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Report: Torture Evidence Found in Syrian Prisons
(BEIRUT) -- Rights activists have found torture devices and other evidence of abuse in government prisons in the first Syrian city to come under the control of...
Suspect in Colo. Prison Chief Death Got Out Early
(DENVER) — If it weren't for a paperwork error, Evan Spencer Ebel would have still been in prison instead of being suspected of killing Colorado's prisons chief...
Colorado Officials to Do Review After Prison Error
(DENVER) -- Colorado court officials have vowed to review procedures to ensure that a clerical mistake that allowed the early release of a prisoner -- who then...
Slain Colorado Prisons Chief Remembered at Memorial
(COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo.) — The Colorado prisons chief who was gunned down as he answered his front door is being remembered at a memorial service. The service...
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– The number of Venezuelans left dead following weekend riots by well-armed inmates at one of the country’s notoriously overcrowded prisons, reports Reuters.
It’s Time To End Solitary Confinement in U.S. Prisons
In April, Albert Woodfox and Herman Wallace marked a grim anniversary. The two Louisiana State Prison inmates, both in their 60s, had been held in solitary...
Can Food Be Cruel and Unusual Punishment?
If you’ve led a law-abiding life, chances are you have never encountered “nutriloaf,” a foul-tasting brick served to prisoners who get out of line. How...
Texas Prisons End Last-Meal Tradition on Death Row
Convicted murderer Lawrence Russell Brewer's lavish dinner order before his execution on Wednesday prompted Senator John Whitmire to call for an end to the...
As California Fights Prison Overcrowding, Some See a Golden Opportunity
The wooden floor of this dormitory at the state prison in Chino, Calif., is the only indication that inmates once played basketball here. Hoops long since taken...
Cashing in on Crime: Arizona Prisons Charging to Visit Inmates
Call it adding insult to injury or simply a worthwhile tax to help pay for their missteps, but first-in-the-nation legislation allows a one-time $25 fee on...
What Anders Behring Breivik Can Expect Inside Norway's Prisons
Anders Behring Breivik will likely spend the rest of his life in prison. Inside he'll be treated with respect and humanity—two things he denied each of his...
Does Banning Porn from Prisons Violate the U.S. Constitution?
An inmate has sued the state of Michigan, arguing that his prison's ban on porn constitutes "cruel and unusual punishment." In a five-page, handwritten lawsuit,...
The Roots of Radicalism: Militants Teach Jihad in Indonesia's Prisons
There's a downside to jailing Jihadis: They corrupt your prisons. It's a problem that's keenly felt in Indonesia, where a decade-long crackdown on extremist...
Britain's Prisons: Budgeting Behind Bars
Not even justice is recession-proof. On June 29, U.K. Justice Secretary Kenneth Clarke announced radical prison reforms meant to save the government money while...
Will the Supreme Court Keep Prisons Overcrowded?
California is often on the cutting edge of national trends — and so it is now with the "ugly bed." That is prison lingo for double and triple bunks that are...
Britain's Prisons: Will Spending Cuts Cause Crime?
It seems even justice isn't recessionproof. On Tuesday, June 29, U.K. Justice Secretary Kenneth Clarke outlined radical prison reforms that he said would both...
Sentenced to Serving the Good Life in Norway
The seagulls begin squawking at 6 in the morning and the cigarettes cost too much, but Lars, 41, knows there are worse places to call home. On Bastoy, an island...
Think California's Prisons are a Problem? Look at Mexico's
Over the last year, Mexico has suffered from a seemingly never-ending list of escapes, riots and murders in its prisons. In October 2008, prison inmates hurled...
