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Mexico President Sheinbaum seeks repatriation of 14 nationals held at ‘Alligator Alcatraz’

Located near Miami, the facility lies in a wetland full of alligators & pythons. White House uses it to show its resolve to remove migrants it says were wrongly allowed under Biden’s rule.

US migrant Abrego Garcia, wrongfully deported to El Salvador, granted bail

By Luc Cohen NEW YORK (Reuters) -A U.S. judge on Sunday ordered Kilmar Abrego Garcia, the migrant returned to the U.S. in early June after being wrongfully deported to his native El Salvador, released

Jail manual a mystery & Hindi is Greek to Haryana prison officials. Dept exam results spark concern

Fifteen out of 24 officials failed in written & oral Hindi, five passed with ‘lower’ standards, & only four had ‘higher’ standards, according to results published in govt gazette.

‘What happened to my daughter’: Families look for answers after Honduras prison riot leaves 41 dead

Most of those killed at the Centro Femenino de Adaptacion Social, a 900-person women’s penitentiary, were burned to death, while others were shot.

Reducing prisoners’ jail time in exchange for vital organs raises serious questions

Some scholars do not think that prison inmates can freely consent to organ donation. They see inmate organ donation as exploiting a vulnerable population.

Iran sentences former president Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani’s daughter to a 5 year prison term

The lawyer did not give detail of the charges against Faezeh Hashemi. But last year she was indicted on charges of 'propaganda against the system', according to a news agency.

Turkish ‘cult leader’ Adnan Oktar jailed for 8,658 years, women accused him of sex slavery

Oktar achieved international recognition for a show which featured a mix of religious discussions alongside women dancing to modern pop.

Reading, composing prison memoir — how Shiv Sena’s Sanjay Raut is spending his time behind bars

The Sena spokesperson is in jail in connection with the Patra Chawl land scam. Sanjay Raut will get the memoir published soon after his release, says brother Sunil.

Mangalsutra, shampoo for women & sweets on festivals — UP’s new jail manual makes basics ‘official’

UP has done away with its British-era manual, letting go of some archaic rules, like the ‘Kala Pani’ punishment, and making ‘official’ basic benefits already being given to inmates.

Male prisoners to male guards — Indian women prisoners’ quest for love in courts, hospitals

‘Women, Incarcerated’ lays bare the lived experiences of women in India’s prisons. It shows the collapse and remaking of everyday life.

On Camera

Air purifiers are the new water filters. Delhi has quietly accepted a crisis

The affluent in Delhi, armed with airtight windows, multiple purifiers, and humidifiers, have normalised a way of life that once seemed dystopian.

India’s factory data may get reality check in MoSPI’s new IIP plan, defunct factories to be dropped

MoSPI proposes to remove closed factories from IIP sample, aiming for truer picture of India’s industrial health in upcoming 2022–23 base series. Plan open to public feedback until 25 November.

‘Let them see’: Putin says new nuclear-powered missiles in the making, in message to Washington

At a ceremony felicitating Russian military engineers, Putin highlights Moscow’s 'parity' in defence technologies for the next century.

Bihar is where politics moves, and everything else stands still

Bihar is blessed with a land more fertile for revolutions than any in India. Why has it fallen so far behind then? Constant obsession with politics is at the root of its destruction.