Prison damned as 'vermin-ridden'
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A report says Pentonville Prison is "overrun with cockroaches" and has high levels of assault allegations against staff.
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Prison officers are struggling to control a group of al-Qaeda terrorists who are clashing with other serious offenders in one of Britain's high-security jails
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The jail system is in "serious crisis" with overcrowding affecting rehabilitation, the chief inspector warns.
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Media & professional: Child jails staff 'may use move to inflict more pain'.
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A Brit who spent 18 years on Pakistan's death row has spoken of his &quot;bolt of shock and fear&quot; when he was sentenced, and then of his long prison life, punctuated by hearing other men hang.
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SAN QUENTIN, Calif.  - Shortly after the gate  slammed shut leading to aging San Quentin prison's cells  housing the most dangerous murderers already condemned to die,  the warden issued a stark warning.
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A convicted and registered offender writes in with his side of the story.
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CHICAGO -- Interested inmates at Newton Correctional Facility in Iowa receive teaching material that declares: "Criminal behavior is a manifestation of an alienation between the self and God. Acceptance of God and Biblical principles results in cure through the power of the Holy Spirit. Transformation happens through an instantaneous miracle; it then builds the prisoner up with familiarity of the Bible."...
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More prisons will be built and criminals will serve their full sentences, under Tory plans if they are elected.
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A "radical" change in prison regimes is needed if inmates are to be ready for life after release, says a report.
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At Abu Ghraib prison in Iraq, American troops threatened captives with pistols and dogs. They threatened to electrocute them. They beat them.
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Florida's corrections secretary has proposed mandatory fitness levels, to the dismay of a prison officers' union.
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Fresh predictions for the prison population suggest government building plans may not provide enough cells for inmates.
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Tories and penal reformers accuse government of mismanagement of prison system
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A play performed in Czech prisons has inmates laughing bitterly over some accused who they believe were treated leniently
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The jails of this crowded, sweltering city are getting crowded, and not with your typical prisoners.
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ACLU says prison abuse witnesses threatenedSAN JUAN, Puerto Rico  - Workers who saw abuses at Iraq&#39;s Abu Ghraib prison were threatened by US special forces who confiscated photos of a prisoner they allegedly punched, US government memos released by