Don’t use British jails as hotels: Indian-origin MP
August 9th, 2012 - 9:21 pm ICT by IANS
London, Aug 9 (IANS) Jails in Britain should not be used as hotels for foreigners, Indian-origin Conservative MP Priti Patel said after reports emerged that the public was paying 400 ... Read more...
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Australian prisons face danger of HIV epidemic
October 16th, 2011 - 10:11 am ICT by IANS
Sydney, Oct 16 (IANS) Prisoners and health experts are concerned over a looming HIV epidemic in Australian prisons.The warning has came following a test report undertaken in August showing that ... Read more...
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British police hunt for 30,000 rioters
August 21st, 2011 - 7:01 pm ICT by IANS
London, Aug 21 (IANS) About 30,000 people are suspected to have been involved in the looting, arson and violence during the riots which were witnessed in Britain recently, Scotland Yard ... Read more...
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British prison population reaches record high
August 12th, 2011 - 9:55 pm ICT by IANS
London, Aug 12 (IANS) The prison population in England and Wales reached a record high Friday, the justice ministry said.The total number of prisoners hit 85,931 - 353 more than ... Read more...
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California to let Sikh prisoners keep beards
June 11th, 2011 - 10:17 am ICT by IANS
Washington, June 11 (IANS) California has agreed to allow prisoners in the state to keep unshorn beards in accordance with their faith, according to the Sikh Coalition, a community advocacy ... Read more...
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Court questions government on plea to help jail inmates (Lead)
June 1st, 2011 - 11:24 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, June 1 (IANS) The Delhi High Court Wednesday issued notice to the central and Delhi governments and the Tihar Jail chief on a plea demanding changes in ... Read more...
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Lohan under house arrest
May 27th, 2011 - 2:43 pm ICT by IANS
London, May 27 (IANS) Troubled actress Lindsay Lohan, who showed up three weeks early at Los Angeles' Lynwood Jail, is now under house arrest.Contactmusic.com reports that she was immediately ... Read more...
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Now in UK, one in three sex offenders, muggers will get right to vote
January 6th, 2011 - 3:29 pm ICT by ANI
London, Jan.6 (ANI): Tens of thousands of sex offenders, muggers, drug dealers and burglars will be allowed to vote in prison under controversial new rules.Almost 30,000 prisoners, or one in three, will ... Read more...
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Brazil prison population triples in 15 years
December 29th, 2010 - 11:52 am ICT by IANS
Sao Paulo, Dec 29 (IANS/EFE) The population of Brazil's prison system currently stands at 494,237 inmates, or triple the number behind bars 15 years ago, according to official figures.According to the National ... Read more...
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Chilean prisoners living in subhuman conditions: Minister
December 14th, 2010 - 11:49 am ICT by IANS
Santiago, Dec 14 (IANS/EFE) Justice Minister Felipe Bulnes acknowledged Monday that due to the overcrowding in Chile's jails, prisoners are living "in subhuman conditions".Overcrowding in penitentiaries has been named as one reason ... Read more...
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Prison overcrowding worsening in Italy
November 17th, 2010 - 11:43 am ICT by IANS
Rome, Nov 17 (IANS/AKI) Italy prisons are severely overcrowded as the growth of the inmate population increases "uninterrupted", far exceeding the available number of beds, according to the head of the Italian ... Read more...
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Keeping inmates in prison costs Brit taxpayers more than a place at Eton!
June 30th, 2010 - 7:21 pm ICT by ANI
London, June 30 (ANI): Keeping an inmate in prison costs Brit taxpayers 38,000 pounds a year, which is more than a place at Eton, Justice Secretary Ken Clarke is expected to reveal ... Read more...
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Maximo Altez Navarro, Attorney for Joran Van Der Sloot Quits!!
June 15th, 2010 - 11:36 pm ICT by Angela Kaye Mason
June 15 (THAINDIAN NEWS) Maximo Altez Navarro has announced his resignation in defending Joran van der Sloot. Navarro was the Peruvian attorney for Joran van der Sloot-the suspect in the ... Read more...
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Don’t treat Muslim prisoners as potential terrorists: British report (Lead)
June 8th, 2010 - 10:12 pm ICT by IANS
By Venkata Vemuri
London, June 8 (IANS) The present attitude of jail authorities in England and Wales to treat all Muslim prisoners as potential terrorists runs the risk of drawing them to extremism ... Read more...
