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| Jul. 5 |
Syria |
'Many killed' in jail riot
Map of Saydnaya Syria Clashes between guards and prisoners resulted in 25 people killed after military police fired live bullets at Islamist inmates
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| Jun.13 |
Southern Afghanistan |
Taliban jail raid frees hundreds
Map of Kandahar Afghanistan About 340 Militants attacked a main prison in Kandahar province, blowing its entrance open and allowing a large number of inmates to escape
| Afghan security forces hunt for hundreds of prisoners who escaped from a jail after Taliban fighters blew up the main gate. A state of emergency has been declared in the city
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| May.7 |
Guantanamo |
Gitmo detainee became suicide bomber Pentagon: Kuwaiti man Abdullah Saleh al-Ajmi released from U.S. custody in 2005 blew himself up in a suicide attack in Iraq last month
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| Apr.7 |
Morocco |
Casablanca bomb convicts escape
9 people convicted for links to suicide bombings in Casablanca have escaped from a prison. They had tunnelled their way out
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| Mar.27 |
Baghdad |
Prison tour reveals Saddam's last days
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| Mar.22 |
California |
Hearst gang woman back in prison
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| Feb.28 |
Singapore |
Interpol alerts on terror suspect Interpol has issued a worldwide security alert following the escape of Mas Selamat Kastari, an Islamic terror leader from a jail
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Scandal-hit Interpol chief quits
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Sri Lanka |
S Lankan spent 50 years on remand
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| Jan.8 |
Afghanistan |
'Bribes' free top Taliban leader
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| Jan.2 |
New Jersey |
Jail break guard commits suicide
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| Dec.21 |
Belgium |
Al Qaeda jail break thwarted
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| Dec.16 |
India |
Rebels in mass jailbreak
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Pakistan |
Jet-bomb suspect escapes police
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| Nov.22 |
Amazon |
Brazil shocked by jail girl rape
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| Aug.23 |
Brazil |
At least 20 prisoners die in prison fire
The inmates broke out of a cellblock and set a fire in an apparent attempt to settle scores with a rival gang in the south-central state of Minas...
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| Jun.9 |
Southern Iraq |
6 die in attack on U.S.-run prison |
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| Jun.8 |
CIA |
CIA rejects secret jails report |
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European Union |
CIA jails in Europe 'confirmed' Dick Marty, a Council of Europe investigator, says he has evidence to prove the CIA ran secret jails in Poland and Romania
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| Jun.7 |
Southern California |
Paris Hilton released from jail |
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| May.31 |
Italy |
Inmates seek death penalty |
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| May.30 |
Guantanamo |
Saudi detainee killed self at Gitmo
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33 students massacred in class
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| Apr.9 |
Guantanamo |
Detainees join in hunger strike |
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| Jan.18 |
Washington |
New rules on terror detainees |
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| Jan.2 |
Guantanamo |
FBI: Workers saw prisoner abuse |
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| Dec.8 |
Mexico |
3 dead, 80 at large after prison riot |
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| Oct.12 |
Guantanamo |
Sources: Red Cross visits top detainees
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| Oct.4 |
Argentina |
Prisoners end protest |
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| Jul.8 |
Guantanamo |
Gitmo inmates had help with suicides |
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Saudi Arabia |
Terror suspects flee jail |
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| Jun.11 |
Guantanamo |
Dead detainee 'was to be freed'
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Suicides spur criticism| The suicides of 3 inmates at the prison camp spurred renewed calls for changes at the facility | |
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| Jun.7 |
Guantanamo |
Attorney: clash about Qurans |
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Iraq |
Iraq begins releasing 592 prisoners 2,500 detainees to be released under an initiative by prime minister to foster national reconciliation
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| May.19 |
Guantanamo |
U.S. military: suicide attempt a ruse
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| May.15 |
Sao Paulo |
State's prison revolts end Revolts in 70 jails have come to an end, after 4 days of violence in which at least 81 people died
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Gang attacks leave 52 dead
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| Apr.19 |
Guantanamo |
List of detainee names released The U.S. government released the most extensive accounting yet of the hundreds of people held there
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| Mar.11 |
Netherlands |
Milosevic found dead in cell Former Yugoslav President has been found dead in Hague where he was being tried on war crimes charges
| He was 64.
Milosevic was found dead for several hours.
He rose to the top of Yugoslav politics in the 1980.
Elected Serbian president in 1990, Milosevic ruled with an iron grip until his overthrow in 2000.
Next year he was transferred to the Hague and went on trial in 2002.
