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Seven dead after fights at South Carolina maximum security prison

SevenprisoninmateshavediedfollowinghoursoffightinginsideamaximumsecurityprisoninSouthCarolina.PrisonsspokesmanJeffTaillonsaidStateLawEnforcementDivisionagentswe

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Gang violence in US prison leaves 7 dead, 17 injured

SevenprisoninmateshavediedfollowinghoursoffightinginsideamaximumsecurityprisoninSouthCarolina.PrisonsspokesmanJeffTaillonsaidStateLawEnforcementDivisionagentswe

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6 inmates killed in Bolivian prison riot

Atleastsixinmateswerekilledandmorethan20peopleinjuredonWednesdayinanarmedclashbetweeninmatesandpoliceinBolivia,saidauthorities.TheviolenceatthePalmasolaPrisonin

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Berlin filmfest brings rebellion drama to local prison

TheBerlinfilmfestivalonFridaybroughtamovieaboutalittle-knownactofrebellionincommunistEastGermanytoalocalprison,inanoutreachtoinmatesintheGermancapital.TheBerlin

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Brazilian prison has 2nd riot at beginning of 2018

Inmatesofalow-securityprisoninmidwesternBrazilcarriedoutariotonThursday,thesecondriotintheprisonatthebeginningofthisyear,localauthoritiessaid.Accordingtotheauth

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9 killed in Brazil prison riot

NineinmateswerekilledandtheirbodiesweresetonfireinariotonMondayataprisoninBrazil'scentralstateofGoias,localauthoritiessaid.MilitaryPoliceCommanderDivinoAlvestol

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Novel software helping inmates find a home

AuniversityengineeringdepartmenthasdevelopedwhatamountstoaTinderappforcriminals–acomputerprogramthatmatchesinmateswithsuitableprisons.Thesoftware,uniqueinthecor

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Thousands of prisoners brought in to battle California wildfires

ThousandsofprisoninmatesarehelpingtobattletheinfernosragingacrossCalifornia.Around3,900prisonersareenrolledintheprogram,including200women.Theygetextratimeoffthe

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Brazil prison break: Nearly 90 prisoners escaped

Authoritiesaretryingtofindnearly90inmateswhoescapedfromaprisoninBrazil'snortheasternstateofRioGrandedoNorte.Localofficialssay88prisonersescapedbycrawlingthrough

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‘Cruel, inhumane and degrading’: mass strip search at Philippine prison causes uproar

Photos showing hundreds of prisoners in a Philippine jail sitting naked while being searched for contraband have triggered accusations of further rights abuses in President Rodrigo Duterte’s deadly war on drugs.

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More than 110 inmates remain at large following Philippines’ largest jailbreak

Philippine authorities said on Thursday they had captured 34 inmates who escaped in the nation’s biggest jailbreak but more than 110 remained on the run in vast farmlands and isolated villages of the nation’s strife-torn south.

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From jail to Rome Film Fest, when inmates bring performance on "red carpet"

​No places could be more far away from each other, ideally and materially. On the one side, the nice high-class cultural venue of the 11th Rome Film Festival with its red carpet. On the other, in a shabby northeast suburb, the Rebibbia prison: over 350 inmates, high walls, and a maximum-security ward.

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10 inmates killed in apparent botched attempt to escape Manila jail

At least 10 inmates at a jail in Paranaque city, just south of the capital Manila, were killed on Thursday evening in what investigators said could have been a botched attempt to escape.

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Police name suspect in Gorontalo prison riot

The Gorontalo Police have named Edi Nurkamiden the sole suspect in a recent riot at Gorontalo Penitentiary; Edi is accused of provoking inmates to attack security personnel and take over the prison.

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Over 100 prisoners escape from jail in N. Brazil

More than 100 inmates escaped from a prison in Brazil's northeastern city of Recife on Saturday and two prisoners died in a shootout with the police.

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At lest 2 killed in riot in Brazilian prison

At least two inmates were killed on Sunday in a riot at a prison in southeastern Brazil, said local civil defense services.

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China investigates official misconduct behind jailbreak

BEIJING, Nov. 3 (Xinhua) -- The Supreme People's Procuratorate has ordered Guangdong provincial prosecutors to investigate possible official misconduct behind a jailbreak, which saw two inmates climb over prison walls to escape on Saturday.