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Deadly Riot at Negombo Prison Leaves At Least 25 Dead

Investigating how firearms reached inmates, authorities will probe security failures tied to chronic overcrowding.

Madeley’s Channel 5 Film Probes El Salvador’s CECOT Mega‑Prison

Mass Shootings Kill Scores in Northern Honduras

Government Unveils Justice ID After 179 Prisoners Freed in Error

Exonerated Austin Mother Carmen Mejia Freed After 23 Years Following ICE Decision

Jharkhand Approves Release of 23 Life-Term Convicts, Prioritizes Rehabilitation

Newsom Unveils $239 Million San Quentin Learning Center Aimed at Reentry

Cleveland and DOJ Ask Court to End 2015 Police Consent Decree

PM to Review Case of Drug Driver Eligible for Early Release and Deportation

Nursery Worker Jailed for Abusing 21 Babies Set for Deportation to Poland Today

Delhi, Himachal Grant Republic Day Sentence Remissions to Eligible Convicts

Peru Allows Immediate Police Review of Seized Devices in Extortion, Contract Killing and Kidnapping Cases

UK Plan Curtails Jury Trials for Mid-Level Crimes as Government Pushes 'Swift' Judge-Only Courts

Saudi Executions Hit New Record at 347 as UN Demands Immediate Moratorium

AIC Reports Record Indigenous Deaths in Custody in Australia for 2024–25

Bevan Spencer von Einem Dies in South Australian Prison at 79

High Court Grants Special Leave in Queensland Appeal Over Teen Killer’s Reduced Parole Term

Peru Raids 68 Prisons in Nationwide Sweep, Exposing Limits of Crackdowns

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

Prison Riot in Ecuador’s Machala Leaves 4 Dead, 43 Injured