BEIJING, March 18 (UPI) -- Prison reformers in China are calling for judicial or independent institutions to replace police in running detention facilities.
CENTRAL FALLS, R.I., Jan. 8 (UPI) -- Seven employees at an immigrant detention center in Rhode Island face disciplinary action for the death of a man whose cancer was diagnosed late.
LEAVENWORTH, Kan., Oct. 23 (UPI) -- Two guards at the Leavenworth Detention Facility in Leavenworth, Kan., were in stable condition Thursday after being attacked by inmates, an official said.
KABUL, Afghanistan, Aug. 27 (UPI) -- U.S. officials say they are building a new detention center in Afghanistan that will address human rights complaints.
HOUSTON, March 12 (UPI) -- Guards at the Federal Detention Center in Houston used a stun grenade to quell a brawl on one floor of the facility.
WASHINGTON, May 21 (UPI) -- U.S. immigration officials blocked a U.N. observer from visiting a detention facility for illegal aliens in Texas, the ACLU reported.
AUSTIN, Texas, April 11 (UPI) -- A U.S. district judge in Texas said children in a family immigrant detention facility are likely to win their federal lawsuits over their confinement.
TOKYO, Aug. 11 (UPI) -- Former world chess champion Robert Fischer, charged with entering Japan illegally, was moved from an airport detention center to a long-term facility Tuesday.
WASHINGTON, March 8 (UPI) -- The U.S. State Department Monday criticized the Syrian government's detention of a U.S. diplomat during a human rights rally.
WASHINGTON, Afghanistan, Jan. 10 (UPI) --
