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'It's a bloodbath': staff describe life inside America's most violent prison

Edit The Guardian 21 Oct 2016
A former guard and a pastor at Holman prison speak of stabbings, riots and abuse, aggravated by overcrowding and slim staff that live in fear ... The horrors of Holman penitentiary in southern Alabama – the stabbings, riots, fires, abuse – have earned it a reputation as the most violent prison in the United States. As recently as Thursday a prisoner cut a guard’s eye during a fight ... Pastor Kenneth Glasgow works with prisoners there....

50 prisoners moved to Mandoli Jail

Edit The Hindu 21 Oct 2016
A batch of 50 prisoners was moved from Tihar to the new Mandoli Jail on Thursday, over eight years after the construction of the prison began. The relocation of these prisoners effectively marked the beginning of operations at the new prison, that saw several deadlines being breached over the last couple of years ... “If there is no trouble, we may shift another small batch of prisoners next week....

Prison officer jailed for trying to smuggle drugs into prison (The Metropolitan Police)

Edit Public Technologies 21 Oct 2016
A female prisoner officer was jailed for three years and four months at Southwark Crown Court yesterday, Thursday 20 October after being caught trying to smuggle cannabis into the prison where she worked. Tiana Duncan, 26 (19.04.90), of Capel Road in Newham, a prison officer at HMP ......

The Latest: Union: Ohio's death row move will cause hardship

Edit Springfield News-Sun 21 Oct 2016
The union representing Ohio prison guards and other workers says the state's plan to move its death row will place a hardship on staff, inmates and their families ... The state prison department says 124 death row inmates will be transferred from Chillicothe (chihl-ih-KAHTH'-ee) in southern Ohio to a Toledo prison shortly....

Inquest into death of prisoner days after giving birth finds 'very serious matters'

Edit The Guardian 21 Oct 2016
The coroner at an inquest into the death of a prisoner in her cell days after she gave birth said the hearing had revealed “a series of very serious matters” ... She had returned to the prison after the birth and the day before she died she had been told she would not be allowed back to hospital to see the baby ... These are designed to help staff to support prisoners at risk of self-harm;....

More So-Called "Non-Violent Second-Strikers" Get Early Prison Release (Yolo County, CA)

Edit Public Technologies 21 Oct 2016
(Woodland, CA) - October 19, 2016 - The Yolo County District Attorney's Office regularly publishes a list of convicted criminals who have been granted early release from prison by the State of California ... Across California, over 2,900 convicted felons have been released from prison early under the program ... A prison official conducts an administrative review of each eligible prisoner ... http.//yoloda.org/early-prison-releases/....

Failed Islamist suicide bomber found dead at Strangeways jail

Edit The Independent 21 Oct 2016
Nicky Reilly, also known as Mohamed Rashid Saeed-Alim, was found dead at the prison, also known as Strangeways, on Wednesday, a spokeswoman for HM Prison Service confirmed ... Prison ......

Koreans give prisoners tips on positivity

Edit The Times of India 21 Oct 2016
A programme on `Mind Management' was organized for inmates of Chanchalguda central prison on Thursday ... Prison superintendent B Saidaiah ......

Young Prisoner Commits suicide due to Unjust Sentence and Disastrous Prison Conditions

Edit NCRI 21 Oct 2016
NCRI - A young prisoner in Ilam prison has committed suicide due to his unjust sentence and the catastrophic prison situation. Shahryar Tarhani, 27, from Koohdasht, Lorestan province, who had been held in Ilam prison for four years for carrying illegal weapons, committed suicide by taking rice tablets. Prison officials’ inaction and delay in sending him to hospital led to his death ... ....

Iran: Mass Execution of 14 Prisoners in one Day

Edit NCRI 21 Oct 2016
NCRI - The mullah’s anti-human regime sent 14 prisoners in the Qezel-Hessar prison (in Karaj) to the gallows on October 19. These prisoners had been transferred from the Broader Tehran and Qezzel-Hessar prisons to solitary confinement two days ago to be put on death row....

Independent Monitoring Board says HMP Ashfield is ‘a well-run prison’ (Serco Group plc)

Edit Public Technologies 21 Oct 2016
HMP Ashfield, managed and operated by Serco on behalf of the Ministry of Justice, is described today by the Independent Monitoring Board (IMB) as 'a well-run prison which houses prisoners safely and securely but also with dignity, humanity and respect' ... It is a caring and compassionate environment in which staff are non-judgemental and treat prisoners as human beings'....

Final 4 Word of Life defendants plead guilty to felonies; avoid murder trial

Edit Syracuse 21 Oct 2016
The plea agreement calls for her to receive 12 years in prison ... He is to receive eight years in prison. David and Linda Morey both pleaded guilty to two counts of second-degree assault, and will get five years in prison ... If they had been convicted of second-degree murder, they faced at least 15 years to life in prison and up to 25 years to life in prison ... She was sentenced today to 25 years in state prison....

Citing aging inmates, Ohio says it will again move death row

Edit The Miami Herald 21 Oct 2016
Ohio is moving its death row for the third time in little over a decade, this time because of the growing number of aging inmates serving death sentences, state prison officials said Friday ... Toledo's prison is newer and designed to handle inmates with physical and mobility limitations, including those in wheelchairs, the state said ... Currently, Ohio has almost 51,000 in its prison system....
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