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13 Jul 2022

Tennis legend Boris Becker changes profession in jail, becomes THIS

Becker is a three-time Grand Slam champion Boris has been sentenced 2 and a half years of prison

22 Jul 2021

HORROR STORY! Indian woman kept as a slave for almost 8 year by a couple in Oz

The victim, a Tamilian woman, had led a life of great financial hardship in India The woman's deplorable state was revealed in July 2015, when she was discovered in a pool of urine and weighing only 40 kg in Australia Her employers also apparently ignored the victim's family's plea back in India to return her to them

15 Apr 2021

Woman prison officer gets 10-month jail for having relationship with inmate

Woman prison officer gets 10-year jail for having a relationship with an inmate The 22-year-old woman got the prison number of the inmate tattooed She spent hours at prison workshop with the inmate

09 Sep 2018

A prison where inmates are allowed to live with family, step outside to work

At an open prison in Indore district there is a two-room home, where a convicted prisoner lives with his family and can step outside the premises to work.

29 Jun 2018

Bihar's jails are way too crowded, liquor arrests made it worse

14 of Bihar's jails hold more than 150 percent of their capacity.

13 May 2018

SC worried about overcrowding in prisons, asks HCs to look into issue

The apex court requested the chief justices of the high courts to take up the matter as a suo-motu (on its own) writ petition and referred to a note given by an advocate, assisting the court as an amicus curiae, in this regard.

08 Feb 2018

Released after 20 years, this man wants to go back to jail

After spending more than two decades in prison, a person is likely to be excited to go back to home.

14 Sep 2017

Russian prisons boss arrested on graft charges

Russia's prison system is often criticised by rights activists for poor conditions and abuses.

05 Aug 2017

'WannaCrypt' hero to pay $30,000 for bail, faces 40 years in prison

According to a report in Los Angels Times, Hutchins is described as "having created, maintained and marketed the Kronos banking Trojan from July 2014 to July 2015".

04 Aug 2017

20-year-old woman to serve 15 months jail for encouraging her teenage boyfriend to commit suicide

A tearful Michelle Carter stood with hands clasped and eyes cast down to hear her fate over the death of Conrad Roy, who died from carbon monoxide poisoning in July 2014.

11 Jan 2017

Prison head suspended over Brazil jail-break

A top prison officer has been suspended for allegedly allowing weapons and drugs in the gaol before a deadly jail-break on New Year's Day in Brazil, officials said.

29 Dec 2016

Congo opposition leader sentenced to five years in prison

A court in Democratic Republic of Congo sentenced a political opposition leader to five years in prison on Wednesday, a human rights advocate said, a judgment that risks imperiling multi-party talks meant to organise a presidential election next year.

07 Sep 2016

Mobile phone jammers to be installed in 12 sensitive jails in Uttar Pradesh

The Uttar Pradesh government has decided to install mobile phone jammers in 12 sensitive jails in the state, Prisons Minister Balwant Singh Ramoowalia said on Wednesday.

05 Aug 2016

Attack on Indian prisoner in Pakistani jail: India reiterates request for consular access

Hamid Nehal Ansari, who reportedly possessed a fake Pakistani identity card, was arrested by intelligence agencies in Kohat district in November 2012.

15 Jul 2016

'So You Think You Can Dance' US winner booked for domestic violence

Joshua Allen, the winner of “So You Think You Can Dance” season four, has been charged with domestic abuse and could face over a decade in state prison, the Los Angeles County District Attorney said.

14 Jul 2016

Chinese man to serve US prison term in military hacking case

Su Bin was charged with taking part in a years-long scheme by Chinese military officers to obtain sensitive military information.

14 Apr 2016

Grave robber in China sentenced to death

Today's ruling given by Chaoyang City Intermediate People's Court in Liaoning Province sentenced 22 members of the gang.

12 Apr 2016

Kirpal Singh's family wants his body back from Pakistan for last rites

The family of Kirpal Singh, an Indian prisoner who has died at the Kot Lakhpat Jail in Pakistan, has urged the authorities to send his body home for last rites.

15 Mar 2016

Shift Hardik Patel to another prison: Surat jail officials to Court

Authorities of Lajpore jail want their high-profile inmate Hardik Patel, the Patel quota agitation leader, to be shifted to another prison because of his "uncivilised behaviour" and recovery of mobile phones and other items from his possession that they said posed "threat" to security of the facility here.

Javier Mascherano

21 Jan 2016

Barcelona star Javier Mascherano sentenced to one year in prison for tax evasion

The Argentine is alleged to have failed to declare over 1.5 million euros ($1.7 million, £1.1 million) in 2011 and 2012 made through his image rights.

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