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Bolsonaro has no options in Brazil to reduce his sentence

Published on: December 1, 2025
11:11

Brasilia, Dec 1 (Prensa Latina) The attempt by Jair Bolsonaro's family to reduce the former Brazilian president's lengthy prison sentence for leading a coup took a new turn today after it was revealed that one of his sons brought him books of pastimes and pastimes in prison.

Uruguay condemns attack on prison

Published on: November 17, 2025
08:10

Montevideo, Nov 17 (Prensa Latina) An attack against the headquarters of the National Institute of Rehabilitation (INR), the agency in charge of prison policy, has sparked widespread condemnation.

Ecuadorian prison massacre leaves a dozen dead

Published on: September 22, 2025
10:00

Quito, Sept 22 (Prensa Latina) A new prison massacre in Ecuador, this time at a penitentiary in Machala, in the southern province of El Oro, left at least a dozen inmates and prison officers dead, according to local media reports.

Overcrowded modules decompressed in Uruguay’s largest prison

Published on: July 15, 2025
10:21

Montevideo, Jul 15 (Prensa Latina) Uruguayan prison authorities are advancing a plan to decompress overcrowded modules of the Santiago Vázquez prison in this capital, it was reportedly stated today.

Euro-Med denounces Israeli plan to create detention camp in Gaza

Published on: July 11, 2025
11:28

Ramallah, Jul 11 (Prensa Latina) The Euro-Mediterranean Human Rights Monitor (Euro-Med Monitor) accused Israel of creating a massive detention camp in the south of Gaza Strip to imprison a large portion of the coastal enclave's population.

Political activist released in Mali after a month in prison

Published on: June 9, 2025
08:52

Bamako, Jun 9 (Prensa Latina) The Malian political activist Alassane Abba, detained a month ago by Malian authorities, was released, local media reported here.

Progressive Chilean politicians welcome end of privileges at prison

Published on: June 2, 2025
08:23

Santiago, Chile, June 2 (Prensa Latina) Progressive Chilean politicians welcome President Gabriel Boric's decision to transform Punta Peuco into a regular prison and eliminate privileges for those detained there for crimes against humanity.

Former Vietnam vice minister sentenced to six years in prison

Published on: April 29, 2025
09:28

Hanoi, Apr 29 (Prensa Latina) Vietnam's former Deputy Minister of Industry and Trade Hoang Quoc Vuong was sentenced today to six years in prison for "abuse of office and power in the exercise of his duties".

Brazil: SC decides to keep former president Collor in prison

Published on: April 29, 2025
08:54

Brasilia, Apr 29 (Prensa Latina) The Supreme Federal Tribunal (STF) of Brazil decided to maintain, by six votes against four, the imprisonment of former president Fernando Collor for corruption and money laundering, official sources confirmed.

Palestinian leader serves 23 years in Israeli prisons

Published on: April 15, 2025
10:31

Ramallah, Apr 15 (Prensa Latina) Marwan Barghouti, one of the most popular Palestinian leaders in Gaza and the West Bank, completed today 23 years imprisoned in Israeli prisons.

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