New tensions flared a day after a Kurdish-led militia agreed to hand over control of prisons holding some 8,000 Islamic State fighters to the Syrian government. By Christina Goldbaum Clashes erupted ...
Seven officers were killed and dozens were taken hostage in a coordinated series of prisoner uprisings at three notorious Guatemalan detention centers, followed by a spate of attacks against police in ...
ESCUINTLA, Guatemala/GUATEMALA CITY, Jan 17 (Reuters) - Guatemalan security forces were working to take back control of three prisons on Saturday after rioting inmates took at least 46 people hostage, ...
As protests spread across Iran and security forces intensify their crackdown, former political prisoners are warning that what is visible on the streets represents only a fraction of the violence ...
The Offie of Inspector General released a report on the treatment of an inmate in Federal Prison who had cancer. The damning report showed a disregard for human life and the inmate ultimately died ...
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Three inmates were reportedly killed and more than a dozen injured in a massive brawl at a Georgia prison. The fight broke out around 1:25 p.m. Sunday at Washington State Prison in Davisboro, and ...
The prison has outlasted the war in Afghanistan, has employed tens of thousands of temporary troops and holds six men charged but not yet tried in death penalty cases. The first image of detainees at ...
Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. As protests spread across Iran and security forces intensify their crackdown, former political prisoners are warning that what is ...
Fighting that broke out at a Georgia state prison over the weekend left three inmates dead and injured a corrections officer and 13 more inmates, the Georgia Department of Corrections said Monday. The ...
ALBANY, N.Y. — Gov. Kathy Hochul signed the Jail and Prison Oversight Omnibus Bill Friday, which seeks to reform prisons across the state. The reforms in the bill include more cameras in prisons, ...
At least 24 political prisoners were released in the early hours of Monday from Venezuelan prisons, according to the human rights group Foro Penal, in a process unfolding amid complaints about the ...