Last month, the San Jose City Council approved measures to tighten restraints over its 474 Flock cameras.
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Hema Sivanandam,
Mercury News,
16 Apr. 2026
Following the report, there were major security improvements, and the hospital's public safety officers got training on the use of non-lethal restraints and pepper spray.
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Laura Daniella Sepulveda,
AZCentral.com,
29 Jan. 2026
Independent groups like Human Rights Watch say the Venezuelan government intimidates human rights advocates, arrests and detains protesters and harasses journalists.
Belarus now imprisons 28 journalists as President Lukashenko intensifies a crackdown on press freedom.
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Yuras Karmanau,
Los Angeles Times,
9 Mar. 2026
Afwerki routinely imprisons his critics and political opponents and has implemented a policy of indefinite mandatory military and national service for residents, which human-rights watchdogs say amounts to slavery.
Once a technically complicated legal rarity used to challenge improper incarcerations, habeas corpus petitions have become the predominant avenue for immigrants seeking release from detentions that increasingly end only with a deportation order.
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Seth Klamann,
Denver Post,
12 Apr. 2026
Despite their felony convictions and impending incarcerations, both former Met police career criminals continue to collect their monthly kisses in the mail — $8,850 a month for Cederquist and $6,020 for Butner.
Amnesty International and Human Rights Watch denounced a sustained crackdown on dissent under Talon, citing arbitrary detentions, tighter restrictions on public demonstrations and mounting pressure on independent media outlets.
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ABC News,
ABC News,
14 Apr. 2026
Once a technically complicated legal rarity used to challenge improper incarcerations, habeas corpus petitions have become the predominant avenue for immigrants seeking release from detentions that increasingly end only with a deportation order.
Places like Los Angeles and Oakland have high permit fees and strict zoning that often confines cans to industrial areas.
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Alexandra Harrell,
Sourcing Journal,
9 Feb. 2026
In an industry that often confines its actors, especially women and especially Black women, Hall continues to carve a path defined by risk, depth and courage.
In Acts, the disciple Paul endures several imprisonments, turning to God for strength and divine intervention.
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Emiliano Tahui Gómez,
Austin American Statesman,
17 Mar. 2026
Lusverti added that the list of beneficiaries fails to cover key periods of arbitrary detentions, including cases between 2020 and 2024, and raised concerns that the same courts that ordered the imprisonments are now responsible for administering the amnesty.
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Antonio María Delgado,
Miami Herald,
20 Feb. 2026
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