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Venezuela regains control of gang-run jail with pool and zoo

September 23, 2023 World Justice News 0

Venezuela says it has regained control of a notorious jail, which had been under the control of the powerful Tren de Aragua criminal gang. Some 11,000 security personnel were deployed to Tocorón prison, which had […]

Ecuador police find dozens of bodies during jail sweep

July 27, 2023 World Justice News 0

Police and soldiers who stormed a prison in the Ecuadorean city of Guayaquil following days of unrest say they have come across dozens of bodies. Officials said 31 inmates had been killed since Saturday, when […]

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How desperate US prisoners try to escape deadly heat

July 25, 2023 World Justice News 0

As temperatures rise, prisoners locked in cells without air conditioning – and the staff guarding them – are struggling. Calvin Johnson spent 37 years in a Texas state prison, including 37 summers in a jail […]

First look inside £85m women-only jail HMP Stirling built without bars on its windows and cells

May 26, 2023 World Justice News 0

Scotland’s new £85m women’s prison is set to open this summer. HMP Stirling will house around 100 inmates and has been designed with a trauma-informed approach – which takes account of gender – to better […]

Thousands of tattooed suspected gang member inmates moved to El Salvador mega-prison

February 25, 2023 World Justice News 0

The first group of 2,000 suspected gang members in El Salvador have been moved to a huge new prison, the centrepiece of President Nayib Bukele’s self-declared war on crime. Tens of thousands of suspected gangsters […]

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El Salvador opens 40,000-inmate prison in ‘war against gangs’

February 2, 2023 World Justice News 0

El Salvador has opened one of the world’s largest prisons, which will hold 40,000 inmates as arrests soar in a government crackdown on violent crime. The “Terrorism Confinement Centre” in Tecoluca has been completed in […]

Jailing of trans rapist Isla Bryson is ‘shambles’, says prison chief

January 27, 2023 World Justice News 0

Sending a transgender rapist to a women’s prison was an “unnecessary shambles”, its former governor said. Rhona Hotchkiss, who ran Cornton Vale until 2017, said she would have refused to have Isla Bryson at the […]

All US federal prisons in lockdown after deadly gang fight

February 1, 2022 World Justice News 0

All federal prisons in the US have been placed on lockdown after a gang fight left two inmates dead at a facility in Texas. Two other prisoners were seriously hurt in the violence at the […]

Liberia prisons: Where inmates are short of food, space and uniforms

January 30, 2022 World Justice News 0

When the food ran out for inmates at Liberia’s main prison earlier this month it exposed the terrible conditions that have long existed in the country’s jails. The lack of supplies affected all of the […]

HMP Bronzefield baby death: Mother was ‘failed’ says inspectors

September 22, 2021 World Justice News 0

An 18-year-old inmate who lost her baby at Europe’s largest women’s prison should never have given birth alone in her cell, according to a critical report from inspectors. The baby died in September 2019 at […]

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Senegal PM proposes tougher anti-LGBT law, doubling prison terms

February 26, 2026 0

Senegal’s Prime Minister Ousmane Sonko has introduced legislation that could double the maximum penalty for same-sex relations, making them punishable by up to 10 years in prison. The proposal was sent to parliament on Tuesday […]

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Rare prison sentences handed to Cameroon soldiers after killing of 21 civilians

February 22, 2026 0

Three Cameroonian soldiers have been sentenced to prison for their role in the killing of at least 21 civilians in the country’s troubled Anglophone region. The jail terms for the crimes, which took place six […]

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Nigerian court orders UK to pay £420m over 1949 killing of miners

February 8, 2026 0

A Nigerian court has ordered the British government to pay $27m (£20m) to each of the families of 21 coal miners killed in 1949 by the colonial administration in the south-east of the country. The […]