world news Mass breakout from Sao Paulo psychiatric prison Prisoners still on the loose following escape from Sao Paulo psychiatric prison 18/10/2016
Brazil Inmates killed in Brazil prison clashes Violent clashes at two Brazilian prisons have killed at least 18 inmates. 17/10/2016
Afghanistan Afghan women imprisoned in elder's homes Women in Afghanistan are forced to serve time in tribal elder's homes where they are effectively treated as their property 11/10/2016
Brazil Hundreds still at large following Brazil jail-break The inmates fled from the Jardinopolis prison, around 160 kilometres northwest of Sao Paulo, Brazil's second city. Officials say they had set fire to several cells in one wing of the prison during a r 30/09/2016
USA Orange is the new black - pot noodles are the new tobacco Instant ramen pot noodles are replacing tobacco as currency among prisoners in the United States according to study which blames reduced spending on prison food. 22/08/2016
USA US reveals plans to phase out private prisons The US government has announced plans to phase out privately-run prisons after an inquiry found they were less safe and no cheaper than public jails. 18/08/2016
Turkey Tens of thousands of prisoners freed in Turkey The government has given no reason for the reform, which is part of a series of measures outlined in two state-of-emergency decrees. 17/08/2016
Turkey Turkish prosecutors seek jail term for pro-Kurdish party leader Demirtas Turkish prosecutors are seeking five-year jail sentences for the head of the People’s Democratic Party (HDP), Selahattin Demirtas and another pro-Kurdish MP Sirri Sureyya… 12/08/2016
markets Rogue UBS trader Kweku Adoboli warns his crimes 'could happen again' Former rogue UBS trader Kweku Adoboli warns banks are still pressuring employees to make profits "no matter what" and his crimes could be repeated. 01/08/2016
Armenia Policeman shot dead as Armenia hostage siege escalates An Armenian policeman was killed on Saturday as chaos gripping Yerevan spirals increasingly out of control. 30/07/2016
Russia Moscow airport workers plead guilty over Total CEO's fatal jet crash Two Moscow airport workers plead guilty to causing the jet crash that killed Total's CEO Christophe de Margerie in 2014. 28/07/2016
USA US President Ronald Reagan's would-be assassin to be freed The man who tried to assassinate US President Ronald Reagan in 1981 can be freed from a psychiatric hospital. 27/07/2016
world news Australian PM resists calls to broaden inquiry into youth detention centre abuses Australia is reeling after footage was aired on TV showing guards tear-gassing teenage inmates of a detention centre and strapping a half-naked, hooded boy to a chair. 27/07/2016
Azerbaijan Prominent journalist freed in Azerbaijan Azerbaijani journalist Khadija Ismayilova - an investigative reporter for Radio Free Europe - has been released on probation. 25/05/2016
Belgium Striking prison wardens burst into Belgian justice ministry building There have been dramatic scenes in Brussels, with striking prison wardens bursting into the Belgian Justice Ministry building. Baton-wielding riot 17/05/2016
Belgium Armed forces deployed to Belgian prisons as strike enters third week Belgium has mobilised the military to assist in prisons where guards have been on strike for over two weeks. Police and the Red Cross had been 10/05/2016
world news Mexican drug lord 'El Chapo' is moved to jail near US border Joaquin “El Chapo” Guzman was moved from a jail in central Mexico on Saturday to a prison in Ciudad Juarez near the US border, in a move that appears 07/05/2016
Russia Sister of jailed pilot now back in Ukraine Vira Savchenko was detained by Russian border officials 28/04/2016
France Saleh Abdeslam's lawyers prepare for their client's trial in France He was once Europe’s most wanted fugitive, now he is in solitary confinement in a maximum security prison in the Paris region. Saleh Abdeslam the 27/04/2016
Unreported Europe Locked up in hell - inside Europe's prisons Inside Europe's crumbling and overcrowded prisons: where suicide is for some the only way out. 15/04/2016
Unreported Europe Conditions in some European prisons 'alarming' - human rights group The head of the Council of Europe's Committee for the Prevention of Torture says some inmates have to share beds. 15/04/2016
Unreported Europe Silent screaming - suicides and meds blight French prisons Suicide rates in French prisons are almost double the European average. The latest data from the Council of Europe, in a report published in December 15/04/2016
Unreported Europe Italy leads way on prison reform but system in crisis Italy is showing the world how to reform prisons, and has passed into law an impressive and widely-praised reform package. But the money to implement it is sorely lacking, and in the meantime most of 14/04/2016
Portugal Ex-CIA agent loses extradition appeal and looks likely to serve jail term in Italy Former CIA operative Sabrina de Sousa has lost her appeal in Portugal’s supreme court against extradition to Italy to serve a six-year sentence for 12/04/2016
Angola Angola: Rapper jailed on rebellion charges with other activists He has been on hunger strike. Now Portuguese Angolan rapper Luaty Beirão has been jailed with 16 other activists for ‘conspiracy to commit a 28/03/2016
Canada [Watch] Inmates escape Canadian jail by helicopter Two inmates at a Canadian jail created their own version of “The Great Escape”, fleeing Quebec’s St-Jérôme jail by clinging to a cord attached to a 17/03/2016
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