Prison
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US
Warden Ousted From Federal Women’s Prison Plagued by Sex Abuse
Leaders of a Northern California prison were removed on the same day that the F.B.I. raided the troubled facility.
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Newyork
Living Slow Deaths Behind Bars
Scientists have found that most cells in our bodies regenerate every seven to 10 years on average. This includes certain cells in the heart and brain. Can we assume, then, that our moral and emotional compasses are also capable of transforming over ...
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C.I.A. Violently Cut Off 9/11 Suspect When He Tried to Talk About Attacks
In the aftermath of the attacks, interrogators were determined to get Khalid Shaikh Mohammed to discuss Al Qaeda’s future plans, a psychologist testified.
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World
From Frigid Cells to Mystery Injections, Prison Imperiled Navalny’s Health
Although Aleksei A. Navalny’s cause of death is not known, his staff often worried that brutal conditions imposed on him in ever crueler prisons might lead to his death.
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World
Aleksei Navalny, Russian Opposition Leader, Dies in Prison at 47
Aleksei A. Navalny, an anticorruption activist who for more than a decade led the political opposition in President Vladimir V. Putin’s Russia while enduring arrests, assaults and a near-fatal poisoning, died Friday in a Russian prison, according to ...
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Aleksei Navalny, Putin Critic, Dies in Prison, Russian Authorities Say
The opposition leader, who was poisoned in 2020, had spent months in isolation.
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Newyork
Why New York Is Closing 6 Prisons
The number of people incarcerated in New York is less than half of what it was in 1999, and the facilities being closed are well below capacity.
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Newyork
Guards Beat and Waterboarded Prisoners in New York, Lawsuits Say
A guard placed a cloth over a prisoner’s face and poured water over him, creating a sensation that mimics drowning, according to court papers.
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World
What to Know About the Chaos in Ecuador
Violence erupted across the South American country this week after a notorious gang leader disappeared from prison. The president has declared a state of emergency.
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World
Cats Filled the Prison. Then the Inmates Fell in Love.
Some say they were first brought in to take out the rats. Others contend they wandered in on their own. What everyone can agree on — including those who have lived or worked at Chile’s largest prison the longest — is that the cats were here first ...
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