implement Federal Oversight Following Widespread Sexual Abuse at Women’s Prison

HMP Manchester Launches Action Plan to Address 'Catastrophic' Conditions

Prison System Crisis: Record Highs in Violence and Self-Harm

B'Tselem Report Alleges Systematic Torture of Palestinian Prisoners in Israeli Jails