Ex-cons win cases with alibis
With a success rate of over 60 per cent in courts, Mr Poochi and Mr Balusamy would have made any law firm proud.
The two, who have served jail terms of 16 and 11 years respectively, had argued their
13 inmates killed in Turkish prison fire
Inmates in a prison in southeast Turkey set beds and blankets alight, starting a fire that killed 13 prisoners, Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan and other officials said on Sunday.
Erdogan said t
Activist teaches Puzhal prison inmates for free
It was during his school days that S. Rajendran realised that he should do something for the society.
Even as a 14-year-old boy, he used to advice his classmates that they should not bunk classes and
NHRC suggests night courts to tackle overcrowding in prisons
To tackle overcrowding in prisons across the country, the National Human Rights Commission has suggested holding of night courts in jails for trial of petty offences.
NHRC chairperson K.G. Balak
British prison officer caught in bed with convict
A British woman prison officer was found naked in bed with a convict after helping him abscond from jail, a court heard. He was dubbed one of the most feared men in Scotland.
While hunting the escape
Many dead in Honduran prison fire amid inmate riot
At least 18 people have died during an uprising by armed inmates at a Honduran prison, one of them decapitated and the others killed by a fire started by the rioters, authorities said.
The unrest on
Prisoners are sitting ducks here
If someone wants to kill a terrorist or some high profile prisoner lodged in the district jail here, it’s easy for him to gun his target down.
All that the assailant needs to do is to get atop one of
Bihar to have its first 'open jail'
Some convicts in Bihar will soon get a chance to live with their families, step out for work and lead a life similar to that outside prison, thanks to the state's first open jail that will begin funct
44 dead and 30 fugitives escape after Mexico prison riot
Members of Mexico's Zetas drug gang killed 44 rivals from the Gulf cartel in a prison riot before staging a mass escape, possibly with help from authorities, Mexican officials said on Monday.
Prisoner
Survivors accuse guards after Honduras prison blaze
Survivors of a Honduran prison fire that killed more than 350 inmates accused guards of leaving inmates to die inside their cells and shooting at others who tried to escape the flames.
"It was total