Prison
Silman declares Nile crocodile ‘cultivated wild animal’ to allow Ben-Gvir's 'crocodile prison' plan
The environmental protection minister changed the crocodile’s legal status to facilitate National Security Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir’s proposed “crocodile prison.”
Inside America’s first prison synagogue: New exhibit tells the story of Jewish inmates who built it
Palestinian ex-prisoners allege sexual, physical, medical abuse in Israeli prisons - report
US citizen detained, held by Iranian regime since 2024 released, Donald Trump announces
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.”
Guatemalan inmates riot at three prisons, taking 46 people hostage
Inmates, some wearing jumpsuits but most in tank tops and shorts, their faces covered by masks improvised with pieces of clothing, watched from above, perched in the prison's patrol towers.
Ben-Gvir switches terrorist execution method to hanging in revised death penalty bill
“We’re coming up with the best outline, the most exact one,” Ben-Gvir told the panel.
Venezuela releases Israeli prisoner accused of being a 'foreign mercenary'
The call, joined by Harari’s daughters Yael and Yaara, followed more than a year in which Harari was held by authorities in Caracas alongside other Western detainees.
Venezuela releases political prisoners, including five Spaniards, following US capture of Maduro
Venezuela's top lawmaker, Jorge Rodriguez, said earlier on Thursday that a significant number of both foreign and Venezuelan prisoners would be freed in the coming hours.
