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 Red Cross vehicle is seen near the Ofer Prison, near Jerusalem, January 19, 2025

Israel prepares for prisoner exchange as IDF, IPS conclude plans

Most of the prisoners on the list are women, and only one prisoner on the list under the age of 18 at the time of their arrest was convicted of murder.

France plans to isolate 100 top drug lords in hyper-secure 'Narco-Prison'

Prisons no longer stop narcotraffickers from trafficking, killing, or threatening officials and journalists.

Almost 7,000 Palestinians detained without standard trials, NGOs report

PCATI's criticism suggested that shutting down IDF detention facilities may have been temporary and they may have returned to heavy use once the military started a new campaign in Gaza in October.

First Holy Door opened in prison since 1,300: Pope Francis opens Holy Door at Rebibbia prison

Rebibbia prison, built in 1946, is Italy's largest penal institution, housing over 62,000 inmates, with a critical overcrowding rate exceeding 132%.

Missing American Travis Timmerman found in Syrian prison, released

The 29-year-old from Missouri told CBS News that he was freed from a Syrian prison on Monday after being detained seven months ago for entering the country without permission.

Suspect in October hate crime shooting of Orthodox man found dead in Chicago jail

Abdallahi was found dead Saturday, November 30, at 3:30 p.m. during a routine security check at the health center in Cook County Jail.

By JACOB GURVIS/JTA
03/12/2024

Russian dissident Gorinov gets three more years in prison for 'justifying terrorism'

The defense said the other inmates had tried to provoke Gorinov into making political comments during secretly recorded conversations.

By REUTERS
29/11/2024
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The castle has crumbled: The life of Yitzhak Abergil

Israel's once-powerful crime boss Yitzhak Abergil faces life in prison as Supreme Court rejects his final appeal in Case 512.

By WALLA!
18/11/2024

The Stanford Prison Experiment: What went wrong in the experiment that horrified the world?

The basement of a Stanford University building was transformed into a makeshift prison for the 1971 study.

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