Tue, 21-Oct-2025

Solitary confinement to be ended in Prisons by Biden

Solitary confinement

The number of inmates being held in so-called restrictive housing has been climbing, data shows. The vast majority of inmates are segregated from the general population for safety or discipline reasons. Rep. David Trone: “It’s very unfortunate that the numbers have only moved the wrong way”. Four months after President Joe Biden issued an executive … Read more

El Salvador president requests state of emergency extension

El Salvador

El Salvadoran President Nayib Bukele requested lawmakers to extend the united states’ state of emergency for a month on Sunday, as police said that extra than 16,000 gang contributors had been arrested because it changed into imposed. “I am calling the Council of Ministers to invite the Legislative Assembly to increase the (nation of emergency) … Read more

US prisons face worsening staff shortages amid Covid-19: news agency

WASHINGTON: Prisons in the United States have been facing more severe staff shortages as officers quit in droves amid the Covid-19 pandemic, the Associate Press (AP) has recently reported. “By failing to protect prisoners from Covid, the criminal justice system not only created an unfair risk of severe illness and death for the incarcerated, but … Read more