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U.S. Plans New Prison in Afghanistan
The U.S. is set to spend $60 million to build a new prison in Afghanistan, after claiming that its current facility in Bagram is no longer sufficient to house prisoners, and that an Afghan-run prison wouldn't be...
created by Jarrett Martineau | 5 years ago | updated 5 years ago
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U.S. Has World's Highest Number of Prisoners
As we have reported previously, for the first time in the country's history, a staggering 1 in 100 Americans are behind bars. It is perhaps not surprising then, that the United States, with its current population...
created by Jarrett Martineau | 5 years ago | updated 5 years ago
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9440 views | 3 recommendations | 1 comment
Tattoos - Is It An Art Form Or A Brand For Society’s Ills?
Public perception on tattoo has its ups and lows. It has been associated with a life of crime in the sense that the art of tattoo is prevalent among inmates in jails and security prisoners. People branded it as a tainted skin art in which the stigma persists up to this...1 in 100 Americans Are Behind Bars, Study Says
1 in 9 black men between the ages of 20 and 34 are behind bars in the U.S. - that's almost 10% of the entire American black, male, young adult population. I'm shocked and appalled.Is incarceration really the best...
created by Jarrett Martineau | 5 years ago | updated 5 years ago
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464 views | 0 recommendations | 2 comments
John McCain caves on waterboarding ban
Long respected for his firm stance against torture John McCain has finally been broken."Has there ever been a more repugnant example of political pandering than John McCain's decision to vote against a bill...Sutherland Gets Out of Jail, Does Not Collect $200
Kiefer Sutherland, the DUI-convicted actor and star of '24', was released from jail after serving the full-term of his assigned 48 day sentence."Kiefer Sutherland was released from jail early Monday after serving...
created by Jarrett Martineau | 5 years ago | updated 5 years ago
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Britain Deports 4,000 Foreign Prisoners
OpinionBarry Artiste, Now Public ContributorCertainly a step in the right direction for Britain's growing crime problem and a pain in the butt to the receiving countries who now have to deal with the influx of the...
created by Barry ORegan | 5 years ago | updated 5 years ago
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494 views | 10 recommendations | 3 comments
Pink jail cells are in again
Some prisons are painting cellblocks pink because they say it's a calming colour. So is this the same principle as those pinkish sunglasses people wear? Because those totally work. I'm serious, my...
created by Rob Peters | 5 years ago | updated 5 years ago
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1846 views | 8 recommendations | 4 comments
Call for rendition flight inspections
"The Irish Human Rights Commission has called for flights to be inspected where there is a chance that terrorist suspects are being transported to secret detention. The practice known as extraordinary rendition has been a contentious issue for some time. It has been alleged...Male Prisoners Force Female Teen to Have Sex for Food in Brazilian Jail
This happens in many places all over the world. I am shocked and indignant, as a woman and as a governor," Gov Carepa said, promising that those responsible would face "exemplary punishment" and that such an...Leaked Online: Guantánamo Prison Manual
Leaked rules detail rewards and penalties at Guantánamo.Military claims its out of date, but still should not have been released, for fear it might "give the 'enemy' an advantage"."The inner workings of the Guantánamo detention camp, ranging from items allowed in cells to...Yahoo! Agrees to Pay Prisoners' Families
"Congressional representatives made it clear to Yahoo! CEO Jerry Yang that apologies wouldn't be enough to quell their anger over Yahoo's role in the jailing of a Chinese journalist (BusinessWeek.com, 11/6/07). What the House of Representatives Foreign Affairs Committee...UN envoy to visit Indonesia to discuss Myanmar crisis
"Gambari, who has already met with the prime ministers of Thailand and Malaysia, was expected to meet with Indonesian Foreign Minister Hassan Wirayuda and possibly President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono during his...Argentine priest gets life term for 'Dirty War' collaboration
Protestors rejoiced when Christian Von Wernich was convicted in Argentina for his collaboration with the military government during the country's 'Dirty War'.Survivors at the trial said that Von Wernich won the trust of prisoners and then gave material from their confessions...German Engineer, Afghan Hostages Released by Taliban In Swap
The surviving German engineer--his colleague was murdered--taken hostage by the Taliban in July is free, along with four Afghans. The swap for Taliban prisoners proves that there is profit in taking civilian hostages."A German man and four Afghans seized by Taliban fighters...Top Members Today
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