Jan 30 (Reuters) - Venezuela's interim president Delcy Rodriguez on Friday announced a proposed "amnesty law" for hundreds of prisoners in the country, and said the infamous Helicoide detention center in the capital Caracas will be converted into a center for sports and social services.

Lebanon’s cabinet has approved an agreement to transfer Syrian prisoners back to Syria. This decision comes as neighboring countries seek to recalibrate relations following the ouster of former Syrian President Bashar Assad.

Transferred late in World War II, Japanese prisoners of war encountered suspicion in southwest Iowa before labor demands forced change.

New IPP sentences were scrapped in 2012, but remain in place for around 2,800 people.