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Two more former prison guards have been charged with sexually abusing female inmates at a federal prison in Dublin which became known as "the rape club," authorities announced Thursday.

The South Mississippi Correctional Institution in Leakesville became the state's third prison to open a new chapel for its inmates.

Long sentences and recidivism kept prison populations high for decades, but prisons are now starting to empty.

Israel’s military struck entrances to the detention facility in Tehran, where dissidents and political prisoners are held. Human rights groups say the prison is a symbol of repression.