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A Cuban immigrant died in a Texas immigration detention facility earlier this month during an altercation with guards, and ...

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A 24-year-old man has been found guilty of involuntary manslaughter in the death of an elderly Thai man in San Francisco.

Instead, the man was convicted of lesser charges, including involuntary manslaughter, in the death of Vicha Ratanapakdee. The ...

North Korea’s prison system isn’t just about punishment—it’s about control. This video examines how detention, labor camps, ...

An Alabama native who has been held in Russia for the past four years is now serving his prison sentence at a penal colony ...

Colonel Claude Pivi, Guinea’s former minister for presidential security and one of the men convicted in a landmark trial for ...

CHOWCHILLA, Calif. – Jacob Smith has been in prison for two decades but he and other inmates are still taking regular trips ...

Zubaydah was accused of being a high-ranking Al-Qaeda official and was alleged to have run training camps in Afghanistan for ...

The UK government has paid "substantial" compensation to a Guantanamo detainee who was tortured by the CIA and has been held ...