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Former Santa Clara County Jail Guard Sentenced to 45 Days for Aiding Inmate Beating

The sentence signals a rare effort to punish a jail staff member for helping inmate violence.

Inmates Say They Were Punished for Speaking About Maxwell at Texas Prison Camp

Prison Officers Call Irish Prison Conditions a ‘National Scandal’

Peru Tightens Prison Security With New Challapalca Chief, Rotating Guards

Peru Investigates Two Inmate Deaths at El Milagro and Challapalca

Federal Judge Orders Receivership of Health Care in Arizona State Prisons

Judge Finds CDOC and Polis Violated Colorado’s Ban on Involuntary Servitude

Federal Judge Installs Nicholas Deml to Take Operational Control of Rikers Island

Lil Durk’s Federal Murder-for-Hire Trial Set for April 21, 2026

Peru Justice Minister Leads Surprise Raid at Ica Prison’s High-Security Pavilion

Mamdani Extends Jail Emergency, Orders 45-Day Plan to Restore Compliance

Hochul Signs Amended Prison Oversight Law With 24/7 Cameras and New Accountability Rules

Police File FIR Against 22 Inmates After Ludhiana Jail Unrest

Arizona Prison Probes Homicide in Death of Inmate Leon Indian at Yuma Facility

San Diego Sheriff Seeks Up to $1 Billion to Replace Vista Jail and Repair Aging Facilities

Ecuador Finds 13 Inmates Dead at Machala Prison After Blast Outside Facility

Hortolândia Prison Disturbance Contained After Inmates Set Mattresses on Fire

France Launches 'Zero Mobile' Prison Pilot at Six Sites to Seal Off Phones Within 6–7 Months

High Court Rules Terror Inmate’s Segregation Unlawful as Government Weighs Appeal

Appeals Court Grants House Arrest to Elías Piccirillo Under Electronic Monitoring