Female Prisoners Glow in Rio Jail Beauty Contest
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RIO DE JANEIRO, Brazil  - If not for poor-quality  tattoos on the ankles of some contestants, lack of air  conditioning and the presence of uniformed female guards around  the doors, it would seem like a normal beauty pageant.
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A court in Ghana on Wednesday sentenced  two British teenage girls to one year in jail each for  smuggling cocaine in the West African country, officials said.
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Female inmates in Pennsylvania jails and prisons have been indicted on charges they bilked more than 300 pen pals -- mostly men -- out of thousands of dollars by lying to them and promising long-term relationships.
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Dealing with jail time for driving offenses was difficult, but now Paris Hilton faces the aftermath. The 26-year-old heiress is expected to be released from a Los Angeles County women's jail early this week, and she professes a desire to shift her life's course. But unlike most newly released inmates, Hilton has a trail of photographers in constant pursuit and a career based largely on partying and posing for pictures.
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Two prisoners used pictures of women in bikinis to hide holes they used to escape and left a thank-you note, signed with a smiley face, for a guard they claimed helped them, officials said
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A major Brazilian fashion event has moved to bar models under the age of 16, part of a national effort to increase awareness about eating disorders following the death of a 21-year-old model from anorexia last month.
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Women in Brazil are not as slim as their internationally famed models may suggest and up to one-third of men drink too much, a survey showed on Wednesday.
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Four prisoners in an El Salvador jail hid cellphones, a phone charger and spare chips in their bowels so they could coordinate crimes from their cells, prison officials said on Wednesday.
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Two inmates working in prison field overpowered a guard Monday and ran her over in a stolen pickup truck, killing the woman as they fled, prison officials said
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As revelers dress up in glittery costumes for a week of singing, drinking and dancing in Rio de Janeiro, many people will be celebrating Carnival under the barrel of a gun.
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Female inmates at Maghaberry jail "seem to be treated like second class citizens", a Belfast coroner says.
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By Annie Nelson, Columbia Daily Tribune, Mo.  Sep. 5--HUNTSVILLE -- Jail, sweet jail.   Gone are the video cameras, intercoms and most of the bulletproof glass and bars from the windows. After four months of renovation, the old Randolph County Jail is beginning to look like home.
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Another beauty battle is moving to Las Vegas, at least for the time being.
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SINGAPORE - A radio contest that asked female studio guests to remove their bras from under their clothes and pose for a video Web cast prompted a fine by Singapore media regulators, who called the competition exploitative and inappropriate.
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Fashion Wire Daily - Got to hand to these Brazilians, they know how to stage a show, especially one made entirely of swimwear.
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Two British teenage girls are jailed for one year each for trying to smuggle cocaine from Ghana to the UK.
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