Prison Eco-havens

British prisons are becoming eco-havens for many rare species. Prisoners are involved in making bat and bird boxes, and making good habitat areas such as ponds. They also undertake species surveys from their cell...

Is America a Free Country?

The International Institute of Nonviolence News&Opinion By: Rev. Jermano Is America a Free Country? I saw a nifty website by Doug Newman, and what he considers to be free.....

Transgender woman speaks out on sex abuses, Khmer Rouge trials

Pol Pot and the Khmer Rouge in Cambodia have been accused of many atrocities, but today a 68 year-old transgender woman added a new dimension to the saga when she revealed shocking details of her oppression under the...

Migrant children 'held too long'

"An immigration removal centre has wrongfully detained disabled children and transports families in metal cages, the prisons' inspectorate has found. HM Inspectorate of Prisons said children were detained for too long and left distressed and scared at the Yarl's Wood centre...

JUSTICE QUEST FOR AMERICA'S MENTALLY ILL PRISONERS, by Mary Neal

Isn't it awful about Sean LeVert?  He was arrested in March 2008 for overdue child support and put in a restraint chair while undergoing a psychotic episode, according to jail officials. ...

Guilty as Ordered

This makes a nice contrast to President Bush's criticism of China's human rights record today. Maybe he should also spend a bit of time cleaning up civil rights abuses in his own country. " Now that was a real nail-biter. The court designed by the White House and its...

Enforced Treatment vs. Prison for Acute Mental Patients and Updates, by Mary ...

Who's child is this?  It is not often that the public gets to see the loss of control that mental patients sometimes suffer: <http://youtube.com/watch?v=-NZtGz_7WI0>  The unfortunate girl in this...

Inmates 'sleeping in toilet area'

Prisoners are having to sleep in the toilet area of their cells to ease overcrowding at a jail in northern England, a watchdog said in a report on Tuesday. " HM Inspectorate of Prisons found Doncaster jail held almost 200 more inmates than it had been intended for. ...

Chavez promises overhaul of Venezuela's prisons

After few jail protests and kidnapping, Venezuelan President call for a reform of the criminal code and prison system. Such call is an unfulfilled promise of the current government. " Chavez calls for overhaul of Venezuela's prisons 2008-07-12 22:36:06 - CARACAS,...

Dogs' New Trick: Finding Cellphones Smuggled into Jails

It never ceases to amaze me how many different ways dogs are of service to us. "We could all use one from time to time: a dog that can find the darn cellphone.Maryland has three. Their job is to sniff out phones smuggled into prisons.  "

Inmates have banned phones

" A SHOCK new report has revealed that Britain’s prisons have been flooded with illegally held mobile phones. The report by HM Prisons Service claimed that one in every 23 inmates had access to mobiles, which...

Executions of drug convicts on death row need to be sped up : Police chief

""To give them a lesson, drug traffickers must be executed immediately. For this purpose, BNN is coordinating closely with the Attorney General`s Office as the agency responsible for carrying out executions," Sutanto said in his speech at a function to observe International...

Cover-up Conspiracy by the Elite Texas Government?

It appears many Texas leaders are hiding now, as the public demands to know who knew what and when about the Texas Youth Commission sex and physical abuse scandal.  The scandal reached both shores of the nation...

California Proposes $7 Billion for Prison Health Care

California is making a bold move to spend up to $7 billion on health care in state prisons, even as the American economy faces an impending downturn, and as the state faces a budget gap for the next year."SACRAMENTO...

Detainee Charged in Attack on U.S. Embassy

A decade after the U.S. embassy in Tanzania was bombed, American military prosecutors are seeking the death penalty for the alleged involvement of Ahmed Khalfan Ghailani, a current detainee at Guantanamo Bay."Military prosecutors filed war crimes charges on Monday against a...

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