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700 Bangladeshi Terrorists, Death Row Convicts Still On Run After Jailbreak
Around 700 Bangladeshi prison inmates were still on the run after mass jailbreaks over the summer during the student-led revolution that ousted autocratic ex-prime minister Sheikh Hasina, authorities said Wednesday.
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650 Inmates Of This Prison Get Smart Cards To Stay In Touch With Family
Authorities have distributed smart cards to nearly 650 inmates from the Harsul Central Jail in Maharashtra's Chhatrapati Sambhajinagar city to help them stay in touch with their family members and lawyers, an official said today.
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Centre Authorises States To Conduct Aadhaar Authentication Of Prisoners
The Centre has authorised state governments to carry out Aadhaar authentication of prison inmates on a voluntary basis so that they will be able to get health care, skilling, vocational training, legal aid, among other services.
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Inmates Escape Colombia's Biggest Prison After Getting Guard Drunk
Police in Colombia are looking for two inmates who simply walked out of Colombia's largest prison after getting the security guard drunk, local media reported. The criminals reportedly convinced the guard to let them go to buy more liquor but - surprise, surprise - never came back.
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No Country For Old Men: Japan's Elderly Inmates Prefer Jail
Every day is the same. He wakes at 6:45 am, eats breakfast 20 minutes later and reports for work at eight o'clock sharp. But this isn't your typical Japanese salaryman.
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Sheriff Offers Prison Inmates To Build Trump's Wall Along Mexican Border
A Massachusetts county sheriff has proposed sending prison inmates from around the United States to build the proposed wall along the Mexican border that is one of US President-elect Donald Trump's most prominent campaign promises.
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Policemen Killed In Attack On Bahraini Prison, Inmates Freed
A policeman was killed on Sunday when armed men attacked a prison in Bahrain, freeing several convicted inmates, the interior ministry said, in what it described as a terrorist act.
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At Least 200 Inmates Escape Brazil Prison; Many Recaptured
At least 200 prisoners escaped from a minimum-security Brazil prison during an uprising on Thursday, with about half recaptured within hours of the prison break, state prison officials said.
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Fight Against Drugs Fills US Federal Prisons: Study
More than half of US federal prison inmates are in jail for drug trafficking, with the harshest sentences going to crack dealers, most of them African Americans, a study found Tuesday.
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Fire Sweeps Through Philippine Prison Killing 10 Inmates
Fire swept through a maximum-security Philippine prison killing 10 inmates, most of them in their cells, authorities said on Friday, in a disaster likely to highlight woeful conditions in one of the world's most over-crowded prison systems.
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Prison Break At Venezuela Detention Center, 42 Inmates Escape: Reports
A group of 42 men who were being held for crimes including murder, kidnapping and robbery broke out of a jail outside Caracas early on Wednesday, local media reported.
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Two Inmates Beheaded in Brazil Prison Riot: Authorities
Inmates rioting to press for better facilities in an overcrowded Brazilian jail have beheaded two fellow prisoners and taken two guards hostage, officials said on Sunday.
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700 Bangladeshi Terrorists, Death Row Convicts Still On Run After Jailbreak
Around 700 Bangladeshi prison inmates were still on the run after mass jailbreaks over the summer during the student-led revolution that ousted autocratic ex-prime minister Sheikh Hasina, authorities said Wednesday.
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650 Inmates Of This Prison Get Smart Cards To Stay In Touch With Family
Authorities have distributed smart cards to nearly 650 inmates from the Harsul Central Jail in Maharashtra's Chhatrapati Sambhajinagar city to help them stay in touch with their family members and lawyers, an official said today.
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Centre Authorises States To Conduct Aadhaar Authentication Of Prisoners
The Centre has authorised state governments to carry out Aadhaar authentication of prison inmates on a voluntary basis so that they will be able to get health care, skilling, vocational training, legal aid, among other services.
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Inmates Escape Colombia's Biggest Prison After Getting Guard Drunk
Police in Colombia are looking for two inmates who simply walked out of Colombia's largest prison after getting the security guard drunk, local media reported. The criminals reportedly convinced the guard to let them go to buy more liquor but - surprise, surprise - never came back.
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No Country For Old Men: Japan's Elderly Inmates Prefer Jail
Every day is the same. He wakes at 6:45 am, eats breakfast 20 minutes later and reports for work at eight o'clock sharp. But this isn't your typical Japanese salaryman.
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Sheriff Offers Prison Inmates To Build Trump's Wall Along Mexican Border
A Massachusetts county sheriff has proposed sending prison inmates from around the United States to build the proposed wall along the Mexican border that is one of US President-elect Donald Trump's most prominent campaign promises.
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Policemen Killed In Attack On Bahraini Prison, Inmates Freed
A policeman was killed on Sunday when armed men attacked a prison in Bahrain, freeing several convicted inmates, the interior ministry said, in what it described as a terrorist act.
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At Least 200 Inmates Escape Brazil Prison; Many Recaptured
At least 200 prisoners escaped from a minimum-security Brazil prison during an uprising on Thursday, with about half recaptured within hours of the prison break, state prison officials said.
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Fight Against Drugs Fills US Federal Prisons: Study
More than half of US federal prison inmates are in jail for drug trafficking, with the harshest sentences going to crack dealers, most of them African Americans, a study found Tuesday.
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Fire Sweeps Through Philippine Prison Killing 10 Inmates
Fire swept through a maximum-security Philippine prison killing 10 inmates, most of them in their cells, authorities said on Friday, in a disaster likely to highlight woeful conditions in one of the world's most over-crowded prison systems.
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Prison Break At Venezuela Detention Center, 42 Inmates Escape: Reports
A group of 42 men who were being held for crimes including murder, kidnapping and robbery broke out of a jail outside Caracas early on Wednesday, local media reported.
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Two Inmates Beheaded in Brazil Prison Riot: Authorities
Inmates rioting to press for better facilities in an overcrowded Brazilian jail have beheaded two fellow prisoners and taken two guards hostage, officials said on Sunday.
