Iran’s treatment of prisoners in 2025 was also rife with abuses, according to the report, with 2,513 cases of prisoners being held in inappropriate conditions. Iran conducted the…
Read more Iran had highest number of executions in over a decade, human rights report saysALBANY, N.Y. — Sexual assault victims in New York will get a one-time opportunity to sue over their abuse starting Thursday, under a new law expected to bring…
Read more Wave of sex abuse lawsuits seen as NY opens door for victimsHOUSTON — A Texas inmate seeking to stop his execution over claims of religious freedom violations and indifference to his medical needs is scheduled to die Wednesday evening…
Read more Texas to execute man for killing ex-girlfriend and her sonHOUSTON — A Texas inmate whose lawyers say has a history of mental illness is set to be executed Wednesday for killing his mother and burying her body…
Read more Texas to execute man for killing mother nearly 20 years agoALEXANDRIA, Va. — A Libyan military commander who once lived in Virginia sat for a deposition Sunday in a U.S. lawsuit in which he is accused of orchestrating…
Read more Libyan commander Hifter deposed in US civil lawsuitMONTGOMERY, Ala. — A former corrections officer on Friday compared Alabama prisons to a “third world country with a concrete floor” and said he believes federal officials should…
Read more Former officer: Alabama ‘not in control’ of state prisonsJACKSON, Miss — A federal judge has appointed a receiver to temporarily manage a jail near Mississippi’s capital city to improve conditions. U.S. District Judge Carlton Reeves on…
Read more Federal judge appoints receiver to manage Mississippi jailNASHVILLE, Tenn. — An attorney for a death row inmate in Tennessee who cut off his penis shortly after asking to be placed on suicide watch filed a…
Read more Inmate who severed penis asks court to end restraintsOAKLAND, Calif. — One of five workers accused of sexually abusing inmates at a federal women’s prison in California pleaded guilty on Thursday, prosecutors said. Enrique Chavez entered…
Read more Federal prison worker pleads guilty to inmate sex abuseSAN SALVADOR, El Salvador — Jesús Joya says his brother was “special” — at 45, he was childlike, eager to please. He was as far from a gang…
Read more Prison deaths mount in El Salvador’s gang crackdownWASHINGTON (AP) — A veteran senator’s objections over Egypt’s human rights record, including its holding of an estimated 60,000 political prisoners, have compelled the Biden administration to trim…
Read more Senator’s human rights objections block some US aid to EgyptATLANTA — An Atlanta-area sheriff stands accused of punishing detainees by having them strapped into a restraint chair for hours even though they posed no threat and obeyed…
Read more Sheriff charged with civil rights violations to stand trialESTANCIA, N.M. — Migrants held by U.S. authorities at a detention center in rural New Mexico have endured retaliation rather than aid after reporting unsanitary conditions at the…
Read more Groups: Retaliation after migrants report detention center
