Many NYU students know Greenwich Village as the heart of New York City’s LGBTQ+ community, but might not recognize the role ...

Rappers and the legal system have a long, complicated history. Frequently, hip-hop artists have found themselves on the wrong side of the law and are locked up in jail or have to serve a lengthy ...

Copyright 2025 The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved. U.S. and Chinese flags wave at Genting Snow Park, Feb. 2, 2022, in Zhangjiakou, China. (AP Photo/Kiichiro ...

Hundreds of alleged Venezuelan gang members awaiting deportation from the US have been transferred to a high-security mega-prison in El Salvador as part of Donald Trump's vow to crack down on ...

From reproductive rights to climate change to Big Tech, The Independent is on the ground when the story is developing. Whether it's investigating the financials of Elon Musk's pro-Trump PAC or ...

Over 250 gang members have been brought to El Salvador's Terrorism Confinement Center (CECOT) after the Trump administration defied a federal judge's ruling. This move is part of a larger ...

They were American tourists hoping for a good time, they said. Then they became captives of an autocratic government. They were American tourists hoping for a good time, they said. Then they ...

El Salvador’s Cecot mega-prison was notorious long before the Trump administration’s recent decision to deport hundreds of alleged Venezuelan gang members there. The Center for Terrorism ...

SAN SALVADOR — The crown jewel of El Salvador’s aggressive anti-crime strategy — a mega-prison where visitation, recreation and education are not allowed — became the latest tool in U.S ...

Tens of thousands of prisoners are locked up in rows of metal bunks at a jail where criminals are disposed of “without using the death penalty”. Boasberg verbally ordered the planes be turned ...

More than 250 alleged gang members arrived in Venezuela on Sunday (16 March) after being deported from the US by Donald Trump. Despite a judge ordering for the flights packed with prisoners that ...

A member of a theft ring that stole numerous objects—including works by Andy Warhol and Jackson Pollock—from museums over a 20-year span was sentenced to eight years in prison on Thursday (13 ...