VOA Kurdish: Advocacy group finds sexual assault, overcrowding in Iraqi prisons
According to the Justice for Prisoners Network, women in Iraqi prisons face rampant sexual assault and harassment, often ...
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Northern Territory's prison population hits record high, straining police and overcrowded facilities
The Northern Territory's booming prison population has reached a new record, growing by more than 470 prisoners since the ...
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Overcrowded prisons | R4.07bn spent on foreign inmates
The department is reported to spend R500 per day per offender. This means taxpayers are footing a bill of R11.3-million every ...
Brit criminals could be sent to work in Iceland shops instead of going to prison
Iceland have written to prisons minister Lord Timpson to suggest low-risk prisoners work out short term sentences by working ...
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Nearly 15k foreigners in SA’s overcrowded prisons
The Eastern Cape recorded 502 foreign nationals arrested, Free State and Northern Cape 1 679, Gauteng recorded 6 039, KwaZulu-Natal had 1 288 while Limpopo, Mpumalanga and North West recorded a ...
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Montana Dept. of Corrections transfers inmates to relieve overcrowding
The Montana's Department of Corrections is working to relieve overcrowding at the state prison.Officials have transported 120 ...
Justice chiefs may have to choose which criminals to monitor if fewer are sent to prison
Former justice secretary David Gauke, who is carrying out a sentencing review, is widely expected to recommend more offenders ...
Heavily-tattooed former actor guilty of assaulting ex-girlfriend day after early prison release
Heavily tattooed Jason Hoganson, 53, was photographed raising a thumb as he was released from HMP Durham on September 10 last ...
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NCHR concerned about overcrowding in prisons
In extreme cases, such as Karachi’s Central Prison, overcrowding exceeded 300 per cent, the report said. These findings were part of the Prison Data Report 2024, a collaborative study by the ...