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Mother of 6-yr-old US boy who shot teacher sentenced to 21 months

A Virginia woman whose six-year-old son shot and severely wounded his teacher was sentenced to 21 months in prison on Wednesday on gun charges. Deja...

Ex-headmistress jailed for 15 years over Australia sex abuse

A headmistress who sexually abused two sisters at an Australian Jewish school before fleeing to Israel was sentenced to 15 years in prison on...

30 years in prison for US man who exploited Filipino girls

A Chicago man has been sentenced to 30 years in prison for soliciting sexually explicit photos and videos from young girls in the Philippines. Karl...

Armed attack on Mexican prison leaves 14 dead

Gunmen attacked a prison in the northern Mexican city of Ciudad Juarez on Sunday, leaving 14 people dead and allowing 24 inmates to escape,...

6 HK Apple Daily staffers plead guilty

Six senior staffers from Hong Kong’s shuttered pro-democracy tabloid Apple Daily pleaded guilty to colluding with foreign forces on Tuesday, and could face a...

SC: Free jailed persons even sans release orders

The Supreme Court (SC) has ordered the immediate release of prisoners who have served their jail terms even without release orders from the courts...

A prayer in prison

A person deprived of liberty offers a prayer before the image of a crucifix inside a chapel in Manila City on Sunday. The Bureau...

Myanmar junta court convicts Suu Kyi of corruption: source

A Myanmar junta court on Wednesday found ousted civilian leader Aung San Suu Kyi guilty of corruption and sentenced her to five years in...

At least 12 dead in Ecuador prison riot

At least 12 people died in a prison riot early Sunday in southern Ecuador, the president's office said, the latest outburst of deadly violence...

Ecuador to pardon 5,000 prisoners to tackle overcrowding

Ecuador's President Guillermo Lasso announced Tuesday some 5,000 prisoners would be pardoned to reduce overcrowding in the country's prisons, which were hit with riots...

Prison gangs remove tattoos to curb violence

Heavily tattooed Philippine prisoners wince in pain as fellow inmates use improvised tattooing machines to cover up gang symbols – an effort to reduce...

Blast, gunfire as armed men attack Afghan prison: official

Armed men stormed a prison in eastern Afghanistan on Sunday killing at least one person and shattering the relative calm of a ceasefire across...

Iranian scientist freed by US back in Iran: reports

Iranian scientist Sirous Asgari has arrived back in Iran after being released from prison by its arch-foe the United States, Iranian media reported Wednesday. The...

Infections sweep US prison

A sweeping wave of coronavirus infections is blasting through the world’s largest prison population in the United States even as officials begin opening up...
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