Abrego Garcia, a Salvadoran living in the US state of Maryland and married to a US citizen, was arrested and deported to a prison in El Salvador last month.

Donald Trump began rounding up Venezuelan migrants accused of belonging to the Tren de Aragua gang before expelling them to a maximum security prison in El Salvador.

The private visits for some prisoners follow a Constitutional Court ruling that recognised inmates' right to have "intimate meetings" with partners visiting from outside.

Alicia Davis, a 32-year-old Australian woman who is also an OnlyFans model, recently revealed that she ditched her prison guard duties to start an account on the adult platform.

The exchange of prisoners and war dead is one of the few areas of cooperation between the two sides since Russia invaded Ukraine more than three years ago.

Prison staff attacks surge due to staffing shortages, with over 10,000 assaults on staff members reported in the year ending September 2024 in UK prisons.

The idea of outsourcing US prison operations to El Salvador is not new. In February, Bukele posted on social media about his country's offer to take in convicted US citizens, including those with violent offenses, in exchange for a fee.

A former New York Police Department detective was sentenced to 18 months in prison after being convicted of harassing and stalking an individual on behalf of the Chinese state.

After China's outright denial of its citizens fighting the war alongside Russians, Ukraine decided to take some drastic actions.

Cars were set on fire at a prison in Tarascon in southern France early on Wednesday, justice minister Gerald Darmanin said, as the government tackles a wave of attacks on jails.

A Peruvian court on Tuesday sentenced ex-president Ollanta Humala and his wife to 15 years in prison for graft linked to a globe-spanning corruption scandal involving Brazilian construction group Odebrecht paying bribes to politicians.

A senior Hamas official said on Monday that the Palestinian group is prepared to release all Israeli hostages in exchange for a "serious prisoner swap" and guarantees that Israel will end the war in Gaza.

Sean "Diddy" Combs, currently awaiting trial on multiple charges, including rape, sex trafficking and kidnapping, is reportedly using $1 cans of mackerel, known as "macks," as a form of currency among inmates.

In return for her release, the US freed German-Russian national Arthur Petrov who was accused of illegally exporting microelectronics to Russia.

The United States on Thursday exchanged a sanctions-busting suspect for a ballet dancer held by Russia, the second swap under President Donald Trump as Moscow and Washington push to rebuild ties.

Russia's FSB security service on Thursday said that Arthur Petrov, who was facing up to 20 years in a US jail for violating export controls, was released in exchange for ballet dancer Ksenia Karelina.

Tahawwur Rana is being extradited to India. Flight carrying Mr Rana departed from the US on Wednesday evening and will land in Delhi this afternoon.

Mumbai terror attack case accused Tahawwur Hussain Rana, who is being extradited from the US, is likely to be lodged in a high-security ward in Tihar jail here when he reaches India, prison sources said on Wednesday.

Australian mixed martial arts (MMA) coach Renato Subotic was detained for 24 hours and sent to prison due to a visa issue after he touched down in the United States.

Starvation was likely the leading cause of death for a Palestinian teenager who died in an Israeli prison, according to an Israeli doctor.

Initially sentenced to eight months in prison with a two-year probation period, the latest ruling has increased his sentence to one year of imprisonment.

A court in Madhya Pradesh's Rewa has sentenced eight men to life in prison till death for raping a newly-married woman after kidnapping her along with her husband during their outing in October 2024.

A 31-year-old Indian national has been sentenced to 35 years in prison for sexually exploiting several children through a social media app.

A Russian woman, Olga Bykovskaya, has been sentenced to 5 years in prison for encouraging her husband, a Russian soldier, to rape Ukrainian women during the ongoing conflict.