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Texas Prison Heat Trial Opens With Clash Over Deaths and Air-Conditioning Plan

The bench trial tests Texas’ heat fixes against a prior ruling finding uncooled cells unconstitutional.

DOJ Opens Civil-Rights Probes Into California and Maine Women’s Prisons Over Transgender Housing Policies

50 Cent's Claim That Jimmy Henchman Was Stabbed in Prison Is Disputed

Harris County Extends $38 Million Deal to House Inmates in Private Jails Through 2027

Families Press Case Over Córdoba Prison Fire Deaths as Mother Seeks Querellante Status

Venezuela Reports Nearly 2,200 Benefited From Amnesty as Releases and Prison Hunger Strike Continue

Gisèle Pelicot Launches Memoir in UK, Saying Her Public Trial Spoke for Survivors

Idaho Corrections Rejects Reports of Bryan Kohberger Transfer

Ian Huntley Reportedly Loses Xbox After Contraband Find at HMP Frankland

Teen Killers’ Prison ‘Reunion’ Photo Triggers Transfers After Placement Error

Reports Put Manchester Terror Plotters in Category B Prison on Standard Regime

Morena Rial’s Prison Phone Access Faces Legal Challenge as Leaked Posts Are Disputed

Rennes Inmate Escapes During Supervised Planetarium Visit, Manhunt Underway

House Democrats Detail Alleged Perks for Ghislaine Maxwell at Texas Prison as BOP Denies Special Treatment

Sarkozy Deluged With Mail at La Santé as Lawyers Ferry Screened Batches Daily

Reports Say Inmate Pressed Knife to Diddy’s Throat at MDC Brooklyn

Maxwell’s Texas Prison Transfer Brings Lockdowns and Special Handling, Inmates Say

Bengaluru Prison Birthday Video Triggers Probe as Police Identify Inmates

Tripura Jailbreak: One Caught, Five on the Run as Two Jail Officials Suspended

Four Guards Plead Guilty in Beating Death of Robert Brooks at Marcy Prison