Prison

The long way home: Free after decade in Iraqi prison, Benjamin Hassin begins new life in Jerusalem

DIASPORA AFFAIRS: Just over a month ago, on the eve of Rosh Hashanah, Benjamin Hassin landed on Israeli soil for the first time in 12 years.

Benjamin Hassin overlooks the Western Wall, just weeks after returning to Israel following more than 11 years in Iraqi prisons, including nearly five years under a death sentence.
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US Supreme Court reverses Trump administration push to restrict treatment for transgender inmates

A picture taken on December 4, 2007 shows death row inmate Christa Pike entering a Knox County Criminal Court in Knoxville, Tennessee, US., obtained by Reuters on September 30, 2026.

Christa Pike has corresponded with me for over a year. She is not a monster - opinion

A screen set up at a hall of the Moscow City Court broadcasts the verdict announcement in the trial of US citizen Stephen Hubbard, then 72, accused of fighting as a mercenary for Ukraine, in Moscow on October 7, 2024.

Who is Russian-held US citizen Stephen Hubbard? - explainer


Palestinian ex-prisoners allege sexual, physical, medical abuse in Israeli prisons - report

"This kind of thing never happened before October 7. Back then, we only faced this type of abuse if there was a hunger strike or a riot," the released prisoners told Wall Street Journal.

Nukhba Force terrorists who were captured alive on October 7 are seen in a prison in Israel in 2025.

US citizen detained, held by Iranian regime since 2024 released, Donald Trump announces

In a post on Truth Social, Trump claimed that the woman had been released as a gesture of goodwill on Iran's part, adding that the woman was safely outside the country and in good condition.

US PRESIDENT Donald Trump disembarks Air Force One, at Joint Base Andrews, Maryland, US, June 23, 2026.

One dead, two missing after boat with 19 aboard capsizes in San Francisco Bay, near Alcatraz

Of the 19 passengers, 13 were safely taken to shore, three were taken to the hospital, two remain missing, and one was killed along with a dog on board.

A US Coast Guard boat searches for two missing individuals after a pontoon boat capsized on July 14, 2026 in San Francisco, California.

Petitioners ask High Court to order medical update on detained Gaza doctor Hussam Abu Safiya

The filing, submitted by Physicians for Human Rights Israel and lawyers for the detainees, came in response to the state’s request that the petition be dismissed.

Palestinian doctor Hussam Abu Safiya, who was captured by the Israeli military in Gaza in late 2024 and still held in detention, appears via video link at the Israeli Supreme Court hearing in Jerusalem, June 10, 2026.

Jailed US citizen, former marine taken to Russian hospital for undisclosed illness - report

A source close to the Kremlin told Reuters last year that Gilman was one of nine people on a list of Americans jailed in Russia that Washington wanted to be released and returned to the US.

Former US Marine Robert Gilman, who serves a prison sentence for assaulting a Russian police officer in 2022, attends a court hearing in Voronezh, Russia April 6, 2026.

Damascus yet to keep pledge to respect rights of detainees, UN inquiry team says

Despite Damascus’s pledge, the members noted that families still struggle to find relatives held in custody and many detainees face long periods of detention without judicial review.

Kafr Sousa security complex after it was emptied following the fall of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad in Damascus, Syria December 15, 2024.

Couple who robbed elderly neighbor after meeting in bomb shelter sentenced to prison

According to their indictment, 25-year-old Asil Nassar and her partner at the time, 26-year-old Miar Heiv, began to grow close to their neighbor during the war.

 Woman in handcuffs, illustrative.

Haredi protesters, IDF soldiers clash outside of Military Prison 10 amid draft dodging controversy

The protesters were acting violently, according to the military, and they entered a restricted military area before being forcibly removed. 

(Illustrative) Ultra-Orthodox Jewish men protest outside the Military Prison near Kfar Yona, central Israel, against the jailing of yeshiva student Shimon Biton for failing to comply with an Israeli military recruitment order, July 8, 2026.

At least 25 dead, 100 injured in clashes between prisoner groups at Sri Lanka jail, sources say

"The military has been requested to provide support to the police, but at the moment they are on standby," Sri Lankan Army Spokesman Brigadier Waruna Gamage told Reuters.

Prisoners board a bus to be transferred to another prison following clashes between two groups of inmates at Negombo Prison in the coastal town of Negombo, Sri Lanka, July 6, 2026.

Released from Iranian prison after 804 days, Dr. Kylie Moore-Gilbert has a message for Iran

After attending a conference in Tehran in 2018, Dr. Kylie Moore-Gilbert was arrested under false espionage charges and sent to both IRGC and public Iranian prisons. This is her story.

Dr. Kylie Moore-Gilbert speaks out on her 804 days in Iranian prisons, after being arrested in 2018 in Tehran.