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thaindian.com » Thaindian News - 21 hours ago
Seoul, Nov.18 (ANI): A former North Korean camp guard has revealed that mass executions, torture and sexual violence against prisoners are a regular feature in that country’’s prison camps. According to An Myong-Chul …
Also tagged: north korea, south korea, launch, national, activists, gulag, political prisoners, south korean, sexual violence, seoul, inmates, purge, camp news, defectors, international cooperation, hardline, prison camps, communist state, mass executions, time north
newsweek.com » Newsweek Politics Headlines - Nov 3, 2008
Why was crime overlooked in this campaign?
Also tagged: politics, elections and voting, john mccain, barack obama, the white house, u s politics, federal bureau of investigation, charles ogletree, criminal sentencing and punishment, politics campaign 2008, u s presidential election
chron.com » Texas Politics - Oct 21, 2008
The hearing's over, but Sen. John Whitmire's focus on finding a way to jam cell phone signals around prisons will go on. He said the federal law preventing it is from 1934 and "very antiquated." He noted to prison …
chron.com » Texas Politics - Oct 21, 2008
It was revealed in testimony at the Senate Criminal Justice Committee hearing -- which just ended -- that only 22 of more than 100 prison units have metal detectors. "Why not metal detectors in all units," Whitmire …
chron.com » Texas Politics - Oct 21, 2008
Oliver Bell, chairman of the Texas Board of Criminal Justice, gave his "sincere apologies" to Sen. John Whitmire for the calls he received from a death row inmate. Bell, in a position of stating the obvious, said that …
chron.com » Texas Politics - Oct 21, 2008
Besides finding a way to jam cell-phone signals, Sen. John Whitmire threw out more ideas that he said could help control prison contraband - not only cell phones, but narcotics, which he said is just as important …
chron.com » Texas Politics - Oct 21, 2008
Here's a way to stop cell-phone calls from prison inmates, according to Sen. John Whitmire at today's hearing: Attack cell phone signals. Or in Whitmire's words, "Jam 'em!" The Associated Press, in a story from South …
telegraph.co.uk » Telegraph Politics - Oct 19, 2008
Staff at two Government departments in charge of the country's police forces and prisons have lost or had stolen nearly 3500 security passes since 2001.
Also tagged: police, home office, liberal democrats, ministry of justice, chris huhne, security passes
ekklesia.co.uk » Latest News from Ekklesia - Oct 15, 2008
Tough questions are being raised over the implications over the British government’s plans to further increase and promote the role of faith groups in the management of offenders, both in prisons and in the community.
Also tagged: uk news, news brief, crime and justice, bha, british humanist association, faith based welfare, offender management
telegraph.co.uk » Telegraph Politics - Oct 14, 2008
An illthought out policy of giving unlimited sentences to thousands of dangerous criminals created a "perfect storm" of a surging jail population combined with poor handling long term prisoners a report warns.
Also tagged: ipp, jails, david hanson, anne owers, criminal justice and immigration act 2008, indeterminate sentences for public protection