“The worst prison in the world,” pronounced Commissioner MacCormick, whom new Fusion Mayor LaGuardia had enlisted from the Federal Bureau of Prisons to clean up penal scandals left by years of ...

The Trump administration is considering sending US citizens abroad to be incarcerated in the 'world's worst prison'. In 2023, El Salvador opened the mega-prison CECOT (Centre for the Confinement ...

El Salvador's mega-prison built to house up to 40,000 inmates is referred to as CECOT, meaning the Centre for the Confinement of Terrorism. Miguel Sarre, former member of the United Nations ...

Welcome, fellow memory enthusiasts, to the “Top 10 Animals with the Absolute Worst Memory in the Universe” (well, at least on our planet)! Prepare to be both amused and amazed as we delve into the ...

Ecuadorian Byron Moreno was considered one of the best referees in the world, until he gradually ruined his career. In 2010 he even spent time in prison, hitting rock bottom. Today he has paid for ...

If President Nayib Bukele and President Trump have their way, America’s worst criminals are destined for El Salvador’s biggest prison as well.

One of the world ... prisons, with a 40,000 capacity (equivalent to almost half the UK’s current prison population), CECOT was built two years ago. It now houses many thousands of the worst ...

US Envoy Says at Least Six Americans Still Wrongfully Held in Venezuelan Prisons By Kanishka Singh WASHINGTON (Reuters) - There are at least six Americans wrongfully held in prison in Venezuela ...

Hint: It usually helps if a country’s currency is backed by valuable oil reserves and a strict monetary policy. The Euro is the second-most traded currency in the world and the official currency for ...

The result is “The Alabama Solution,” which premiered this week at the Sundance Film Festival in Park City. Filmmakers Andrew Jarecki and Charlotte Kaufman became interested in Alabama prisons in 2019 ...

The rankings of the top 10 most powerful countries out of 195 in the world in 2025 are compiled by US News using the following methodology. The power sub-ranking from US News is based upon an ...