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Smuggled sketches offer glimpses into harsh Myanmar prison
Reuters, Published on 07/04/2022
» In one drawing, dozens of men sit crammed into a single room, hunched with their knees together, every inch of space occupied. In another, they lie back to back on the floor, their faces straining with discomfort.
Death toll from Indonesia jail blaze at 44
Reuters, Published on 09/09/2021
» JAKARTA: The death toll from a blaze that tore through an Indonesian jail has risen to 44, as authorities pledged to look at whether more inmates could receive rehabilitation for drug-related offences to ease chronic overcrowding in the prison system.
Gunmen free more than 1,800 inmates from Nigerian prison
Reuters, Published on 06/04/2021
» YENAGOA, Nigeria: More than 1,800 inmates escaped from a Nigeria prison in the southeastern city of Owerri after an attack by gunmen carrying rocket-propelled grenades, machine guns, explosives and rifles, the prisons authority said.
US Supreme Court clears way for execution resumption
Reuters, Published on 29/06/2020
» WASHINGTON: The US Supreme Court on Monday paved the way for President Donald Trump's administration to carry out the first federal executions since 2003, turning away an appeal by four inmates challenging the lethal injection protocols due to be used.
Human rights 'need to be put aside' in drug war: Cambodian official
Reuters, Published on 13/05/2020
» PHNOM PENH: A Cambodian official on Wednesday defended an anti-drug campaign that has been decried as rife with abuses, saying human rights "need to be put aside" to fight drugs that destroy families and fuel violent crime.
Thailand reports 127 new coronavirus cases, 1 death Tuesday
Reuters, Published on 31/03/2020
» Thailand reported 127 new coronavirus cases and one death on Tuesday, a health official said.
16 inmates killed in fight in Mexican prison
Reuters, Published on 01/01/2020
» MEXICO CITY: Sixteen inmates were killed and five more were wounded in a fight that broke out in a prison in the northern Mexican state of Zacatecas, the state government said in a statement Tuesday evening.
Philippines' Duterte wants 1,700 freed inmates locked up
Reuters, Published on 04/09/2019
» MANILA: Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte said on Wednesday 1,700 convicts who were freed early for good behaviour should be sent back to prison after questions were raised over the legality of their release.
Indonesia police hunt inmates after Papua jail set ablaze
Reuters, Published on 20/08/2019
» JAKARTA: Indonesian police were hunting on Tuesday for more than 250 inmates who fled a jail in Papua that had been set ablaze a day earlier, during a wave of civil unrest in cities across the country's easternmost area.
Myanmar soldiers jailed for Rohingya killings freed early
Reuters, Published on 27/05/2019
» YANGON: Myanmar has granted early release to seven soldiers jailed for the killing of 10 Rohingya Muslim men and boys during a 2017 military crackdown in the western state of Rakhine, two prison officials, two former fellow inmates and one of the soldiers told Reuters.