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Venezuela's opposition won a landslide victory in Dec. 6 legislative elections, raising new hopes for the release of dozens of political prisoners — including opposition leader Leopoldo Lopez.

The Obama administration is expected to announce a new program Friday that would once again allow some prisoners access to federal college funding.

Many of the inmates died of natural causes, but a series of suspicious deaths — against the backdrop of a shrinking budget and staff shortages — has lawmakers calling for a prison oversight board.

A new state law requires that condoms be made available to all prison inmates — even though state law also forbids sex between prisoners.