Prisoners

A new documentary, Exposing Parchman, looks to shine a light on human rights violations at the Mississippi State Penitentiary known as Parchman Farm. The three-hour film, which was co-produced by Jay-Z’s Roc Nation, premieres on A&E…

By Arunav Sinha Ninety-five percent of prisoners in Uttar Pradesh jails who sat for the Class 10 board examination cleared the test while the success rate in Class 12 was over 70 percent. The Uttar Pradesh Madhyamik Shiksha Parishad,…

ATLANTA —  Jimmy Carter tried like no president ever had to put human rights at the center of American foreign policy. It was a turnabout dictators and dissidents alike found hard to believe as he took office in 1977. The U.S. had such a…

More than 100 Ukrainian prisoners of war have been released as part of a major Easter exchange with Russia, a top official said Sunday, as Orthodox Ukrainians marked the holiday for a second time since Moscow unleashed its brutal…

Thousands of people in the Federal Bureau of Prisons system who have been serving time at home due to the risks posed by COVID-19 may be able to remain under home confinement even after the Biden administration declares the COVID emergency…

Shimla: The Congress government led by Chief Minister Sukhvinder Singh Sukhu and the opposition Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) are at loggerheads over the now scrapped Himachal Pradesh Loktantra Prahri Samman scheme that was introduced by the…

Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-GA) told a gathering outside a Washington, D.C. jail Friday to pay no attention to hecklers in the crowd because they “work for evil.” Greene visited the jail to protest what she called “human rights…

When Matthew Boyd was released from a Georgia state prison in December 2020, officials sent him home without medicines he uses to manage chronic heart and lung conditions and high blood pressure, he said.Less than a month later, he…

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OTTAWA - Federal watchdogs and members of Parliament are pressing Canada's top corrections officials to improve conditions for Black and Indigenous offenders who are serving time in federal prisons. …