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Alleged members of MS-13 attend an open hearing in a mass trial after 486 alleged gang members were charged with more than 47,000 crimes committed between 2012 and 2022, according to prosecutors, at the Terrorism Confinement Center (CECOT) in Tecoluca, El Salvador, on April 23. Photo: Reuters

In El Salvador, shackled prisoners watch their mass trial on a big screen

Since April 2022, Bukele has used state-of-emergency powers to suspend constitutional rights and detain over 91,000 people, primarily those suspected of being members ​of the MS-13 and Barrio 18...

Representational image. Dhaka Central Jail. Photo: BSS

Nearly 78,500 prisoners to enjoy special Eid meals, events across country

Chittagong Central Jail. File Photo: Collected

Prisoners preparing improved iftar, sehri during Ramadan in Ctg jail

A person drops the ballot paper inside the ballot box during an election. File photo: Collected

Prisoners can vote through postal ballot for first time

Illustration: Collected

EC takes steps to ensure voting rights for prisoners

Inspector General of Prisons Brigadier General Syed Md Motaher Hossain spoke at a press briefing held at the Directorate of Prisons headquarters in Bakshibazar, Dhaka today (26 August). Photo: TBS

'Bangladesh Jail' to be renamed 'Correction Services Bangladesh': IG prisons

Anwar Hossain after being held by DB officials on 7 May 2025. Photo: TBS

Another prisoner who escaped police custody at Chattogram court arrested

Palestinian militants surround hostage Arbel Yehoud, held in Gaza since the deadly 7 October 2023 attack, on the day they hand her over to members of the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) as part of a ceasefire and a hostages-prisoners swap deal between Hamas and Israel, in Khan Younis in the southern Gaza Strip, 30 January 2025. Photo: Reuters

Israel releases Palestinian prisoners after delay over chaotic hostage handover

An ambulance believed to be carrying hostages released as part of a deal between Israel and Palestinian Islamist group Hamas, drives near the Israel-Gaza border, in Israel November 26, 2023. REUTERS/Amir Cohen

Egypt receives lists for 13 Israelis and 39 Palestinians for release today

File photo of Satkhira District Jail/Akramul Islam

Prisoners double in Satkhira jail 'as political cases pile up'

Countries with the most prisoners

Countries with the most prisoners

FILE PHOTO: The United Nations logo is seen on a window in an empty hallway at United Nations headquarters during the 75th annual U.N. General Assembly high-level debate, which is being held mostly virtually due to the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic in New York, U.S., September 21, 2020. REUTERS/Mike Segar/File Photo

Both Russia and Ukraine tortured prisoners of war, UN says

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BSF lets Bangladeshis with clean record return home as Indian prisons overflow