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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.

Venezuela Reports 3,200 Fully Freed Under Amnesty as Rights Disputes and Prison Hunger Strikes Mount

IHC Quashes Aafia Contempt Order, Ousts Judge Over Invalid Law Degree

Fourteen Former Cricket Captains Urge Pakistan To Ensure Humane Care For Imran Khan

Federal Constitutional Court Halts IHC Contempt Move in Aafia Siddiqui Case

Imran Khan’s Sons Say Pakistan Is Blocking Their Visas to Visit Jailed Father

Russia’s Ombudsman Urges Law to Extend Alimony to School Students Over 18

Venezuela Frees Over 100 Political Prisoners as NGOs Challenge Official Count

Autopsy Rules ICE Detainee’s Death a Homicide by Asphyxia in El Paso

Freed After 581 Days, French Researcher Laurent Vinatier Recounts Russian Detention

Brazil’s Top Court Moves Bolsonaro to Special Papuda Unit With Larger Cell, 24/7 Medical Access

Brazil’s Supreme Court Moves Bolsonaro to Larger Papuda Cell With 24/7 Doctor Access

Brazil Transfers Bolsonaro to Larger Cell at Papuda Prison

Bukele Lays Cornerstone for Costa Rica’s Mega-Prison as Election Nears

Winter Storms Kill Four in Gaza as Fragile Cease-Fire Faces New Strains

Myanmar Junta Grants Independence Day Amnesty to 6,134 Prisoners

India and Pakistan Trade Nuclear Site and Prisoner Lists for 35th Straight Year

Federal Judge Raids SPF Director in Ezeiza Prison Food Cartel Probe

J&K–Ladakh High Court Throws Out Mehbooba Mufti’s PIL on Undertrial Transfers

Pollard Alleges Israeli Envoy Urged Him to Kill Himself During U.S. Imprisonment