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Third Death at Michigan Women’s Prison Prompts Push for Independent Probe

Lawmakers, families and advocates demand independent oversight while the state conducts mortality and administrative reviews.

Ex-Detainee Seeks Criminal Probe After Alleged Neglect at Fulton County Jail Led to Amputations

ACLU Finalizes $1.2 Million in Settlements Over Dark-Cell Abuse at Miami Correctional Facility

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

DOJ Opens Civil-Rights Probes Into California and Maine Women’s Prisons Over Transgender Housing Policies

Federal Judge Orders Receivership of Health Care in Arizona State Prisons

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

Dublin Council Votes to Oppose Reusing Shuttered FCI Dublin for Prison or ICE Detention

Hortolândia Prison Disturbance Contained After Inmates Set Mattresses on Fire

Trump Confirms Sean 'Diddy' Combs Pardon Request as Lawyers Push Fort Dix Placement

Bureau of Prisons Cancels Union Contract, Strips Representation Rights for 30,000 Workers

ICE Detainees Begin Arriving at Reopened Tennessee Facility Run by CoreCivic

ICE Starts Housing Migrants at Angola’s ‘Louisiana Lockup’ as Officials Plan 400-Bed Expansion

Council of Europe Urges Catalonia to End Mechanical Restraints in Detention

Venezuelan Migrants Sue U.S. Over Torture and Due Process Violations

Bavaria Reassigns Corrections Chief as JVA Augsburg-Gablingen Probe Continues

Torture Allegations Spur Lawsuits Over U.S. Deportations to Cecot

Amnesty International Calls for War Crimes Probe Into Evin Prison Strike

Judge Vacates Adams’ Emergency Orders, Reinstates Solitary Confinement Ban

Trump Administration Sends 261 Alleged Gang Members to El Salvador's Controversial CECOT Prison