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Muslim prisoners should not be treated as potential terrorists: British report (Lead)
June 8th, 2010 - 10:07 pm ICT by IANS
By Venkata Vemuri
London, June 8 (IANS) The British government was warned in an internal report that the present attitude of jail authorities in England and Wales to treat all Muslim prisoners as ... Read more...
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Don’t treat Muslim prisoners as potential terrorists: British report
June 8th, 2010 - 7:08 pm ICT by IANS
By Venkata Vemuri
London, June 8 (IANS) The government is warned that the present attitude of jail authorities in England and Wales to treat all Muslim prisoners as potential terrorists runs the risk ... Read more...
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Lil Wayne Sentencing Ends
March 9th, 2010 - 10:30 pm ICT by Pen Men At Work
Mar 9 (Pen Men at Work): After expressing farewell on performance stages and online video streams, Lil Wayne, the rap superstar, found himself to be wordless as he was conferred ... Read more...
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UK taxpayer has paid 292 m pounds so far to keep foreign prisoners behind bars
December 7th, 2009 - 4:42 pm ICT by ANI
London, Dec. 7 (ANI): British citizens have paid 292 million pounds so far in keeping foreign prisoners behind bars.That is the cost of holding 7,500 immigrants from 160 nations who committed crimes ... Read more...
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New Zealand’s Maori people don’t have “warrior gene” that makes them violent
September 11th, 2009 - 12:44 pm ICT by ANI
Wellington, September 11 (ANI): A new research has shown that despite being over-represented in New Zealand's criminal fraternity and prison population, Maori do not have a "warrior gene" that makes them violent.The ... Read more...
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Eight killed in Venezuela prison brawl
August 19th, 2009 - 7:53 am ICT by IANS
Caracas, Aug 19 (EFE) At least eight people have been killed and five injured in a brawl among inmates at an overpopulated prison in the southern Venezuelan state of Bolivar, a prison ... Read more...
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Kiwi inmates told to build their own jail cells
June 21st, 2009 - 1:20 pm ICT by ANI
Wellington, June 21 (ANI): In a bid to deal with a "dangerously high" prison population, inmates in New Zealand could be forced to build their own jail cells from shipping containers.Prime ... Read more...
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Jack Tweed kept in ’safe suicide wing’ to avoid trouble with bullies
April 16th, 2009 - 2:32 pm ICT by ANI
London, April 16 (ANI): Jailed Jack Tweed has been put in a single cell along with inmates on suicide watch to shield him from other prisoners looking to bully him, according ... Read more...
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Law unto themselves Islamic gangs create no-go areas for British jail officers
November 6th, 2008 - 3:32 pm ICT by ANI
London, Nov 6 (ANI): Muslim gangs inside Whitemoor Jail have created no-go areas for British jail officers and are policing the areas themselves.The Daily Star quoted guards as claiming that the ... Read more...
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Prison officers fear that Muslim inmates are turning to extremism
October 10th, 2008 - 7:16 pm ICT by ANI
London, Oct.10 (ANI): British prison officers fear that Muslim inmates are turning to extremism.
According to The Times, prison officers at Whitemoor Jail fear growing radicalisation and conversions among the 395 inmates, ... Read more...
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Number of ex-soldiers in UK jails on the rise; combat trauma blamed
August 31st, 2008 - 3:48 pm ICT by IANS
London, Aug 31 (IANS) At nearly a tenth of the British prison population, ex-soldiers form the largest occupational group in the country's penal system. Post-traumatic stress caused by military operations in recent ... Read more...
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Now, Home Office loses data on all inmates in British prisons
August 22nd, 2008 - 1:59 pm ICT by ANI
London, Aug 22 (ANI): British Home Office has lost confidential information on every prisoner in England and Wales, including the names, dates of birth, and addresses of more than 30,000 repeat ... Read more...
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UK Prisons chief rings alarm bell over overcrowded jails
February 24th, 2008 - 10:38 am ICT by admin
London, Feb.24 (ANI): Britain's overfilled jails are at 'panic stations', lurching from crisis to crisis, the country's chief inspector of prisons has told the London Observer in an interview.Anne Owers was quoted ... Read more...
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Britain offering foreign inmates 1500 quid to go back home
November 14th, 2007 - 8:35 am ICT by admin
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Two UK prisons for foreigners only cost exchequer 15 million pounds
November 14th, 2007 - 2:47 am ICT by admin
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