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Peter Eliasberg: Fearsome litigator for inmates' rights
LA Times via Yahoo News Singapore· 5 days agoAs chief counsel at the American Civil Liberties Union of Southern California, Peter Eliasberg is...
Wisconsin youth prison counselor is declared brain-dead after inmate assault
Associated Press via Yahoo News Singapore· 2 days agoA counselor at Wisconsin’s troubled youth prison has been declared brain-dead following a fight with...
Texas parole board denies clemency to Ramiro Gonzales, to be executed Wednesday despite expert...
CNN via Yahoo News Singapore· 2 days agoTexas’ parole board on Monday denied clemency for death row inmate Ramiro Gonzales, who is scheduled...
Texas executes Ramiro Gonzales after failed appeals that argued he was no longer a threat nor...
CNN via Yahoo News Singapore· 19 hours agoTexas executed Ramiro Gonzales by lethal injection on Wednesday for a 2001 murder, the state...
Prison staff's 'health worries over radon'
BBC via Yahoo News Singapore· 9 hours agoIt is recognised to be a leading cause of lung cancer in the UK. The Health and Safety Executive (HSE) started its investigation in December, the ...
2 inmates charged with attempted murder after attack on Montana jail guards
Associated Press via Yahoo News Singapore· 3 days agoTwo Montana inmates were charged with attempted murder Tuesday after allegedly using makeshift...
Plans for Sheppey prison expansion revealed
BBC via Yahoo News Singapore· 6 hours agoThe Ministry of Justice (MoJ) wants permission to build four additional housing blocks for a total of 240 inmates at HMP Standford Hill on Church Road,...
Police searching for Cow Head woman connected to missing Stephenville inmate
CBC via Yahoo News Singapore· 7 days agoPolice are continuing the search for 31-year-old Tyler Bennett, who escaped from the Stephenville...
Jails to run out of space in days, governors warn
BBC via Yahoo News Singapore· 3 days agoA government spokesperson said public safety would always be the priority. 'Deeply troubling' The latest Ministry of Justice figures, published on Friday...
Quebec's Port-Cartier maximum security prison evacuated as wildfire burns
CBC via Yahoo News Singapore· 5 days agoWildfires burning near Port-Cartier, Que., forced the evacuation of inmates from the local...
