Plea to criminals on jail escapee
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Police investigating the prison van hijack of a "very dangerous" inmate appeal to criminal underworld.
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Taliban-linked militants holding three kidnapped United Nations workers, including a British woman, are demanding the release of 26 prisoners, some possibly held at Guantanamo Bay, in return for sparing the hostagesâ lives.
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By Michael A. Bell, The Sun Herald, Biloxi, Miss.  Mar. 10--GULFPORT -- Harrison County supervisors are considering strapping ankle monitoring devices on pretrial, nonviolent inmates and sending them back on the streets as a way to combat jail overcrowding.
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âThe brother leader issued an appeal to the kidnappers saying: âWe request the release of this poor Briton since his family had requested our help ... and if they have any conditions, convey them to us in any way possibleâ,â JANA said.
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A confessed serial killer set to become the first inmate executed in New England in 40 years urged a federal judge Friday to dismiss efforts by the inmate's father and a civil liberties group to spare his life.
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Governor commutes sentence of man who was scheduled to die via lethal injection this evening.
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Proposed law suggests fines, jail sentences for guilty parties.
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By The Modesto Bee, Calif.  Feb. 3--All over California, there are more inmates than spaces for them in county jails and state prisons.
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LAUREL, Miss. - Jones County authorities are crediting two inmates with thwarting the escape attempt of a third. Sheriff Larry Dykes said a trusty at the jail, Danny Lamar Odom, 47, bolted Thursday from a work crew toward a field behind the jail.
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Police are searching for a prisoner who overpowered a guard, took his weapon and escaped from a hospital in suburban Washington, a state police spokesman said. Police identified the escaped prisoner as Kelvin Polk who was serving life plus 40 years for kidnapping, carjacking and robbery.
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Two members of a terrorist gang known for an anarchic season of kidnappings and killings are petitioning to be released from prison early.
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An armed robber who escaped from a prison van helped by two masked men is still at large, say police.
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Governors told to move as many inmates as possible to open jails in response to prison overcrowding
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Ministry reveals releases under government scheme to cut jail overcrowding
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One of two inmates wanted in a daring jailbreak last month that echoed the plot of "The Shawshank Redemption" was captured in an apartment just six blocks from the jail, authorities said.
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RAIPUR, India  - At least 300 prisoners, including dozens of Maoist insurgents, escaped from a central Indian jail after overpowering guards on Sunday, police said.
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Police in Manchester continue the hunt for a "dangerous" man released from prison by mistake.