Prison
'We are never full': Palestinian prisoners claim they received little food in Israeli prisons
Samer Khawaireh, 45, told Reuters that all he was given to eat in Israel's prisons was ten thin pieces of bread over the course of a day, with a bit of hummus and tahini, and tuna twice a week.
New Zealand mosque gunman appeals conviction, says guilty plea was irrational
Mother of Tomer Eiges 'ashamed' to have served in Unit 8200, appalled at son's treatment in prison
Capt. Tomer Eiges named as intelligence officer who died in military prison in 2021
Maduro ally Saab arrested in Venezuela, US official says
Venezuelan official Alex Saab was reportedly arrested in a joint US-Venezuelan operation, though his lawyer and government aligned figures denied the claim as conflicting accounts emerged.
Samer Sinijlawi’s vision for Gaza deserves serious skepticism - opinion
Promises of reform in Gaza may appeal to the West, but there is a risk of the past repeating itself.
Venezuela plans amnesty law for prisoners, vows to convert major prison center
Rodriguez said that the Helicoide prison, a long-standing symbol of alleged government repression, will instead be converted into a center for sports and social services.
Minnesota man accused of posing as FBI agent to free Luigi Mangione from Brooklyn jail
Mangione, 27, is awaiting trial in a death penalty murder case on charges that he gunned down Brian Thompson, the CEO of UnitedHealth Group, in Manhattan in 2024.
South Korean court sentences ex-first lady Kim Keon Hee to jail for bribery by Unification Church
The court cleared Kim, the wife of ex-President Yoon Suk Yeol, who was ousted from office last year, of charges of stock price manipulation and violating the Political Funds Act.
Venezuela frees at least 104 political prisoners as interim government continues releases
They were released from prisons across the country, and more releases were likely taking place, said Alfredo Romero, the director of Venezuelan human rights group Foro Penal.
US to complete transfer of Islamic State detainees from Syria to Iraq in coming days, official says
The US military is transferring up to 7,000 ISIS detainees from Syrian prisons to Iraq, focusing on high-risk fighters amid growing security concerns following recent prison escapes.
Japanese Court sentences man to life imprisonment for fatally shooting former PM Shinzo Abe
Tetsuya Yamagami was arrested on the spot in July 2022 after fatally firing at Abe with a homemade gun while he was delivering a campaign speech in the western city of Nara.
CBS airs El Salvador mega prison report weeks after pulling segment
The report on the prison holding US deportees was delayed from December 21, with CBS saying more reporting was needed.
Court sentences two men to 38 months in prison for looting victims of Nova festival massacre
The judge said the defendants’ actions represented a “particularly grave moral failure,” adding that they had shown a “crude trampling of the most basic elements of human compassion.”
