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Texas Prison Heat Trial Opens With Clash Over Deaths and Air-Conditioning Plan

The bench trial tests Texas’ heat fixes against a prior ruling finding uncooled cells unconstitutional.

Justice Department Opens Civil-Rights Probes Into Transgender Housing in California and Maine Women’s Prisons

UAE Rulers Order Ramadan Pardons for About 4,700 Inmates as President Covers Financial Penalties

COVITE Seeks Appeal of Basque-Granted Third Degree for ETA Convict Asier Arzalluz Goñi

Basque Government Grants Weekday Semiliberty to ETA Leader 'Txeroki' as Court Review Looms

Delhi, Himachal Grant Republic Day Sentence Remissions to Eligible Convicts

Federal Judge Raids SPF Director in Ezeiza Prison Food Cartel Probe

DOJ Tells PREA Auditors to Halt LGBTQ Safeguards Enforcement in Prison Reviews

UAE Leaders Order 6,546 Prisoner Pardons Ahead of 54th National Day

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

Prisons Tighten Release Checks After Five Wrongful Releases in a Week

French Prison Watchdog Issues Formal Warning on Decay Driving Indecent Detention

Escaped Bielefeld Inmate Confirmed Held in Turkey

Tasers Deployed in Prison Trial as Stab Vests Await Issue

Haryana Orders Formation of District Committees to Aid Poor Prisoners

UK to Deport Foreign Prisoners After Serving 30% Under New Overcrowding Plan

German prisons to raise prisoner wages after constitutional court ruling

Schleswig-Holstein Advances Plans to Expand Prisons as Justice System Struggles

Australia's Tough New Bail Laws Drive Surge in Prison Spending and Remand Populations

France Intensifies Efforts as Kohler and Paris Mark Three Years of Detention in Iran