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Canada news
fromwww.cbc.ca
1 hour ago

Ontario to add 2,500 new jail beds, reopen 2 jails at cost of $3B to taxpayers | CBC News

Ontario will add 2,500 jail beds over 10 years at a $3 billion cost, including 255 beds by 2026 and 700 new correctional officers.
fromwww.independent.co.uk
3 months ago

Son raises concerns for British parents detained in Iran amid deadly protests

The son of a British couple detained in Iran has raised concerns over their welfare following the closure of the British embassy in Tehran amid deadly protests. Craig and Lindsay Foreman were arrested by Iranian authorities last January and charged with spying while they were travelling around the world. Their son, Joe Bennett, warned on Wednesday evening that his parents face a dangerous situation, with overcrowding in the jail due to the regime's brutal crackdown on anti-government protests in the country.
World news
fromLos Angeles Times
7 months ago

Corrections officers at Norco prison make plea to state to keep it open

Correctional officers at the California Rehabilitation Center (CRC) in Norco have started writing Atty. Gen. Rob Bonta to keep the prison open, presenting it as an option to alleviate the overpopulation in county jails. California began placing some convicted felons in county jails in 2011, after the Supreme Court ruled that the overcrowding in state prisons resulted in cruel and unusual punishment. Now, according to the lawsuit Bonta brought against Los Angeles County on Sept. 8, the county's jails are overcrowded and uninhabitable.
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