When the Alabama Legislature approved the construction of two new men’s prisons in 2021, it also committed to shuttering existing ones. HB 4, sponsored by Rep. Steve Clouse, R-Ozark, outlined ...

The U.S. military has moved thousands of Islamic State detainees from Syria to Iraq, where Iraqi authorities expect to try ...

An Oscar-nominated movie about Alabama prisons is shining a spotlight on concerns surrounding Oklahoma prisons.

Palestinian Ali al-Samoudi was with Al Jazeera’s Abu Akleh when she was shot dead by an Israeli sniper in 2022.

The moves appear to highlight lingering doubts in Washington about the new Syrian government’s ability to ensure security.

About 3,000 Islamic State detainees have so far been transferred from Syrian prisons to Iraq and the process is continuing, Iraq's foreign minister said on Friday, adding that Baghdad was in ...

Iraq says more than 3,000 Syrians are among the ISIL-linked detainees transferred to one of its prisons by US military.

At the time, the United States announced that many of the nearly 9,000 detainees held in more than a dozen Syrian detention centers will be transferred to Iraq. So far, 5,383 IS suspects have been ...

President Trump aims to end the military mission there despite concerns about Syrian President Ahmed al-Sharaa’s ability to prevent a resurgence of the group.

Andres Wilkinson, a US Customs and Border Protection supervisor, faces up to 10 years in prison for allegedly harbouring his ...

In its ruling, the court said an earlier decision to ban the Pro-Palestinian group Palestine Action as a terrorist ...

Activists welcome the court ruling but the UK government says it will appeal the verdict.