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HMP Wandsworth Named UK’s Most Overcrowded Prison at 62% Above Capacity

The label highlights persistent failure to fix unsafe conditions after a year in special measures.

Mexico Unveils 2026–2029 Federal Prosecution Plan Focused on High-Impact Crime

San Francisco Chinatown Stabbing Leaves Man Critical — Suspect Arrested Within Minutes

Dutch State Opposes Priority TBS Placement for Vught Hostage-Taker in Court Hearing

CSU Weighs Under-14 Court Procedure, SPD Rejects Proposal

France’s Prison Overcrowding Deepens as Inmate Count Reaches 86,229 on December 1

Peru’s Constitutional Court Sets Nov. 25 Hearing on Challenge to Law Allowing Adult Trials for 16–17-Year-Olds

Justice Committee Warns UK Prisons Are in Crisis, Failing Rehabilitation

Brazilian Senate Sends Tougher Sexual-Crime Bill to Lula for Sanction

Parole Board Revokes Randall Hopley’s Statutory Release, Citing Undue Risk

Illinois Enacts Sonya Massey Act Requiring Full Disclosure of Police Hiring Records

NSW Youth Custody Climbs 34% as Courts Tighten Bail Decisions

DOJ Charges Two More Former FCI Dublin Officers With Sexual Abuse

NSW Launches Review of Youth Criminal Responsibility Law

DOJ Investigates Minnesota Prosecutor's Race-Conscious Plea Policy

Pava Pepper Spray Approved for Trial in Youth Prisons to Address Rising Violence

UK Prison Officers Demand Tasers Following Violent Inmate Attacks

U.S. Government Pays $116 Million to Survivors of Abuse at California Women’s Prison

UK to Overhaul Murder Laws with Stricter Sentences and Tiered Classifications

Bureau of Prisons to Close Troubled Facilities, Including Notorious FCI Dublin