An escapee was shot dead while another was captured in separate operations conducted by policemen and agents of the Bureau of Jail Management and Penology (BJMP) who were on a manhunt for at least 16 inmates who bolted the city jail on Wednesday.
An Indian court has sentenced four men to life in prison for raping a call-center operator last year inside an abandoned textile mill in the financial hub of Mumbai.
A mentally ill homeless veteran who died behind bars last month “basically baked to death” in a jail cell that overheated to more than 100 degrees Fahrenheit (37 Celsius), a New York City official tells The Associated Press.
A Vietnamese court has sentenced a dissident blogger to 15 months in prison for posting online criticism of the government, the latest case in an intensifying crackdown against dissent in the one-party communist country.
Officials of the New Bilibid Prison (NBP) in Muntinlupa City imposed a lockdown at the maximum security compound and a ban on visitors indefinitely after two stabbing incidents left an inmate dead and another wounded on Monday.
Australian police on Monday said they had arrested a man after a drone allegedly carrying drugs was seen “hovering in the vicinity of a prison.”
“Juan, Malaya Ka Na!” is a humanitarian project of the Rotary Club of Marikina West (RCMW), popularly known as The Golden West in Rotary International Ditrict 3800.
Two female prison workers have been fired for compelling inmates at the facility to give them massages, officials in Ecuador said on Friday.
At least 40 inmates of the city jail, who escaped at the height of Supertyphoon “Yolanda,” are being lured to surrender with offers of reduced prison terms.
A 46-YEAR-OLD inmate allegedly tried to commit suicide by slashing his wrists inside the comfort room of his detention cell in Barili town, southwest Cebu.
A doctor working for the New Bilibid Prison hospital was killed in a street attack Tuesday afternoon in Muntinlupa City.
Former President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo received well wishes and a rosary from retired Lingayen-Dagupan Archbishop Oscar Cruz, one of her most vocal critics during her presidency, when he visited her in detention Saturday morning.
Saying he has already served his maximum prison sentence and should get treatment for his health condition, convicted killer Rolito Go appealed to the Department of Justice (DOJ) in a letter to release him from prison.
