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Harris County Extends $38 Million Deal to House Inmates in Private Jails Through 2027

Restored compliance with lower jail counts offers a path to phasing out Olla placements by 2027.

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El Salvador Congress Approves Constitutional Reform Allowing Life Sentences

Doctors Report Slight Renal Improvement as Bolsonaro Remains in ICU for Bilateral Pneumonia

Bolsonaro Hospitalized in ICU With Bacterial Pneumonia as Renal Function Worsens

Venezuela Excarcerations Reach 690 Under Amnesty as Cuba Begins Limited Releases

Harvey Weinstein, in First Jailhouse Interview, Calls Rikers "Hell" and Says He Fears Dying There

Impostors Posing as Police Remove Inmate From Paris-Area Prison in Forged-Transfer Ruse

Mark Epstein Ends Piers Morgan Interview After Claiming Forthcoming Report Will Dispute Suicide Ruling

Flávio Bolsonaro Touts Michelle for DF Senate as Allies Say She Won't Campaign for Him

Peru Ratifies INPE Security Chief as Prison Photo Leak Draws Legal Complaints and Internal Probe

Manhunt Launched After Convicted Robber Escapes Custody at West London Hospital

Minister Defends Seclusion Policy After RTÉ Exposé and Pledges More Beds at Central Mental Hospital

Norway Opens Aggravated Corruption Probe Into Diplomat Mona Juul After Epstein Revelations

Marlene Lufen Releases Prison Interview With Woman Serving Life for 2008 Killing

Manhunt Launched After Scott Warner Absconds From HMP Hollesley Bay

Fake Nahir Galarza Profiles Use AI Images to Solicit Money, Inner Circle Warns

Saxony Targets Prison ‘Legal Highs’ With Mail Copies, New Scanners and a Draft Law

Urdangarin Says Royal Household Pushed Divorce During Nóos Scandal in New Interviews

Belgium Sends Ministers to Estonia to Explore Renting Prison Space

Luynes Prison Guard Gets Three Years for Attempted Phone Smuggling in Thermos