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Triveni Sangam Water Reaches UP Jails, 90,000 Inmates Get Maha Kumbh Experience
Around 90 thousand inmates lodged in 75 prisons across Uttar Pradesh were given a chance to take the holy bath of Mahakumbh, with the officials bringing in some of the holy water of Triveni Sangam to the jails of various cities.
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Prisoners Take Hostages In Russian Jail, Second Incident Since June
Russian inmates on Friday took staff hostage at a prison colony in the southern Volgograd region, officials said, the second such incident in a Russian jail since June.
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Indian-Origin Jail Warden Fined Rs 83 Lakh For Taking Bribe From Singapore Prisoner
An Indian-origin senior prison warden was convicted on Monday for soliciting bribes of SGD 133,000 (Rs 83,02,930) in exchange for transferring an inmate out of his prison cluster.
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Paraguay's Largest Prison Set On Fire, Inmates Take Guards, Visitors Hostage
Hundreds of inmates rioted on Tuesday and took dozens of hostages at the overcrowded Tacumbu prison, the largest in Paraguay, according to authorities and AFP journalists at the scene.
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Ecuador Prisoners Take 57 Guards, Cops Hostage Inside 6 Jails After Bomb Attacks
Ecuador's capital Quito was rocked by attacks with grenades and two car bombs overnight, followed hours later by inmates in six prisons taking hostage 57 prison guards and police officers on Thursday, officials said.
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"Prisoners Don't Cease To Be Humans": Court Orders Healthcare For Ill Blast Accused
The state had said that Nirmala Uppuganti was accused of a serious offence and was able to move on her own, and had been provided the help of two other inmates to take care of her in prison.
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CBI Takes Over 2017 Tihar Jail Violence Case
The CBI has taken over the investigation into the Tihar Jail violence last year where 18 inmates were allegedly beaten up by the prison staff, officials said Tuesday.
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9 More Inmates Of Mumbai's Byculla Jail Fall Ill, Total 104 In 4 days
Nine more inmates of the Byculla prison here have fallen sick due to suspected food poisoning, taking the total count of the affected prisoners, most of them women, to 104 over the last four days, an official said today.
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Candidates With Serious Criminal Charges Contesting Mexico Polls
Voters around the world have been known to complain their politicians are crooks, but Mexico takes it to a whole new level, with multiple current or former prison inmates running for office in Sunday's elections.
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Video: Suspect Escapes Under Closing Jail Garage Door. Barefoot And In Handcuffs
Stunning surveillance footage shows an inmate make a daring escape from police custody outside a jail in the American state of Indiana. CCTV footage released to the public by the Porter County Sheriff's Office shows the man jump out of a police car and make a run for it as a garage door closes. Stunned police officers, who were just a few feet away...
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At This Prison, Inmates Give Injured Animals Second Chance To Life
Australian prisoners are caring for animals that have been abandoned, attacked by predators, hit by cars or even seized in a drug bust as part of a rehabilitation programme.
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Prison Break Fail: Inmate Disguises Himself As Woman, Gets Caught
Even though he was wearing blusher and had painted his nails pink, his identity was finally revealed when he was asked to take off his sunglasses.
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Next Door To VK Sasikala In Jail Is Cyanide Mallika, Doing Life For 6 Murders
A week ago, VK Sasikala was in Chennai and hoped to be Tamil Nadu chief minister. On Thursday, she watched the new chief minister, her loyalist E Palaniswami, take oath on TV from a Bengaluru prison with other inmates sitting around her. Among her prison mates, lodged in an adjacent cell, is Cyanide Mallika, who is accused of killing six women she ...
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Police Take Control Of Brazil Prison After Gang Fighting
Military police took control on Saturday of a prison in northeastern Brazil after fighting between rival gangs left 26 inmates dead, the latest in a spate of violence in the country's penitentiaries.
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Taiwan Prisoners Turn Artisan Chefs As 'Jail Food' Takes Off
The additive-free delicacies made by prison inmates have gained a loyal public following, and generate hundreds of millions of dollars each year.
