Melika Mohammadi Gazvar Olya fled Tehran after participating in the “Woman, Life, Freedom” protests following the September 2022 death of Mahsa Amini in custody. After a dangerous journey across ...

Canberra's only prison breached the human rights of a former Aboriginal detainee by illegally strip-searching her while she was held in remand there in 2021, the ACT Supreme Court has found.

Though still below pre-pandemic levels and its 2000s peak, Vermont’s growing prison population has caused overcrowding across the system. The state is assessing its options.

While the planet continues to warm, conditions in prisons, and specifically in solitary confinement, continue to worsen.

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As climate change exacerbates the risks of extreme heat across California, the state’s prison officials plan to embark on a $38 million pilot project to figure out how to keep their prison cells cool.

Last December, the former al Qaeda leader, Ahmed al-Shara, made history as he led a loose coalition of rebels into downtown Damascus. The Syrian dictator, Bashar al-Assad, promptly fled in a ...

After years of complaints about hot temperatures inside prison cells, California is finally embarking on a plan to cool some cells. But it’s only a test, and it will only help a fraction of inmates.

A wave of new immigration jails is drawing widespread criticism for terrible conditions and restricted access to legal resources.

This story was originally published by CalMatters. Sign up for their newsletters. As climate change exacerbates the risks of extreme heat across California, the state’s prison officials plan to embark ...