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Jail jam again
Evansville :: IN :: USA | 6 days ago
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It comes as no surprise that the still-new Vanderburgh County Jail is, as Monday's Courier & Press headline declared, bursting at its seams. The $35 million jail opened in 2006 with a capacity for 512 inmates, but Courier & Press staff writer Gavin Lesnick...
Tags: larger jails, Vanderburgh County Sheriff's Department, Vanderburgh County Jail, Evansville, Prison, Jails, Penology, Putnam County Jail
U.S. Says Westchester Jail Failed to Protect Inmates
New York City :: NY :: USA | 7 days ago
Credibility Correction officers at the Westchester County Jail used excessive force on inmates who were sometimes already restrained or compliant, dousing their faces with excessive amounts of pepper spray or, in one case, slamming a prisoner’s head into a wall,...
Tags: New York City, Corrections officer, Self-defense, Pepper spray, Jails, Prison, Penology, Law Crime
Packed jail to be monitored
Evansville :: IN :: USA | 7 days ago
Credibility Courier & Press Some inmates in the Vanderburgh County Jail spend time in the day room of Pod A-1 on Monday while others stay in their cells or outside in the yard. Various players in the local criminal justice system plan to carefully monitor the inmate...
Tags: Vanderburgh County Jail, Evansville, Social Issues, Prison, Penology, Evansville metropolitan area, Vanderburgh County Indiana, Evansville Indiana, Jails, Putnam County Jail, Law Crime, Hillsborough County Sheriff's Office, Southwestern Indiana
Key eye-witnesses turn hostile in Shramjivi Express blast
Vārānasī :: India | 10 days ago
Credibility Seventeen people were killed and over 50 injured as blasts ripped through the train on July 28, 2005. The duo did not corroborate their statement given to the special cell of Delhi Police and "failed" to identify main accused Mohammand Alam Giri alias...
Tags: Roni, Delhi Police, turned hostile, express blasts, key eye, Shramjivi Express, India, Vārānasī, Jails, Law Crime, Tihar Prisons
Terrorists feasting on fresh chicken, beef, eggs, and milk in Pak prisons!
Lahore :: Pakistan | 10 days ago
Credibility Its not all that bad to be a prisoner in Pakistan, as one can enjoy sumptuous meals consisting chicken and farm fresh milk while in custody. There may be overcrowding in Pakistani jails, but there is no lack of quality food for the prisoners there. Officials...
Tags: married prisoners, Punjab, Pakistan, Lahore, Social Issues, Gondal Pakistan, Prison, Jails, Adiala Jail, Gondal
Pakistani prisoners in Tihar won't get asylum: Centre
Islamabad :: Pakistan | 11 days ago
Credibility Owning allegiance to 'Mehndi Foundation', the Pakistanis, including women and children, fled Pakistan two years ago fearing prosecution for blasphemy. The Mehndi Foundation is a multi-faith spiritual body that promotes the doctrine of divine love. Pakistani...
Tags: pakistanis prisoners, Pakistan, Islamabad, Jails, Law Crime, Tihar Prisons
Prizes distributed among prisoners
JAMMU, Nov 25: Two days ‘Prisons Duty Meet’, organised in Central Jail, Kot Bhalwal concluded this evening. Verghese Samuel, Financial Commissioner (Home) was the chief guest while Dr Ashok Bhan, DG Prisons presided over the meet. Former...
Tags: Prizes distributed among prisoners, Javed Fazli, Jails, jails inmates, Rakesh Raina, Jammu and Kashmir, central jails, Kathua, training courses, Prison, Jail Jammu, Ashok Bhan, district jails, Farooq Khan, allnews, Mirza Saleem Beg, India, Dinesh Sharma, Vinod Kumar Boianapalli, Ludhiāna, Vinod Kumar Boianapalli, Farooq Leghari, Ashok Kumar, Rajni Sehgal, Dinesh D\'Souza, Dr. Bhan, Rafiq Ahmed, Jammu
Omar Abdullah drives along new Kashmir road link
Jammu :: India | 12 days ago
Credibility Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Omar Abdullah Thursday drove through the under-construction Mughal Road that connects the Kashmir Valley to the twin border districts of Rajouri and Poonch south of the Pir Panchal mountains, and described the journey...
Tags: Omar Abdullah, Kashmir Valley, India, Jammu, Politics, Kashmir, Disputed territories, Central Reserve Police Force, Counter-insurgency, Rajauri, Hospitality Recreation, Jails, War Conflict, Paramilitary forces of India, Gulmarg, Rajouri district, Shupiyan, Srinagar, Mughal Road, Jammu and Kashmir, Prison, Penology, Political repression
Tihar inmates to appear for Gandhi peace examination
New Delhi :: India | 13 days ago
Credibility All the participant inmates will get the certificates with the top three getting prizes, he said. The Mandal is organising the Gandhi Peace Examination since last four years in various jails of Maharashtra. The result has been inspiring for the Bombay...
Tags: Bombay Sarvodaya Mandal, Gandhi Peace Examinations, India, New Delhi, Sarvodaya, Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi, Indian independence activists, Jails, Tihar Prisons
State prisoners clogging local jails
Atlanta :: GA :: USA | 14 days ago
Credibility Today, the problem continues on an even larger scale, although no recent publicity stunts have called attention to it. The number of state-sentenced prisoners being housed in county jails across the state jumped from 3,278 in January 2008 to 5,277 a year...
Tags: county jails, Georgia Department of Corrections, Georgia Department of Community Affairs, Neil Warren, Cobb County, Atlanta, Private prison, Gwinnett County Georgia, Cobb County Georgia, Jails, Atlanta metropolitan area, Penology, Prison
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