The cost of leaving Islamic State: Death or jail
By LORI HINNANT and PAUL SCHEMM The man stands furtively on a street corner near the broad avenue cutting through Tunis, his face masked by a hoodie, his tense eyes…
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Michigan fighting claims of sexual abuse by teens in prison
By ED WHITE Michigan’s prison system is the target of a class-action lawsuit alleging that guards and other workers failed to prevent the sexual assault of male teen inmates who…
Feds sue NYC over Rikers Island jail violence
By JAKE PEARSON and TOM HAYS Federal prosecutors sued New York City on Thursday to speed the pace of reforms to address what a Justice Department investigation found was a…
South African inmates crochet blankets for Mandela
By LYNSEY CHUTEL Ahead of the first anniversary of Nelson Mandela’s death, inmates at a South African prison have been making brightly colored blankets to commemorate the anti-apartheid leader who…
EGYPT AIRS WHAT IT CLAIMS IS TERROR CONFESSION
By MAGGIE MICHAEL FILE – In this July 13, 2012 file photo, then Egyptian President Mohammed Morsi speaks to reporters at the presidential palace in Cairo. An Egyptian judge says…
UK JAILS 4 FOR REVENGE ATTACK ON INDIAN GENERAL
This undated handout photo, issued on Tuesday, Dec. 10, 2013, by the Metropolitan Police shows (clockwise from top left) Mandeep Singh Sandhu, 34, Dilbag Singh, 37, Barjinder Singh Sangha, 33…
EUROPE RIGHTS COURT TO HEAR OF SECRET CIA PRISONS
Polish lawyer Joseph Margulies, right, one of the lawyers of Abd al-Rahim al-Nashiri and Abu Zubaydah, checks his files as he arrives at the forth section of the European Court…
Texas county adopts policy to protect LGBT inmates
By RAMIT PLUSHNICK-MASTI FILE – In this Jan. 25, 2013 file photo, Harris County Sheriff Adrian Garcia listens to questions during a news conference in Houston. Garcia has adopted a…