Report: Torture evidence found in Syrian prisons
Rights activists visiting abandoned government prisons in the first Syrian city to come under rebel control have found torture devices and other ...
UK court jails 4 Lulzsec hackers for cyberattacks
Four young computer hackers who masterminded cyberattacks on targets from the CIA to Sony Pictures and Rupert Murdoch's News International were ...
Ex-Guatemalan cop faces murder charges in Austria
Austrian prosecutors have charged a former senior Guatemalan police official with murder in connection with the shooting deaths of seven prison ...
UK police capture fugitive who escaped prison van
British police say they have captured a fugitive who escaped from a prison van during an ambush as it was taking him to court. Police said officers ...
Northern Ireland reserves jail space for G-8 riots
Northern Ireland security chiefs say arrested troublemakers at the G-8 summit next month may be housed in a prison wing and in an abandoned British ...
Zimbabwe youth leader in jail for Mugabe slur
A young political activist who compared Zimbabwe's president to a lame donkey will spend another week in jail, his attorney said Tuesday.
PM's youth leader in jail for Mugabe slur
A lawyer for a youth leader in the Zimbabwe prime minister's party says he is in jail for referring to the nation's longtime ruler as "a limping ...
Gadhafi's son appears in Libya court; case delayed
Wearing a sky-blue safari suit and a pair of sandals, the imprisoned son of slain dictator Moammar Gadhafi made his second court appearance this year ...
IG: unclear standards for compassionate release
The U.S. Bureau of Prisons lacks clear standards on when to grant compassionate release to inmates with terminal illnesses and limited life ...
Taliban say foreign prisoners in good health
A group of foreign civilians captured in eastern Afghanistan when their helicopter made an emergency landing are in good health, the Taliban said on ...
Mexico: German sought in sex ring case recaptured
Authorities in Mexico say police have captured a German man who had been a fugitive since escaping from jail in 2009 after being charged with being ...
After long period of quiet, Guantanamo grows tense
The morning routine started before dawn with a prisoner chanting the Muslim call to prayer through a small opening in the heavy steel door of his cell ...
President: Israel to release ailing Palestinian
Israel's president says he has approved the release of an ailing Palestinian prisoner on humanitarian grounds. Shimon Peres noted in a statement that ...
Brazen escape lands French bandit on Interpol list
Redoine Faid's escape from a French prison landed him on Interpol's most wanted list Monday, two days after he took four guards hostage and used ...
Jail inmates, orchestra perform behind bars in US
Strains of classical music echoed — not inside a concert hall, but in a bleak Chicago jail where teenage boys await trial on charges ranging from drug ...
Correction: Israel-Palestinians story
In an April 11 story about a Palestinian-American teenager held in an Israeli jail, The Associated Press misidentified one of the interviewees.
Neo-Nazis established network inside German jails
German authorities say they are tightening security measures after discovering a neo-Nazi network inside the country's prisons. The network, which was ...
Amid financial crisis, Cyprus convicts offer help
With Cyprus' economy falling apart, even those behind prison bars are pulling together to help people in need. Dozens of central prison inmates ...
UK judge jails parents for deaths of 6 children
A judge sentenced the father of six British children who died in a house fire to life, with a minimum of 15 years in prison, describing him Thursday ...
Palestinian protester killed by Israeli army fire
Israeli forces shot and killed a teenage Palestinian protester during a clash in the West Bank late Wednesday, raising tensions already heightened by ...
Israeli planes strike Gaza after rocket fire
Israeli warplanes struck targets early Wednesday in the Gaza Strip in response to rocket fire toward southern Israel, the first air strikes launched ...
Suspect in prison chief death was released early
Evan Ebel was released from prison more than three months early, largely due to his participation in programs designed to coax troubled offenders from ...
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