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Triveni Sangam Water Reaches UP Jails, 90,000 Inmates Get Maha Kumbh Experience
Around 90 thousand inmates lodged in 75 prisons across Uttar Pradesh were given a chance to take the holy bath of Mahakumbh, with the officials bringing in some of the holy water of Triveni Sangam to the jails of various cities.
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Prisoners Take Hostages In Russian Jail, Second Incident Since June
Russian inmates on Friday took staff hostage at a prison colony in the southern Volgograd region, officials said, the second such incident in a Russian jail since June.
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Indian-Origin Jail Warden Fined Rs 83 Lakh For Taking Bribe From Singapore Prisoner
An Indian-origin senior prison warden was convicted on Monday for soliciting bribes of SGD 133,000 (Rs 83,02,930) in exchange for transferring an inmate out of his prison cluster.
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Paraguay's Largest Prison Set On Fire, Inmates Take Guards, Visitors Hostage
Hundreds of inmates rioted on Tuesday and took dozens of hostages at the overcrowded Tacumbu prison, the largest in Paraguay, according to authorities and AFP journalists at the scene.
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Ecuador Prisoners Take 57 Guards, Cops Hostage Inside 6 Jails After Bomb Attacks
Ecuador's capital Quito was rocked by attacks with grenades and two car bombs overnight, followed hours later by inmates in six prisons taking hostage 57 prison guards and police officers on Thursday, officials said.
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"Prisoners Don't Cease To Be Humans": Court Orders Healthcare For Ill Blast Accused
The state had said that Nirmala Uppuganti was accused of a serious offence and was able to move on her own, and had been provided the help of two other inmates to take care of her in prison.
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CBI Takes Over 2017 Tihar Jail Violence Case
The CBI has taken over the investigation into the Tihar Jail violence last year where 18 inmates were allegedly beaten up by the prison staff, officials said Tuesday.
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9 More Inmates Of Mumbai's Byculla Jail Fall Ill, Total 104 In 4 days
Nine more inmates of the Byculla prison here have fallen sick due to suspected food poisoning, taking the total count of the affected prisoners, most of them women, to 104 over the last four days, an official said today.
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Candidates With Serious Criminal Charges Contesting Mexico Polls
Voters around the world have been known to complain their politicians are crooks, but Mexico takes it to a whole new level, with multiple current or former prison inmates running for office in Sunday's elections.
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Video: Suspect Escapes Under Closing Jail Garage Door. Barefoot And In Handcuffs
Stunning surveillance footage shows an inmate make a daring escape from police custody outside a jail in the American state of Indiana. CCTV footage released to the public by the Porter County Sheriff's Office shows the man jump out of a police car and make a run for it as a garage door closes. Stunned police officers, who were just a few feet away...
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At This Prison, Inmates Give Injured Animals Second Chance To Life
Australian prisoners are caring for animals that have been abandoned, attacked by predators, hit by cars or even seized in a drug bust as part of a rehabilitation programme.
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Prison Break Fail: Inmate Disguises Himself As Woman, Gets Caught
Even though he was wearing blusher and had painted his nails pink, his identity was finally revealed when he was asked to take off his sunglasses.
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Next Door To VK Sasikala In Jail Is Cyanide Mallika, Doing Life For 6 Murders
A week ago, VK Sasikala was in Chennai and hoped to be Tamil Nadu chief minister. On Thursday, she watched the new chief minister, her loyalist E Palaniswami, take oath on TV from a Bengaluru prison with other inmates sitting around her. Among her prison mates, lodged in an adjacent cell, is Cyanide Mallika, who is accused of killing six women she ...
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Police Take Control Of Brazil Prison After Gang Fighting
Military police took control on Saturday of a prison in northeastern Brazil after fighting between rival gangs left 26 inmates dead, the latest in a spate of violence in the country's penitentiaries.
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Taiwan Prisoners Turn Artisan Chefs As 'Jail Food' Takes Off
The additive-free delicacies made by prison inmates have gained a loyal public following, and generate hundreds of millions of dollars each year.
