Juan Pappier, the deputy Americas director at Human Rights Watch, says that currently there are 89 foreign nationals imprisoned in Venezuelan jails, from countries that include Colombia, Spain, Argentina, France and the Czech Republic.
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Manuel Rueda,
NPR,
4 Oct. 2025
Israel is also set to release Palestinian prisoners from Israeli jails, as part of the truce and in return for hostages.
Thompson's crime policies led to more state prisons The tough-on-crime laws Thompson signed forced the construction of a record number of prisons and led to Wisconsin having 21,000 inmates during his tenure — three times as many as neighboring, smaller Minnesota, at the time.
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Molly Beck,
jsonline.com,
3 Oct. 2025
Lawson also suggested ending the practice of full-contact visitation, which results in drugs getting into prisons.
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