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In more immigration news, the private, for-profit company GEO Group has announced a new contract with Immigration and Customs Enforcement that will see the reopening of a shuttered Michigan prison to start detaining immigrants and asylum seekers. The North …

… to light allegations of serious prisoner abuse at Sde Teiman, a military …

… to light allegations of serious prisoner abuse at Sde Teiman, a military …

… giving a sermon about the prisoner abuse scandal at Abu Ghraib in …

The Israeli authorities released 90 Palestinian prisoners, including women and children, on Sunday night from Ofer Prison, west of Ramallah in the occupied West Bank, under the first phase of a Gaza ceasefire and prisoner swap agreement.

… founders as a bulwark against prisoner abuse. Over the years it came …

Newspapers in Italy are reporting Friday that Sharif el-Anain, a 45-year-old Italian-Egyptian adult film actor, was arrested in Egypt earlier in the month under unclear circumstances. Speculation suggests that the Nov. 9 arrest might be tied to the harsh …

Imprisoned Palestinian leader Marwan Barghouti. (Photo: Twitter, via MEMO) By Palestine Chronicle Staff   The committee denounced the repeated attacks on Palestinian prisoners, particularly Barghouti, who has recently faced renewed aggression.  The Central …