Concern over prisoner releases
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Inmates are not being sufficiently prepared for release from Glenochil jail, the prisons watchdog says.
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Non-violent offenders could be released early to ease prison overcrowding in England and Wales.
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The fate of a British hostage remains unclear amid conflicting reports around the release of an Iraqi prisoner.
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The state's corrections system is dangerously overcrowded and in crisis. A federal panel is about to render a judgment that could force open prison doors
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Rebellion over 42-day detention as threat of legal challenge looms
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There are concerns at the country's top maximum-security prison about a possible war between drug cartels and reports surfaced that some high-profile inmates might have been planning an escape.
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The four Britons still held by the US in Guantanamo Bay could be released within days, US defence sources say.
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Have the news stories that matter most sent to your inbox daily. The last four Britons held at Guantanamo Bay will be released within weeks and turned over to British authorities, Foreign Secretary Jack Straw ...
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Police widen their call for help to find a prisoner who escaped ten days ago still wearing handcuffs.
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The move this week by New York reflects concern about prison overcrowding and 'fairness.'
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Two prisons are exclusively holding foreign nationals serving less than four years with the expectation that they will then face deportation, it emerged yesterday.
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PARIS, Sept 6  - The captors of two French journalists allegedly put forward Monday new demands for their release, but French officials cast doubt on the authenticity of the demands and remained cautiously optimistic about securing their release.
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PARIS : The captors of two French journalists allegedly put forward new demands for their release, but French officials cast doubt on the authenticity of the demands and remained cautiously optimistic about securing their release.
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Up to 1,200 criminals were being released from the overcrowded prison system today as the government's early release scheme came into effect.
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Iraq&#39;s justice minister last night pledged to release one high-profile Iraqi woman prisoner and to consider the release of a second in a last-minute concession that may save the life of the British kidnap victim Kenneth Bigley.
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Hundreds of South African prisoners, who have been in jail since the apartheid era, are hoping to reclaim their freedom by convincing the government that their crimes were politically motivated.
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Leaked memo suggests government has 'no interest' in deporting thousands of prisoners, despite pledge