Prison wardens go on strike
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Thousands of prison officers began an unofficial strike in England and Wales on Wednesday over salaries and the threat of violence at work.
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Two home secretaries were warned of conditions in a prison where an Asian inmate was  battered to death.
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BUENOS AIRES, Argentina  - Some 12,500 Argentine prisoners are staging a hunger strike to demand quicker action in their court cases, government officials said on Tuesday.
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Two inmates working in a prison garden wrested guns from two guards Monday, exchanged gunfire with other officers and stole a pickup truck, running over and killing one of the guards as she tried to stop them, prison officials said.
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Prison officials and Home Secretary John Reid will meet to draw up plans to deal with prison overcrowding.
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Official reports highlight problems in two British prisons, including a vermin infestation in one
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The mock prison cell, the barking dog belonging to another protester, people asking names and ages.
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The Ministry of Justice is granted a court injunction against a national strike by thousands of prison officers.
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More than 1,000 prisoners are to be freed later ahead of schedule as part of a move to ease prison overcrowding.
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Palestinian prisoners launched a hunger strike Sunday, in what was shaping up to be the biggest showdown between thousands of inmates and the Israeli authorities since the outbreak of Mideast fighting in 2000.
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Postal workers in Staffordshire go on strike over the suspension of nine colleagues.
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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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Opposition activists in Bangladesh  attacked railway stations and battled police in several parts  of the country on Tuesday as a two-day strike called to protest  a deadly grenade attack at the weekend got underway.
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Civil servants and teachers are the latest to go on strike,  as protests against public sector job cuts continue.
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Eight inmates are killed when hundreds of inmates try to break out of a jail in Nigeria, police say.
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The Chief Inspector of Probation says demands on staff mean many offenders are not being monitored properly.
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Opposition activists in Bangladesh attacked railway stations and battled police in several parts of the country on Tuesday as a two-day strike called to protest a deadly grenade attack at the weekend got underway.