Prisons

Forum: Jail terms for careless driving can have lasting adverse impact

Epstein accomplice Ghislaine Maxwell seeks Trump clemency before testimony

Jeffrey Epstein associate Ghislaine Maxwell stands at the podium to address Judge Alison Nathan during her sentencing in a courtroom sketch in New York City, U.S. June 28, 2022. Maxwell was convicted on December 29, 2021 on five of the six counts she faced for helping the late financier and convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein sexually abuse underage girls. REUTERS/Jane Rosenberg/File Photo

Increase in numbers of younger inmates and in-prison assaults: Singapore Prison Service

CMG20260209-JasonLee01/李冠卫/黄佳琪/SPS-YRSG Annual Statistics Release 2025 Media Briefing [Selarang Halfway House Multi-Purpose Hall 1 and 2, 1825 Upper Changi Road North, Singapore 506780] Embargoed till 3pm. Kindly mosaic faces if necessary (For halfway house supervisee)

Support Group Session

Bread stall initiative offers female ex-offenders a shot at being their own boss one day

Ex-convicts Yun Li Hua (left), 45 and Chris Wong, 52, manning a bread stall, Roti Kari. To create employment for female ex-offenders, a charity called Blessed Grace Social Services has partnered an F&B Group to run hawker stalls hiring the women ex-convicts. The women get paid a salary and some profit sharing for running these stalls selling bread.

Not Italy’s penal colony: Sardinia bristles at government’s mafia inmate plan for it

Vehicles stand near the Badu'e Carros prison in Nuoro, Italy, February 1, 2026. REUTERS/Remo Casilli

Jailed Venezuelan protesters could all be free by Feb 13, top lawmaker says

Venezuela's National Assembly President Jorge Rodriguez attends an ordinary session to discuss the Amnesty law at the National Assembly, in Caracas, Venezuela, February 5, 2026. REUTERS/Leonardo Fernandez Viloria

Australia drug kingpin walks free after police informant scandal

Melbourne gangland personality Tony Mokbel will walk free after prosecutors dropped a planned retrial on drug trafficking charges.

Nearly two dozen more prisoners freed in Venezuela, legal rights group says

The El Helicoide detention center, after Venezuela's interim president, Delcy Rodriguez, announced a proposed \"amnesty law' for hundreds of prisoners, in Caracas, Venezuela, January 31, 2026. REUTERS/Maxwell Briceno

State prisons in US grew deadlier and more violent amid guard shortage, review finds

A view shows the Richard J. Donovan Correctional Facility state prison in San Diego, California, U.S., April 16, 2025. REUTERS/Mike Blake/File Photo

Trump tells Minnesota to help more with US immigration enforcement. What does it already do?

Trump administration officials have said the deployment of armed agents to deport migrants would continue if they do not get more cooperation.

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