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Trump seeks $195 million to reopen Alcatraz as active prison

FILE PHOTO: A view of Alcatraz prison complex located on Alcatraz Island in San Francisco Bay near San Francisco, California, U.S. July 17, 2025. REUTERS/Carlos Barria/File Photo

Jailed ex-South Korea president Yoon received over $1 million in inmate funds: Data

The total amount that jailed former South Korean president Yoon Suk Yeol received is about 4.6 times the annual presidential salary for 2025.

Jailed Palestinians fear death by hanging without due process under new Israeli law

Palestinians protesting against the Israeli death penalty law for Palestinians convicted in military courts of deadly attacks, at the headquarters of the International Committee of the Red Cross in Gaza City, on March 31.

Mexican president announces ‘protest actions’ after migrant dies in US custody

Mexico's President Claudia Sheinbaum addresses the media in her daily press conference saying that her government was "going to take greater measures" following the death last week of a Mexican being held at a federal immigrant detention center in the U.S., in Mexico City, Mexico March 30, 2026. REUTERS/Quetzalli Nicte-Ha

Mexican immigrant died in US immigration custody, ICE says, marking 14 deaths in 2026

An Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agent stands while air travellers wait in TSA Security lines at John F. Kennedy International Airport, Queens, New York City, U.S., March 27, 2026. REUTERS/Shannon Stapleton

El Salvador approves life sentence for minors convicted of murder, rape

El Salvador's President Nayib Bukele had pushed to extend the new law of life imprisonment to children under 18, regardless of whether they belong to gangs.

Sweden’s prisons prepare to house young teens

Sweden is preparing for a juvenile judicial reform, expected to take effect in July, which will reduce the age of criminal responsibility from 15 to 13.

While You Were Sleeping: 5 stories you might have missed, March 16, 2026

An Iranian man stands on a wall of damaged homes following a military strike on the Iranian capital Tehran on March 15, 2026. Iran's Foreign Minister said in an interview published on March 15, that the war pitting his country against the United States and Israel will only end when Tehran can be certain it will not be restarted. On February 28, Israel and the United States launched strikes on Iran, killing its supreme leader Ayatollah and triggering a war that spread across the Middle East. (Photo by Atta KENARE / AFP) /

Texas woman exonerated in baby’s death freed after 22 years

Former Hollywood mogul Harvey Weinstein says life in prison is ‘hell’

Harvey Weinstein appears during a hearing in Manhattan Supreme Court in New York on March 4.

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