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Singapore: Inmate’s death: Prison officer pleads guilty
From the article: “The prosecution, recounting the incident of Sept 27, 2010, said [the deceased] – who was serving a jail sentence for rioting and theft – had to be restrained after he had kicked a...
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UK: Prison will boost north Wales economy, first minister says
From the article: “North Wales is the Ministry of Justice’s preferred location for a 2,000-inmate new jail by 2017, ahead of London and north west England. ‘It will bring opportunities to north Wales...
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UK: Five Prison Staff Suspended After Lee Rigby Murder Suspect Injured In...
From the article: “Five members of prison staff have been suspended after Woolwich murder suspect Michael Adebolajo lost two teeth when he was restrained in jail. The 28-year-old was injured at...
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Bolivia: Inmate melee leaves 15 dead, 50 injured
From the article: “At least 15 inmates were killed, many in a fire, early Friday in a battle among inmates for control of part of an overcrowded maximum-security prison in Bolivia’s eastern lowlands,...
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Thailand: Experts urge better inmate health care
“Overcrowding, insufficient staff at prison hospitals and delayed diagnosis and treatment are the major barriers to inmates receiving proper health care, [an expert] said. Dr Apinun said one of the...
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Prison break in Tunisia; at least 3 dozen at large
“CNN National Security Analyst Peter Bergen said that al Qaeda “actually announced a year ago that they were going to do this campaign of releasing prisoners from prison and they conducted something...
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Romanian Communist-era prison chief charged with genocide
This guy. From the article: “Prosecutors said in a statement that under his command prisoners were subjected to beatings, hunger, a lack of medical treatment and exposure to cold. Visinescu could face...
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Bali: New correctional facility for drug convicts underway
I think it’s official: every country in the world has an overcrowded prison system. Even Bali. Here’s what I don’t get, though. They have 1,800 inmates total and nine prisons. 1,000 of those...
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El Salvador prison overcrowding creates horrific conditions in police station...
From the article: “El Salvador’s prisons are wretched, overcrowded hellholes, among the worst in Latin America, but for William Romero Cartagena a trip to prison would be a step up in life. Romero is...
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NZ: Prison staff could wear cameras to reduce assaults
This is the first I’ve heard of this idea – staff wearing cameras. I’m not sure if that’s a good idea or not – after all, if you want to beef up camera footage, wouldn’t you just make sure that there...
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