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California Lawmakers Push for Another Prison Closure After Surplus Capacity Report

State analysts say the system has about 8,000 excess beds.

Sheinbaum Announces National Plan to Standardize Feminicide Investigations This Month

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

Peru to Concentrate High-Risk Inmates in 3–4 Special Prisons Under Tougher Controls

Israel Prison Service Plans Execution Facility as Terror Death-Penalty Bill Nears Further Knesset Votes

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

Belgium Sends Ministers to Estonia to Explore Renting Prison Space

Argentina's Prison Population Hits Record as Watchdog Details Deepening Overcrowding

Chile’s President-Elect Kast Visits El Salvador’s CECOT Megaprison, Meets Bukele on Security

Delhi, Himachal Grant Republic Day Sentence Remissions to Eligible Convicts

Nation and Buenos Aires Sign Accord to Transfer Marcos Paz Prison, Paving Way to Close Devoto

Brazil Year-End Prison Furloughs: 46,000 Released, About 1,900 Did Not Return

Peru Unveils Plan to Replace INPE With New Sunir Prison Authority

Bukele Rebuts CECOT Torture Claims After Clinton Post, Offers to Release All Prisoners

Delhi High Court Opens Suo Motu Oversight of Remission, Premature Release Policies

Buenos Aires Legislature Approves City Penitentiary Service, Paving Way for Federal Transfer

WA Commits $147 Million To Replace Unit 18, Tender Next Week

Nevada Senate Passes Lombardo Crime Bill With School Immigration Amendment as Film Tax Credit Awaits Vote

PRI Deputy Files Bill in Mexico to Allow Chemical Castration for Convicted Sex Offenders

Peru Extortion Reports Hit Record High as New Police Unit Pledges Offensive Push