Prison damned as 'vermin-ridden'
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Official reports highlight problems in two British prisons, including a vermin infestation in one
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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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Beatings with bottles, sleep  deprivation and threats of violence against relatives are all  routine forms of torture in detention centres in the rebellious  Russian region of Chechnya, former inmates say.
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Home Office reluctantly reveals five worst jails with security breaches among most common offences.
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Barlinnie prisoners complain to inspectors they are given "ill-fitting and stained" prison underwear.
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Detainees at the US military prison at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, were shackled to the floor in fetal positions for more than 24 hours at a time, left without food and water, and allowed to defecate on themselves, an FBI agent who said he witnessed such abuse reported in a memo to supervisors, according to documents released yesterday.
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Â· Rise in suicides to one-third of all deaths Â· Campaign group blames overcrowding Â· Mentally ill inmates 'need care, not punishment'
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Prison 'outsourcing' is linked to concerns about riots, recidivism, and family hardship.
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Mohammad Sagheer says the year  he spent in prison in Guantanamo Bay has ruined his life.
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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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Conditions at Scotland's only female prison, Cornton Vale, are heavily criticised in a new HMI report.
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More than an inmate a day died violently in Venezuela's crowded prisons last year, as riots and weapons trafficking ran rampant behind bars, a human rights group said in an annual report.
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Media & professional: Child jails staff 'may use move to inflict more pain'.
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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
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From their cells on Virginia's death row, the inmates can hear Percy Walton laughing. His chuckles come from nowhere, inmates say, and are often mixed with shouts and incoherent babbling.
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An open prison is in danger of becoming a human "warehouse", the chief inspector of prisons warns.
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A report says Pentonville Prison is "overrun with cockroaches" and has high levels of assault allegations against staff.