Prison News

12:46 PM EST
11/8/2011 Working prostitues, drugs and 100 cock fighting roosters found inside Mexican jailA surprise inspection of a jail in the resort town of Acapulco, Mexico, unveiled 19 prostitutes, two sacks of marijuana and 100 roosters for cock fighting.

Source:AHN Topics:Crime, Law And Justice, Crime, Prison, Human Interest, Curiosity

7:34 AM EDT
11/3/2011 Rajaratnam to be sent to federal prison in MassachusettsConvicted hedge fund manager Raj Rajaratnam will soon serve his 11-year sentence for insider trading at a federal prison medical center in Massachusetts, reports said.

Source:AHN Topics:Crime, Law And Justice, Prison, Economy, Business And Finance, Financial And Business Service, Investment Service

2:53 PM EDT
11/1/2011 Supreme Court hears case on liability of private prison guardsPrivate prison guards are facing the risk of more liability from mistreated inmates in a case the Supreme Court heard Tuesday.

Source:AHN Topics:Crime, Law And Justice, Prison, Punishment, Justice And Rights

11:52 AM EDT
10/26/2011 Proposal to scrap bail could worsen abysmal prison conditionsUgandan human rights activists are concerned that President Yoweri Museveni's proposal to do away with bail for people suspected of committing certain crimes could swell the country's already overcrowded prison system and exacerbate severe problems in delivering health services to inmates.

Source:IRIN Topics:Unrest, Conflicts And War, Civil Unrest, Social Issue, Crime, Law And Justice, Prison

3:01 PM EDT
10/11/2011 Ex-Ukraine leader sentenced to 7 years in prison over gas dealA Ukrainian court on Tuesday sentenced former prime minister Yulia Tymoshenko to seven years in prison for entering into a contract to buy gas from Russia at very expensive price.

Source:AHN Topics:Crime, Law And Justice, Prison, Politics, Government, Heads Of State, Economy, Business And Finance, Energy And Resource, Natural Gas

10:28 AM EDT
9/16/2011 Aquino orders imprisonment of former Philippine military comptrollerFormer Armed Forces of the Philippines comptroller Gen. Carlos Garcia made Philippines history twice on Friday. He is the first two-star general to be sent to the national penitentiary. However, he is serving merely two years although he stole $7 million (PHP 303 million) from military coffers.

Source:AHN Topics:Crime, Law And Justice, Prison, Politics, Government, Public Officials

6:11 AM EDT
9/12/2011 Human Rights Watch calls for shut down drug detention centers in VietnamHuman Rights Watch (HRW) has called for the immediate closure of more than 100 government-run drug detention centres in Vietnam, describing them as "little more than forced labour camps".

Source:IRIN Topics:Politics, Human Rights, Crime, Law And Justice, Crime, Drug Trafficking, Prison

7:10 AM EDT
9/7/2011 Human Rights Watch (HRW) calls for shut down drug detention centers in VietnamHuman Rights Watch (HRW) has called for the immediate closure of more than 100 government-run drug detention centres in Vietnam, describing them as "little more than forced labour camps".

Source:IRIN Topics:Politics, Human Rights, Crime, Law And Justice, Prison

9:00 AM EDT
9/6/2011 Anti-Libyan commander seeks apology from CIA, MI6The commander of the National Transitional Council's forces in Tripoli, Abdel Hakim Belhaj, is seeking an apology from British and American governments for his transfer to a Libyan prison seven years ago.

Source:AHN Topics:Politics, Diplomacy, International Relations, Unrest, Conflicts And War, Conflict, Crime, Law And Justice, Prison

5:39 AM EDT
9/6/2011 Nation's Jails Struggle With Mentally Ill PrisonersMore Americans receive mental health treatment in prisons and jails than in hospitals or treatment centers. In fact, the three largest inpatient psychiatric facilities in the country are jails: Los Angeles County Jail, Rikers Island Jail in New York City and Cook County Jail in Illinois.

Source:KaiserHealth Topics:Health, Illness, Mental Illness, Crime, Law And Justice, Prison, Social Issue