Last Updated: Sunday, October 20, 2013, 12:10
Authorities in Florida arrested today two convicted murderers who used forged documents to escape from life prison terms.
Last Updated: Wednesday, October 16, 2013, 13:04
A prisoner, accused in a murder case, was killed by another inmate over a minor quarrel at the central jail here in wee hours today, prison authorities said.
Last Updated: Tuesday, September 17, 2013, 09:47
Pakistan is set to release this week Abdul Ghani Baradar, a former military chief often described as the insurgents` ex-second in command.
Last Updated: Monday, September 16, 2013, 12:32
A prisoner of Tezpur Central Jail has allegedly committed suicide by jumping into a well in the jail premises, prison sources said on Monday.
Last Updated: Sunday, September 15, 2013, 12:08
One prisoner was killed and seven were injured in a jailbreak attempt in Myanmar, state media reported Sunday.
Last Updated: Thursday, September 12, 2013, 15:47
The Pakistan army has rejected the Taliban`s claim that the latter had handed over three security men and secured the release of six Taliban members in the Waziristan tribal region.
Last Updated: Wednesday, August 28, 2013, 09:59
Amid opposition protests, the West Bengal Assembly amended the Correctional Services Act.
Last Updated: Thursday, August 15, 2013, 15:46
Sri Lanka has started the process of handing over some nine Indian prisoners, undergoing life imprisonment, to India under a SAARC exchange agreement.
Last Updated: Saturday, August 10, 2013, 18:20
Two days after inmate`s suicide sparked violence in Kannauj prison, 37-year-old prisoner died in the district jail here under mysterious circumstances, with family alleging it was a custodial death.
Last Updated: Tuesday, July 16, 2013, 10:47
As many as 98 prisoners of various nationalities who have served sentences at UAE`s correctional facilities are now being assisted by the Khalifa Bin Zayed Al Nahyan Foundation to go back to their home countries.
Last Updated: Tuesday, July 16, 2013, 08:43
Myanmar President Thein Sein said that all political prisoners would be freed by the end of the year and that a ceasefire with ethnic groups was possible within weeks.
Last Updated: Monday, July 15, 2013, 23:32
Myanmar President Thein Sein during his first official visit to UK on Monday said that all political prisoners in the country will be released by the year end.
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