Tag: Treatment of prisoners
Inmates sue over county’s handling of COVID-19
PORTLAND, Ore. — More than a dozen current and former inmates have sued Multnomah County over its handling of COVID-19.
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Letter: Prison shouldn’t shackle women who just had babies
ATLANTA — Women at a Georgia prison who have given birth just days or weeks earlier are improperly and inhumanely shackled and placed in...
Lawyers raise a stink over British socialite’s jail care
NEW YORK — The rancorous fight over jail conditions for Ghislaine Maxwell is reaching new lows, with prosecutors blaming the British socialite and Jeffrey...
Russia: Navalny supporters denied prison visit and detained
MOSCOW — Supporters of Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny were detained Tuesday outside a penal colony east of Moscow where the Kremlin critic is...
UK arrests over 100 in protests against policing bill
LONDON — British police said Sunday that 107 people were arrested in London during demonstrations against government plans to increase police powers.
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Lawsuits: SC officials ignored risks ahead of prison riot
COLUMBIA, S.C. — A slew of new lawsuits accuse South Carolina prisons officials of negligence and constitutional rights violations in a 2018 riot in...
Brazil’s government celebrates military coup anniversary
SAO PAULO — Key members of Brazil's government on Wednesday celebrated the anniversary of the country's 1964 military coup, which launched a 21-year dictatorship...
Bill in Washington state would ban private immigration jail
SEATTLE — The Washington Legislature has approved a bill aimed at shutting down one of the country’s largest for-profit, privately run immigration jails.
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Nurse, officer dead after inmate attack at Iowa prison
IOWA CITY, Iowa — A nurse and a correctional officer at a high-security prison in eastern Iowa died Tuesday after an inmate attacked multiple...
Prominent Egyptian activist jailed 18-months for ‘fake news’
CAIRO — An Egyptian court on Wednesday convicted a prominent human rights activist of spreading false news, and insulting a police officer, sentencing her...
