Prison

5 Dec 2012

Weeks after Wang Lijun was sentenced to prison, more details have begun to surface about the flamboyant style of the former anti-triad hero who played a central role in the scandal that felled the...

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Pussy Riot member moved to solitary cell

24 Nov 2012

One of the jailed members of the punk band Pussy Riot has been moved into a solitary cell following tensions with other inmates, Russian prison officials said Friday.

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Faking of prison urine tests rare, Legco told

7 Nov 2012

Graft-busters investigated a team of prison officers but found evidence to prosecute only one case of falsifying the urine samples of released prisoners, a security official told legislators...

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Sandusky headed to prison, but scandal persists

10 Oct 2012

Headed to prison for the rest of his life, Jerry Sandusky leaves behind human and legal wreckage that could take years to clear away.

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Prison rape furore set to sway voters in Georgia

29 Sep 2012

Public outcry over the rape and beating of prisoners in a Georgian prison is threatening the nine-year rule of US ally President Mikhail Saakashvili in parliamentary elections on Monday.

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Briefs, September 28, 2012

28 Sep 2012

Major drug trafficker taken by police

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Opinion

Michael Cox

The last straw for Terry Wong?

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Jake Van Der Kamp

iBonds are little help in easing inflation and a bad bet financially

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Breivik bound for 'specially equipped' Norwegian prison after verdict

Regardless of whether an Oslo court sentences him to prison or closed psychiatric care today, Norwegian gunman Anders Behring Breivik is set to spend his days at a specially-adapted high-...

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Hong Kong news digest, August 16

'Attacked' inmate's family sue over custody death

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Transfer bids being processed, prison bureau says

Requests from a handful of Hong Kong inmates in the Philippines to serve out their lengthy jail terms at home are being processed, the nation's prison authorities say, more than a year after they...

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Inmates in Manila jail still waiting for transfer home

Hong Kong inmates serving lengthy sentences in a Philippine prison where even the most basic necessities have to be bought are anxiously awaiting news about their year-old application for a...

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Petitioners languish for weeks in Beijing 'black jail'

The three petitioners from the central province of Hunan were held in Beijing for more than a month in a 'black jail' linked to their local government despite a crackdown on such secret detention...

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Prisoners petition to make calls legal right

About 30 prisoners have signed a petition urging lawmakers to grant them the legal right to make telephone calls home.

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