2 inmates recaptured after helicopter escape
Two inmates made a daring daylight escape from a prison northwest of Montreal in a hijacked helicopter, then led police in a car chase and exchanged ...
Prison escape artist doesn't get free this time
His first two prison escapes in Greece were spectacular and successful, aboard helicopters chartered by accomplices. But when Albanian inmate Alket ...
Texas prisons install cellphone-blocking equipment
The nation's largest state prison system is turning to electronic weaponry to combat the persistent headache of illegal cellphones smuggled to inmates
Gov't acknowledges thousands released from jails
After weeks of denials, the Obama administration acknowledged Thursday that it had, in fact, released more than 2,000 illegal immigrants from ...
Rape defendant's death casts shadow on model jail
India's Tihar Jail is a land of bakeries and carpentry shops, where inmates compete in music contests, take classes and perform intensive Buddhist ...
Gov't doesn't appeal Lindh prison prayer ruling
A federal prison in Indiana on Wednesday was expected to begin allowing American Taliban fighter John Walker Lindh and other Muslim inmates housed in ...
3 shoeless inmates found after escaping Mo. jail
Two murder suspects and a third inmate who escaped from a southeast Missouri jail were found hiding Tuesday in the cab of a truck at a salvage yard, ...
Body of dead Indian rape defendant given to family
The body of a man who died in a New Delhi jail while in the midst of a high-profile rape trial was released to his family Tuesday after a post-mortem ...
China may end long-hated labor re-education camps
All it took was a handwritten note from police to send Zhao Meifu to a labor camp for a year in China's arid northwest. The farmer had been seeking ...
Police: Delhi gang rape suspect kills self in jail
Police said a man on trial for the gang rape and fatal beating of a woman aboard a New Delhi bus committed suicide in an Indian jail Monday, but his ...
Ohio Amish face unfamiliar life in federal prison
Sixteen Amish men and women who have lived rural, self-sufficient lives surrounded by extended family and with little outside contact are facing ...
Kuwait jails 2 for offending emir
Two activists have been jailed in Kuwait for Twitter posts that authorities claimed were offensive to the country's ruler. The sentences are part of ...
UNICEF urges Israel to reform detention of minors
Israel must reform its system of military detention for Palestinian minors, a U.N. report said Wednesday, saying an in-depth study showed it ...
Karzai calls on Afghan troops to clean up own act
The Afghan president on Wednesday called on his security forces to end incidents of torture and abuse of the Afghan people, a shift from past speeches ...
Madagascar: deadly riot erupts after nun killed
Police in Madagascar say two protesters were killed in a riot at a prison holding the alleged killers of a French nun. The government is investigating ...
Ex-con accused of sneaking back into NYC jails
Most people who've done time in jail can't wait to get away. But this week, New York City authorities accused one former inmate of sneaking back in.
AP Exclusive: DHS released over 2,000 immigrants
The Homeland Security Department released from its jails more than 2,000 illegal immigrants facing deportation in recent weeks due to looming budget ...
DHS releasing illegal immigrants before sequester
A week before mandatory budget cuts go into effect across the government, the Department of Homeland Security has started releasing illegal immigrants ...
Greece helicopter prison escape attempt foiled
A helicopter swooped down on a prison courtyard Sunday as armed men on board fired on guards and lowered a rope to help a convicted killer make his ...
Egypt rights groups allege rising police brutality
Egyptian rights groups alleged Wednesday that police abuse and brutality are on the rise in detention centers and at demonstrations, which have ...
Zimbabwe prisons to review death sentences
Zimbabwe prison officials said Wednesday that they are not in a hurry to engage the services of a newly-appointed hangman to execute the 77 inmates ...
Georgia execution halted at the last minute
The execution of a Georgia man who killed a fellow prisoner in 1990 was halted Tuesday at the last minute so courts could consider claims that he's ...
Costa Rica toughens stance in US-backed drug fight
On a recent Friday morning at a gleaming new international airport in Costa Rica, hundreds of tourists from New York and Minnesota emerged blinking ...
Texas police fatally shoot fugitive Fla. prisoner
The Florida prisoner who escaped in Texas after stabbing a detective with his eyeglasses was fatally shot early Saturday after refusing to cooperate ...
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