The government intends to accuse Nagoya prison employees with inmate maltreatment

According to a person familiar with the issue, the Justice Ministry intends to charge 22 prison employees in Nagoya for suspected attacks on three detainees.

According to the source, the ministry is contemplating collaborating with prosecutors to create criminal cases against people sus...

A French court has sentenced a former Liberian rebel commander to life in prison

After France's first trial tied to Liberia's civil wars, a Paris court condemned a former Liberian rebel commander to life in prison on Wednesday for violence against civilians and complicity in crimes against humanity.

Kunti Kamara was convicted guilty of crimes against civilia...

This Uttarakhand prison offers cells at cheap Rs 500 per day. The statement you just read is correct

It's thought that Haldwani Jail was the first in the country to provide a "day rate" for incarceration. You may be wondering, "How much is it?" For just 500 Indian Rupees!

In matters of love, career, education, and personal fulfillment, many people consult astrol...

An inquest into an Aboriginal woman's death in detention will look into prison health services in Victoria

Veronica Nelson called out for help multiple times in the hours leading up to her death, according to an earlier directions hearing.

When it resumes on Tuesday, the original woman held in remand for theft-related offences will look into the state's bail laws and prison healthcare.

Singaporean journalist sentenced to prison for slander in connection with allegations of corruption

The editor of a now-defunct Singaporean news portal has been sentenced to three weeks in prison for defamation in connection with a letter published on the site alleging corruption among government ministers.

Terry Xu, the former editor of the Online Citizen, was imprisoned last year fo...

A Political Activist Sentenced to Two Years in Prison After Defaming the Monarchy in Thailand

On Friday, a political activist was sentenced to 2 years in prison by a court in Thailand, as he violated a law that set punishment for those who defamed the monarchy, in this case by putting a sticker on a portrait of the king of the country.

Ever since the prosecutions were revived un...

South Korean President Roh Tae-woo, passes away at 88

Former South Korean President Roh Tae-woo, passed away at the age of 88. He participated in a military coup, later on he won South Korea’s election. He was also imprisoned on charges of corruption.

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• Roh Tae-woo, former South Korean pres...

Fire in Indonesian jails, 41 prisoners dead, 80 are hospitalized

Highlights

• Fire breaks out in Tangerang prison, 41 dead, 80 hospitalized
• Overcrowding in prisons and poor funding can be the root cause

A prison in Indonesia caught up fire on Wednesday, around 41 inmates were killed and 80 are serio...

PRISON FACILITIES IN SOUTH KOREA TO FOLLOW LEVEL 3 SOCIAL DISTANCING MEASURES

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• Prison facilities in South Korea to follow level 3 social distancing measures.
• South Korea imposed the highest-tier social distancing measures.
• Meetings with lawyers will be restricted and all staff will work on a reduced...

10 OUT OF 12 HONG KONGERS GOT THREE YEAR IMPRISONMENT FOR FUGITIVE ATTEMPT TO TAIWAN VIA BOAT

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• A Chinese court on Wednesday imprisoned 10 Hong Kong vote-based system activists for three years over the escape plan execution from the city by speedboat to look for safe-haven in Taiwan

The gathering was captured by the Chinese coa...

DONGBU DETENTION CENTER IN SEOUL REPORTS A HIGH NUMBER OF COVID-19 OUTBREAKS

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• Dongbu Detention Center in Seoul reports a high number of COVID-19 outbreaks.
• The number of new COVID-19 cases rose to over 700 in total from the detention center.
• On Monday 233 inmates alone were infected with the COVID-...

LORI LOUGHLIN RELEASED FROM PRISON AFTER SERVING 2 MONTHS FOR COLLEGE SCAM

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• Actress Lori Loughlin has been released after she spent two months in prison for paying half nearly half a million dollars in bribes to get her two daughters into college

• The federal Bureau of Prisons said the ‘Full House' actor was released ...

MOORE GILBERT DETAINED IN IRAN BECAUSE OF ISRAELI BOYFRIEND, SOURCES REVEALED

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• Iranian specialists kept British-Australian, Kylie Moore-Gilbert after finding she was involved with an Israeli, which fuelled unmerited doubts that she was a covert agent, the Sydney Morning Herald provided details, referring to different conciliator...

THAILAND RELEASES PRISONERS WHO PLOTTED 2012 BOMBINGS

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• Thailand conceded the freeing of three Iranians it imprisoned over a 2012 bomb plot in Bangkok, in a declaration that came after Teheran liberated an Australian-British teacher detained for supposed spying

The realm's amendments ...

AUSTRALIAN KYLIE MOORE-GILBERT, PRISONER OF IRAN SINCE 2018 RELEASED IN EXCHANGE OF 3 IRAN NATIONALS

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• Kylie Moore-Gilbert, the Australian-British scholarly confined by Iran on surveillance charges, has been delivered in a detainee trade for three Iranians

In what will be viewed as a triumph for Iranian state prisoner taking by a few ...

HK ACTIVIST JOSHUA WONG ALONG WITH 2 OTHERS TO BE SENTENCED NEXT WEEK FOR THEIR ROLE IN LAST YEAR’S PROTESTS

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• Hong Kong supportive of majority rules system activists Joshua Wong, Ivan Lam, and Agnes Chow have been remanded in guardianship on unapproved get-together charges connected to the attack of the police base camp in Wan Chai last June

HONG KONG ACTIVIST HELD CAPTIVE AND CHARGED WITH SECESSION 

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• A Hong Kong court denied bail to lobbyist Tony Chung, an ex-convenor of favorable to democracy group called Studentlocalism, who turned into the subsequent individual to be accused of secession under the Beijing-forced public security law on Thursday&...

KURDISH AUTHORITIES RELEASED 600 ISIL FIGHTERS IN NORTH SYRIA

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• Kurdish forces released several ISIL (ISIS) fighters detained in northern Syria as a major pardon in the locale constrained by a United States-sponsored volunteer army

Amina Omar, the top of the Syrian Democratic Council, told c...

SINGAPORE ROTA COMMANDERS IMPRISONED FOR CARELESS BEHAVIOR LEADING TO DEATH OF SUBORDINATE

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• Two Singaporean Civil Defense Force (SCDF) officers received a jail term for their negligence in the drowning episode that suffocated a public serviceman in a siphon well.

Tuas View Fire Station rota leader Kenneth Chong Chee Boon an...

AFTER 17 YEARS TERRE HUATE PRISON RESTORES TO EXECUTION; 1st & ONLY NATIVE AMERICAN EXECUTED

Highlights:

• Lezmond Mitchell was the only Native American who was awarded the capital punishment
• There were repeated appeal to nullify his death sentence

A horrible crime was committed by Lezmond Mitchell in 2011. Justice was finally served on Wednes...