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Woman Gives Birth During Arraignment in Brooklyn Court

Allegations that she was restrained during delivery have spurred demands for probes and reforms.

Supreme Court Seeks Reports on Darshan's Jail Conditions and Trial Timeline

Rome Court Cuts Alemanno’s Term 39 Days Over 'Inhuman' Jail Conditions

Peru Courts Order Nine Months of Pretrial Detention in Prison Death and Ucayali Double Killing Probes

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

Myanmar Annuls Death Sentences, Orders New Year Prisoner Releases

Prosecutors File Second Indictment Against 10 Ex-Special Unit Officers in Augsburg Prison Case

Cuba Begins Releasing 2,010 Prisoners in Holy Week Pardon

Federal Judge Orders Receivership of Health Care in Arizona State Prisons

Bolsonaro Defense Cites Health Decline, Presses for PF Medical Report to Unlock House-Arrest Review

New Hampshire House Approves Hard-Labor Sentences for Capital Murder and Child Sex Assault

Bukele Offers to Transfer All Salvadoran Inmates After Clinton Criticizes CECOT

Two Palestine Action Hunger Strikers Hospitalized as 50-Day Protest Reaches Crisis Point

Bavaria to Require Judge Review of Secure-Cell Stays Over 72 Hours After Gablingen Report

Indonesia Hands Over Two Dutch Drug Convicts for Repatriation to the Netherlands

San Francisco Jail Strip-Search Claim Triggers Review as Sheriff Disputes ‘Mass’ Search

Alabama Executes Anthony Boyd With Nitrogen Gas as Witnesses Report Prolonged Death

Rigoberta Menchú Speaks to 200 Inmates at Mexico’s Federal Women’s Prison in Morelos

Greene Says Santos Has Spent Nearly 30 Days in Solitary, Renews Clemency Push

DOCCS-Led Panel Seeks Changes to New York's HALT Solitary Confinement Law