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Venezuela’s interim government said it would release an “important number” of imprisoned people, but only nine have been confirmed freed. By The New York Times In Venezuela on Friday, relatives of ...

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 ...

GUATIRE, Venezuela (AP) — Venezuela released citizens and foreigners from its prisons on Thursday in what a top government official described as a gesture to “seek peace” less than a week after former ...

A Federal Communications Commission proposal to let state and local prisons jam contraband cell phones has support from Republican attorneys general and prison phone companies but faces opposition ...

This is read by an automated voice. Please report any issues or inconsistencies here. A system designed to protect state inmates has led to increased violence involving so-called ‘dropout’ gangs of ...

WSJ’s Robbie Gramer explains the rationale behind President Trump’s military operation in Venezuela. Photo: Aaron Schwartz/CNP/Bloomberg News Venezuela’s regime released five political prisoners on ...

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, ...

Three inmates are dead and 13 are injured following a fight at Washington State Prison in Davisboro. Local deputies and state troopers assisted the GDC in regaining control of the facility and ...

Venezuela’s top lawmaker and brother of interim President Delcy Rodriguez on Thursday announced that Caracas would release certain political prisoners held captive, following demands from the US. “The ...

Venezuela has begun releasing a number of high-profile prisoners, including opposition politicians, in what its government has called a gesture “to seek peace” less than a week after the US operation ...

President Trump on Saturday said he hopes political prisoners released in Venezuela “remember how lucky they got” in the week after U.S. strikes ousted President Nicolás Maduro and brought him to the ...