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LONDON - MAY 19: (FILE PHOTO) A prison guard at HMP (Her Majesty's Prison) Pentonville stands behind a locked gate May 19, 2003 in London. A new report from the Prison Reform Trust (PRT) says overcrowding in Britain's prisons has been caused by tougher sentencing rather than an increase in crime. Since 1991, offenders of petty crimes are three times more likely to be imprisoned. (Photo by Ian Waldie/Getty Images)

Minnesota Prison On Lockdown After Nearly 100 Inmates Refused To Return To Cells

After around 100 convicts in one housing unit refused to return to their cells, a Minnesota prison has been placed on emergency lockdown, and members of a crisis negotiation team have been activated, according to the state Department of Corrections on Sunday.

EL SALVADOR-POLITICS-GANGS-BUKELE Some 14,000 soldiers listen as El Salvador's President Nayib Bukele addresses them in a field near a military barracks on the outskirts of the town of San Juan Opico, 35 km west of San Salvador, on November 23, 2022. - The president of El Salvador, Nayib Bukele, announced on Wednesday that police and soldiers will set up "fences" in cities to search for gang members who have not been arrested as part of the war against these groups, which has already left 58,000 detainees. (Photo by Marvin RECINOS / AFP) (Photo by MARVIN RECINOS/AFP via Getty Images)

El Salvador Sends 8,000 Soldiers And Cops In Gang Raid

Roughly 8,000 soldiers and cops have encircled a rural area in El Salvador, in hopes of finding gang members who are reportedly hiding.

ADELANTO, CA - NOVEMBER 15: A guard escorts an immigrant detainee from his 'segregation cell' back into the general population at the Adelanto Detention Facility on November 15, 2013 in Adelanto, California. Most detainees in segregation cells are sent there for fighting with other immigrants, according to guards. The facility, the largest and newest Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), detention center in California, houses an average of 1,100 immigrants in custody pending a decision in their immigration cases or awaiting deportation. The average stay for a detainee is 29 days. The facility is managed by the private GEO Group. ICE detains an average of 33,000 undocumented immigrants in more than 400 facilities nationwide. (Photo by John Moore/Getty Images)

Infamous Preppy Killer Is Paroled From NY Prison

Robert Chambers is paroled after serving 15 of his 19 year prison sentence. Chambers was arrested for dealing drugs out of his Manhattan apartment.

The US Department of Homeland Security building building is seen in Washington, DC, on July 22, 2019. (Photo by Alastair Pike / AFP) (Photo by ALASTAIR PIKE/AFP via Getty Images)

Oklahoma Department of Homeland Security makes child pornography bust

The Oklahoma Department of Homeland Security carries out a major child pornography sting. One suspect faces 20 years in prison, in addition to paying restitution to his victims.

LANSING, MI - JANUARY 17: Larry Nassar appears in court to listen to victim impact statements during his sentencing hearing after being accused of molesting more than 100 girls while he was a physician for USA Gymnastics and Michigan State University where he had his sports-medicine practice on January 17, 2018 in Lansing, Michigan. Nassar has pleaded guilty in Ingham County, Michigan, to sexually assaulting seven girls, but the judge is allowing all his accusers to speak. Nassar is currently serving a 60-year sentence in federal prison for possession of child pornography. (Photo by Scott Olson/Getty Images)

Disgraced ex-gymnastics doctor Larry Nassar stabbed multiple times in federal prison

Former U.S. gymnastics doctor Larry Nassar, who was convicted of sexually abusing female gymnasts and possessing child pornography, was stabbed multiple times during an altercation with another inmate in prison.

GUANTANAMO BAY, CUBA - OCTOBER 28: (EDITORS NOTE: Image has been reviewed by U.S. Military prior to transmission) A group of detainees kneels during an early morning Islamic prayer in their camp at the U.S. military prison for "enemy combatants" on October 28, 2009 in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba. Although U.S. President Barack Obama pledged in his first executive order last January to close the infamous prison within a year's time, the government has been struggling to try the accused terrorists and to transfer them out ahead of the deadline. Military officials at the prison point to improved living standards and state of the art medical treatment available to detainees, but the facility's international reputation remains tied to the "enhanced interrogation techniques" such as waterboarding employed under the Bush administration. (Photo by John Moore/Getty Images)

Pennsylvania Senate approves law reducing probation and jail sentencing

The Pennsylvania state Senate adopted legislation on Tuesday that aims to reduce the number of individuals on probation and in jail by restricting the period of probation and barring former inmates from being sent back to jail for “minor infractions.”