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France’s Detention System a ‘Catastrophe,’ CGLPL Says in Final Annual Report

The office warns chronic overcrowding, staff shortages and decaying facilities are eroding detainees’ rights and demand urgent political action.

Buried Cellphone Parts Found at Cochamarca as a Grenade Threat Is Neutralized at Castro Castro

Bengaluru Life Convict Freed by Forged Supreme Court Order Now Booked After 2018 Release Is Declared Fake

Teen Arrested in Bolton Immigration Crime Probe Released on Bail

San Francisco DA Condemns California High Court Bail Ruling as Releases Begin

Peru Transfers 48 Women From Chorrillos Prison to Ease Overcrowding

Audiencia Nacional Confirms Denial of Semi-Release for ETA Prisoner Gregorio Vicario

Prosecutors’ Appeal Halts Semi-Release for Ex-ETA Leader ‘Anboto’

Met Interviews Man in His 60s Under Caution in Mohamed Al Fayed Abuse Probe

Prison Doctor Warns UK Jails Face Escalating Inmate Violence as Staff Shortfalls Bite

Lula Sanctions Law Making Vulnerability an Absolute Presumption in Sexual Crimes Against Minors and the Incapacitated

Supreme Court Orders Nationwide Overhaul of Open Prisons With Binding Timelines

Basque Government Grants Weekday Semiliberty to ETA Leader 'Txeroki' as Court Review Looms

Pritzker Signs Illinois Clean Slate Act, Launching Automatic Sealing for Many Nonviolent Records

Parole Board Casts Doubt on Releasing Jose Colon in 1983 Trooper Hanna Killing

Polis Says Tina Peters’ Nine-Year Sentence Is ‘Harsh,’ Weighs Clemency

Alleged Bondi Gunman Moved to Goulburn Supermax

Saudi Arabia Sets New Execution Record in 2025 With 356 Deaths

Portland Man Gets Life Sentence After Activist Bail Preceded Domestic Homicide

Germany Moves to Impose Five-Year Minimum for Rape or Robbery Using 'K.O. Drops'