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| Mar.3 |
Washington |
Pentagon releases Gitmo prisoners' names
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| Feb.28 |
Afghanistan |
Armed inmates roaming free
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| Jan.5 |
Honduras |
Prison rioting kills 13
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| Dec.28 |
Baghdad |
Eight dead in prison clash
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| Nov.15 |
Baghdad |
Detainees 'found starving' The government begun an investigation into the abuse of more than 170 detainees held by Iraqi forces
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| Jul.21 |
Guantanamo |
Detainees refuse food
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Bombs kill 52
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| Jun.3 |
Guantanamo |
Detainees, not soldiers, flushed Quran A U.S. military investigation at the Guantanamo has determined that detainees attempted to flush the Quran
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| Mar.15 |
Manila |
21 die as police storm Manila jail Police put down a revolt by members of the al Qaeda-linked Muslim separatist group Abu Sayyaf
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| Mar.14 |
Manila |
Police launch Manila jail assault
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| Mar.7 |
Dominican Republic |
Prison fire 'kills 140' Clashes between rival gangs in the prison in the eastern town of Higuey led to a fire
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| Feb.21 |
Israel |
Israel frees 500 Palestinian prisoners Convoys of buses carrying shackled inmates left prison camp of Ketziot, and arrived on the edges of the West Bank
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| Feb.19 |
Haiti |
350 inmates escape prison |
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| Jan.31 |
Southern Iraq |
U.S. troops fire on prison riot as 4 die |
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| Jan.24 |
Iraq |
Iraqi forces 'committing abuse' Human Rights Watch: Iraqi security forces systematically abuse prisoners
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| Jan.14 |
Baghdad |
Prisoners from Iraq's Abu Ghraib escape |
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| Dec.17 |
Kabul |
8 die in jailbreak bid |
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| Aug.19 |
U. S. Midwest |
U.S. medics' accused in prison abuse |
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| Jun.1 |
Rio de Janeiro |
Jail revolt leaves 34 dead Inmates seized guns and hostages during an attempt to stage a jailbreak
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| May.20 |
Iraq |
Shocking prison pictures emerge |
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| May.13 |
Iraq |
Prisoners freed from Abu Ghraib |
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| May.8 |
Iraq |
Abu Ghraib prison to remain open |
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| Apr.30 |
Washington |
Iraq prison abuse sparks outrage| A coalition military spokesman is 'disgusted' by photographs that apparently show U.S. soldiers abusing detainees | |
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| Apr.22 |
Brazil |
Police ring riot prison |
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Car bombs in Basra kill 68
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| Feb.21 |
Baghdad |
Red Cross visits Saddam A 3-member delegation from the International Committee of the Red Cross visited the former Iraqi dictator
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| Feb.13 |
Guantanamo |
Guantanamo inmates get new rights |
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| Jan.13 |
England |
Anger as 'Dr. Death' found hanged Serial killer Harold Shipman hanged himself using bed sheets from the window bars in his cell
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| Sep.15 |
Saudi Arabia |
Prison fire kills 67 inmates
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| Aug.6 |
Israel |
Israel frees 339 Palestinian prisoners |
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| Jul.27 |
Jerusalem |
Israel to free 500 Palestinians |
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| Jul.14 |
Manila |
Terror suspects escape from jail
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| Jul.6 |
Jerusalem |
Israel to free more prisoners |
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Militants offer truce
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| May.28 |
Morocco |
Suspect dies in custody |
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| Apr.11 |
Yemen |
Cole bomb suspects in jailbreak
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| Apr.5 |
Honduras |
At least 94 dead in jail riot |
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| Jan.11 |
Chicago |
Governor clears Illinois death row
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| Dec.15 |
Russia |
Chechen chief dead in labour camp |
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| Nov.1 |
Morocco |
Jail fire kills 49
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| Oct.20 |
Baghdad |
Prisoner amnesty
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| Feb.26 |
Guantanamo |
X-Ray inmates 'to avoid military courts' |
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| Feb.9 |
Guantanamo |
War captives baffle US interrogators |
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| Feb.7 |
USA |
Geneva Conventions apply to Taliban |
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| Jan.23 |
Guantanamo |
US halts transfers to Guantanamo camp |
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| Jan.20 |
Guantanamo |
Prison camp pictures spark protests |
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| Jan.11 |
Guantanamo |
Afghan captives start detention| The first group of 20 prisoners are now in a detention camp at a military base at Guantanamo | |
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| Jan.10 |
Guantanamo |
US flies suspects to Cuba base |
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| Dec.19 |
West Pakistan |
13 Killed in Al Qaeda Prisoner Revolt
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Terror attacks hit U.S.
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| Aug.25 |
Kabul |
Red Cross visits Kabul detainees |
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| Aug.18 |
UN Tribunal |
Wife visits Milosevic for 60 |
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| May.21 |
Chile |
28 die in prison riot fire
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| Apr.11 |
Serbia |
Milosevic taken to hospital |