Prisons and Prisoners

Nayib Bukele, El Salvador’s Leader, Sees Opportunity in Trump’s Deportations

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Nayib Bukele’s role in the Trump administration’s deportation strategy signals a new level of power and global visibility for El Salvador’s young leader.

Defense Secretary Hegseth Enters the Sept. 11 Case Fray

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The new Pentagon chief got a look at Guantánamo Bay’s most infamous inmate in his recent visit to the wartime prison.

Joy, Anger and Little Remorse Outside D.C. Jail After Trump’s Jan. 6 Pardons

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Dozens of people with ties to the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the Capitol gathered outside the detention facility in Washington to celebrate Trump’s pardons of those convicted of crimes that day.

What to Know About Trump’s Broad Grant of Clemency to Jan. 6 Rioters

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He issued formal pardons to more than 1,550 rioters charged with a wide range of crimes and commuted the sentences of 14 members of far-right groups.

Biden to Commute Drug Offender Sentences

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The action, aimed at inmates who received harsher sentences based on old disparities in drug laws, will be the broadest commutation of individual sentences ever issued by a U.S. president.

Guantánamo Bay Explained: The Costs, the Captives and Why It’s Still Open

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Just 15 men remain at the prison, down from hundreds when it opened 23 years ago. But the costly operation could go on for years.