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New York City Closes Rikers’ North Infirmary Command and Transfers Site to DCAS

The closure moves hospital-level care off Rikers into a new therapeutic unit and Bellevue Hospital to reconfigure detainee medical services.

Trump Appointees Stopped Brooklyn Inquiry Into Gentile Commutation

Tasmania to Convert Ashley Youth Centre Into Small Farm‑Based Minimum‑Security Prison

Noem’s 19 Board‑Free Commutations Tied to 12 New Charges, Report Says

California Prison Tablets Allegedly Used for Porn and Grooming

Channel 5 Commissions Richard Madeley Documentary Inside El Salvador’s CECOT Prison

New York City Names 'Close Rikers' Czar as 2027 Closure Timeline Falters

Michigan Lawmakers Urge Whitmer to Grant Medical Clemency to Inmate Over Alleged Prison Mold Illness

Ontario Jail Errors Left Released Inmates Missing for Months

Bukele Offers To Send All Salvadoran Prisoners to Colombia After Petro’s Rebuke

Trump Hosts Passover Reception With Jewish Leaders at the White House

White House Seeks $1.5 Trillion Defense Budget for 2027 With Sharp Cuts Elsewhere

Cuba Starts Holy Week Amnesty To Free 2,010 Prisoners

NYT Details Post-Pardon Crimes After Trump’s Mass Jan. 6 Clemency

ICE Data Shows Most People Arrested in Minnesota and Maine Had No Criminal Records

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

Mamdani Appoints Stanley Richards to Lead NYC Jails Under Federal Oversight

Nearly 49,000 Prisoners Freed Early as Recalls Reach Record Levels, MoJ Data Shows

Assembly Republicans Reject Evers’ $1.3 Billion Property-Tax Relief Plan

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