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Jailed Kremlin critic Ildar Dadin's jail term quashed
Russia’s supreme court has overturned the conviction of jailed opposition activist Ildar Dadin and ordered his release.
Brazil jail riot sees hundreds of inmates escape
At least 150 inmates escaped from a prison in Brazil on Tuesday after a mass a riot broke out.
Brazil's brutal prison violence prompts government action
Brazil's prison violence prompts government action
Guantanamo: ten more prisoners freed
Analysts say it is part of a push by outgoing President Barack Obama to reduce the inmate population before he leaves office.
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Death toll rises in latest prison violence in Brazil
At least 27 inmates have now thought to have died in the latest violence to erupt in a Brazilian prison.
Mass rally calls for end to Spain's dispersion policy for ETA prisoners
Tens of thousands of people rallied in the Basque city of Bilbao to demand that jailed members of ETA serve out their sentences closer to home.
Russian serial killer admits to killing 81 women
Mikhail “The Werewolf” Popkov already serving a life-sentence for murdering 22 women, admitted to police he murdered 59 others
More beheadings in latest jail violence in Brazil
Another prison uprising in Brazil has left four more people dead.
At least 31 killed in Brazilian prison 'drug gang revenge attack'
At least 31 inmates are killed in a Brazilian prison in what is believed to be a drug gang revenge attack.
Another prison riot claims lives in Brazil
It comes only five days after 56 inmates were slaughtered in the country's worst prison massacre in more than two decades.
Mass escape after prison riot in Brazil claims 56 lives
Over 100 prisoners are on the loose and 56 have died after two rival drugs gangs ran riot in a Brazilian prison.
Riot officers regain control of British jail
Police have regained control of one of Britain’s biggest jails hours after a huge riot broke out.
Activist's allegations of torture by Russian prison guards spark Moscow protest
Russian opposition activist Ildar Dadin claims he is being beaten, repeatedly tortured and threatened with rape and murder in Karelia penal colony in the northwest of the…
More than 170 inmates escape Haiti jail
More than 170 inmates have escaped a jail in Haiti following a mass break out.
Mass breakout from Sao Paulo psychiatric prison
Prisoners still on the loose following escape from Sao Paulo psychiatric prison
Germany: Outrage over suicide of Syrian terror suspect
German officials are under fire over the suicide of Syrian terror suspect Jaber Albakr, whose death deprives authorities of precious information.
Prisoner release flounders between Kyiv and Russian backed separatists
The so-called Minsk Agreement implemented to end the war between Russian-backed separatists and Ukrainian forces is floundering on many levels
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.
Trumps claims Obama "lied" about cash for Iran's US prisoners
The US State Department has admitted for the first time that a 400 million dollar cash payment made to Iran ordered by a tribunal was withheld until four US prisoners were…
Appalling accounts of death and abuse in Syria's prisons
Amnesty International says the conditions amount to "human rights abuses"