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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 […]

What is a ‘violent crime’? For California’s new parole law, the definition is murky— and it matters

January 27, 2017 zoshinuk 0

Andrew Luster, the great grandson of cosmetics magnate Max Factor, drew global attention in the early 2000s when, after being accused of rape, he jumped his $1-million bail and was later captured in Mexico by a bounty hunter […]

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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 […]

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Rape trial puts Norway’s royal family in unwelcome glare of public

February 1, 2026 0

When Marius Borg Høiby stands up in room 250 at Oslo district court on Tuesday, at the start of Norway’s biggest trial in years, he will have no moral support from his closest relatives. His […]