Even the much lauded Nordic prisons are facing overcrowding and understaffing
Nordic prisons are praised for their humane approach to incarceration – but they face overcrowding and understaffing issues.
Lansing inmate pleads guilty to kidnapping prison employee
A Lansing, Kansas inmate, already serving time for rape, is convicted of kidnapping a prison employee last year.
Illinois needs this law on solitary confinement in prison
Lawmakers should quickly pass a bill to require accurate data collection and transparency on solitary confinement.
Inside the foreign bar that locks a piece of San Francisco in a cage
Not everybody is enthused by the concept of a theatric, prison-themed cocktail bar called Alcotraz that's a boozy spin on a ...
Inmates learn to code in prison
Graduation day dawns sunny and warm for the first day of November, but the weather hardly matters for the joint Massachusetts ...
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In Syria’s former ‘slaughterhouse,’ a desperate hunt for the disappeared
Shalhom said he and the other men began shooting the locks off the cells. Osama Shalhom, 39, was among the first people to arrive at Sednaya military prison north of Damascus, Syria, to release ...
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Syrians Break Locks and Smash Walls at Notorious Sednaya Prison
Syrians were seen breaking down walls and smashing locks at the notorious Sednaya prison on Sunday, December 8, as inmates were freed amid the fall of Bashar al-Assad’s regime. Footage here was ...
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Syrians Break Locks and Smash Walls at Notorious Sednaya Prison
Syrians were seen breaking down walls and smashing locks at the notorious Sednaya prison on Sunday, December 8, as inmates were freed amid the fall of Bashar al-Assad’s regime. Footage here was ...
Editorial: When SC locks people up, we have to keep them safe, regardless of the cost
DJJ hasn't implemented half of recommendations from 2021 Legislative Audit Council report; turnover is up, inmates aren't ...