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Nearly all interviewed agreed it would be very expensive to restore the historic facility on an island in San Francisco Bay.

This article delves into the 18 worst prisons in the US as of 2025, providing a comprehensive analysis of the deplorable state of these incarceration facilities and the persistent challenges faced by ...

In the space of just a few years, this penitentiary centre, infamous for seeing one of the worst massacres in Brazil's history 10 years ago, has been transformed into a much more exemplary prison.

The Idaho Department of Correction lists 10 in-state prison locations. Earlier this year, Money Inc. put together a list of the “20 Worst Prisons in America” and one of those facilities made the list.

Rio de Janeiro (AFP) – Brazil's Supreme Court ruled Tuesday that homophobic slurs are now punishable by prison, in a decision applauded by rights activists in a country with rampant violence ...

From overpopulated, crumbling prisons to tens of thousands of disappearances every year, as well as millions of weapons in circulation, Brazil’s security panorama looks grim, according to the 2023 ...

Almost all prisons in Brazil are considered among the worst in the world. In each facility, the number of prisoners often exceeds its capacity by a significant margin. The majority of inmates are ...

In Brazil’s northern city of Manaus, gang warfare has seen dozens of inmates killed ... In December 2019, the country saw its own worst prison massacre, with 15 inmates killed due to infighting inside ...

Already facing resource shortages, high rates of infectious disease, and violence, the worst prisons in America were severely ill-prepared for the coronavirus. As of April 2021, the virus had ...