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Prisons

since 2025 › May › 02 (Fri) @ 10:54 UTC

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15 days ago

Venezuela inmates occupy prison roof and set fire to mattresses to protest alleged abuses ⊖⊖

found 2026 › May › 25 (Mon) @ 07:33 UTC

a story from The Guardian ⚠️ › International

Inmates at Barinas prison allege they were peacefully protesting when prison staff opened fire, leaving some wounded

Inmates at Venezuela’s western Barinas prison staged a protest on its roof on Sunda…

41 days ago

Josh Duggar's prison sentence extended as he is placed in solitary confinement after child porn conviction ○

found 2026 › Apr › 29 (Wed) @ 20:06 UTC

a story from The Daily Mail 💩 › The Daily Mail

The 38-year-old former reality star -whose appeal to be freed or retried hinges on a technicality - is now scheduled to be released on February 2, 2033 according to the Federal Bureau of Prisons.

46 days ago

DOJ says it will use firing squads, electrocution again for federal executions ⊖

found 2026 › Apr › 24 (Fri) @ 18:37 UTC

a story from CNBC ⚠️ › Top News

As the Trump administration resumes capital punishment, Acting Attorney General Todd Blanche instructed the Bureau of Prisons to modify its execution protocol.

83 days ago

Jails watchdog 'deeply concerned' over risk to public as dangerous criminals released from high-security prisons ⊖⊖

found 2026 › Mar › 19 (Thu) @ 03:09 UTC

a story from The Daily Mail 💩 › The Daily Mail

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Chief Inspector of Prisons voiced grave concerns over two jails which are releasing high-risk inmates directly onto the street with inadequate assessments of the threat they may pose.

5 months ago

Aldrich Ames, CIA agent who spied for Soviet Union and Russia, dies aged 84 ⊖

found 2026 › Jan › 07 (Wed) @ 01:45 UTC

a story from The Guardian ⚠️ › International

In damaging intelligence breach, Ames admitted to passing information to Moscow for nearly a decade

Aldrich Ames, the CIA agent who spied for the Soviet Union and Russia in one of the most damaging in…

8 months ago

Three inmates killed themselves at Pentonville prison where jail staff on 24-hour suicide watch were asleep, reading or absent, damning report finds ⊖

found 2025 › Sep › 30 (Tue) @ 01:45 UTC

a story from The Daily Mail 💩 › The Daily Mail

Chief Inspector of Prisons Charlie Taylor placed HMP Pentonville in London under special measures in July due to a series of 'comprehensive failures'.

10 months ago

Epstein confidante Ghislaine Maxwell transferred to lower-security prison in Texas ○

found 2025 › Aug › 01 (Fri) @ 16:50 UTC

a story from The Guardian ⚠️ › International

Move comes after Maxwell met with deputy attorney general about those involved in late sex offender’s crimes

Ghislaine Maxwell has been transferred from a federal prison in Florida where she was servi…

11 months ago

Drones could carry escaping prisoners over jail walls, watchdog chief inspector warns ○

found 2025 › Jul › 08 (Tue) @ 08:05 UTC

a story from The Daily Mail 💩 › The Daily Mail

The Chief Inspector of Prisons, Charlie Taylor, admitted the technology was progressing at such a pace that there was a 'theoretical risk' of it being used to help inmates break out of prison.

Drugs smuggling 'destabilising' prisons, watchdog says ○

found 2025 › Jul › 08 (Tue) @ 00:10 UTC

a story from BBC ✅ › BBC News

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Prisons inspector's report finds bored inmates and staffing issues are exacerbating demand inside.

R Kelly files request for release from prison citing murder plot against him ○

found 2025 › Jun › 11 (Wed) @ 18:50 UTC

a story from The Guardian ⚠️ › International

Singer’s lawyer said Aryan Brotherhood and prison officials were plotting to kill him, and asked for home confinement

Attorneys for R&B singer R Kelly have filed an urgent request for his release fro…

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