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Northpoint riot report downplays risks 24 Nov 2009 12:30 GMT
... state report on the Aug. 21 Northpoint riot "downplays several serious risk factors." For example, there ... for the officers or cuffs to subdue inmates during the riot, the corrections officers said. ... was caused by anything but anger over prison yard restrictions. The food played no role ...
Protecting Child Victims in Sexual Violence Trials in the DR Congo: Suggestions for the Way Forward 24 Nov 2009 07:14 GMT
... obstruct the course of justice. Thirdly, the prison system is dysfunctional. Prison riots are common and detainees and prisoners frequently ... retaliation by the perpetrator, being sent to jail, being punished for making a mistake, having ...
Oscar-winning Hollywood scriptwriter Roger Avary 'tweeting from inside prison' 24 Nov 2009 09:42 GMT
... Hollywood scriptwriter Roger Avary 'tweeting from inside prison' An Oscar-winning scriptwriter and director appears to ... apparently chronicling his days inside Ventura County Jail in California. While the authenticity of the ... causing Control to react as if a riot has erupted. It is not certain how ...
Medvedev orders probe of lawyer's prison death 24 Nov 2009 19:32 GMT
... foreign investors in Russia, died in a prison hospital in Moscow on November 16, with ... a maximum sentence of three years in jail, and a broader charge of negligence, punishable ... investigation because that would mean corruption runs riot and the president isn't in control of ...
Australian Labor's refugee detention regime triggers Christmas Island riot 24 Nov 2009 09:04 GMT
... Labor’s refugee detention regime triggers Christmas Island riot Fears of imminent deportations, aggravated by increasing over-crowding, ... Lanka and Iraq, were being held in prison-style units without any legal rights. Another 157 ... capacity of up to 1,200, involving placing inmates in makeshift dormitories in former recreation areas, ...

Sangh Parivar (RSS),involved in Khandamal Anti-Christian riots, Orissa Chief Minister 24 Nov 2009 16:54 GMT
... Orissa, India: November 24, 2009. (Fr. Anand Muttungal ... Mr. Adikanda Sethy , regarding the Khandamal riots in 2008,the Chief Minister categorically said that ... riot and how many persons are in jail as of now ? Replying to this ...
Obama Praises Women for Non-Violent Resistance [document] 24 Nov 2009 09:59 GMT
... hunger; crumbling health and education systems; domestic violence and rape; and government repression ranging from ... far before being confronted by President Mugabe's riot police. They have been gassed, abducted, threatened with ... have spent time in custody or in prison, sometimes dragged with their babies into cells. ...
Corrections officers' union says Northpoint report downplays risks 24 Nov 2009 00:14 GMT
... said Monday that the Northpoint Training Center riot should lead to a "thorough review" of procedures ... During the riot at the medium security prison, inmates burned several buildings. Eight inmates and eight ...
Northpoint report downplays risks, corrections officers' union says 24 Nov 2009 03:00 GMT
... state report on the Aug. 21 Northpoint riot "downplays several serious risk factors." For example, there ... for the officers or cuffs to subdue inmates during the riot, the corrections officers said. ... was caused by anything but anger over prison yard restrictions. The food played no role ...
Northpoint report downplays risks 24 Nov 2009 12:10 GMT
... state report on the Aug. 21 Northpoint riot "downplays several serious risk factors." For example, there ... for the officers or cuffs to subdue inmates during the riot, the corrections officers said. ... was caused by anything but anger over prison yard restrictions. The food played no role ...

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Pa. could farm out cons 24 Nov 2009 07:51 GMT
... Twenty years ago, during the Camp Hill prison riot, Pennsylvania transferred hundreds of inmates to federal ... the prison compounds and hundreds of county jail cells taking up the slack. In 2000, ...
Letters: Long and short of distortion 24 Nov 2009 10:24 GMT
... on the whistle-blower at Salinas Valley State Prison was factless innuendo. I was an officer ... and directly involved in the Thanksgiving Day riot. You repeat the claim that officers planted evidence and beat inmates. Where's the proof? Because a disgruntled former ...
Orissa: for the first time the government acknowledges the role of Hindu movements in 2008 pogrom 24 Nov 2009 13:12 GMT
... which organisations were involved in the Kandhamal riots, how many VHP and BD members were ... destroyed, and how many people were in jail for taking part in them. In his ... and that 27 people are still in prison. Last year’s events are also hotly debated ...
India: Orissa: for the first time the government acknowledges the role of Hindu movements in 2008 pogrom 24 Nov 2009 17:11 GMT
... which organisations were involved in the Kandhamal riots, how many VHP and BD members were ... destroyed, and how many people were in jail for taking part in them. In his ... and that 27 people are still in prison. Last year’s events are also hotly debated ...
Iran's Mousavi tells government to end intimidation 24 Nov 2009 04:30 GMT
... Iran's Mousavi tells government to end intimidation Iran's ... by the hardline government's harsh methods as riot police prevented a demonstration by moderates taking ... officials, lawyers, students and activists still in jail. So far five have been sentenced to ...
Zimbabwe women, receiving rights award, speak out 24 Nov 2009 01:07 GMT
... WASHINGTON (AP) - President Barack Obama praised representatives ... far before being confronted by President Mugabe's riot police," Obama said in bestowing on them ... they have been beaten, crowded into lice-ridden jail cells and degraded with nightly strip-searches. Yet ...
Natural Born Killers ' Director's Cut - Dir. by Oliver Stone 24 Nov 2009 18:28 GMT
... edits skyrocket what was an enjoyable, thought-provoking, violent romp into the stratosphere of cinematic chaos. ... on a stick waved around by the rioting prison mob ― moments perhaps too quick to ...
Whistleblower recounts origins of 'Green Wall' at Salinas Valley State Prison 23 Nov 2009 18:12 GMT
... On Thanksgiving Day 1998, prisoners at Salinas Valley State Prison rioted, injuring 18 correctional officers, 14 of whom were hospitalized. It marked the birth of ...
Riot risk in overcrowded jails 23 Nov 2009 19:45 GMT
... in the lead-up to the Christmas Day riot at Casuarina a decade ago in an ... to the system. The report says the jail system is in crisis, prisons and the ... at risk and the growth in WA's prison population cannot be sustained after years of ...
Out of room 23 Nov 2009 09:10 GMT
... Twenty years ago, during the Camp Hill prison riot, Pennsylvania transferred hundreds of inmates to federal ... the prison compounds and hundreds of county jail cells taking up the slack. In 2000, ...

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Out of room: Pa. looks to house criminals in other states 23 Nov 2009 10:30 GMT
... Twenty years ago, during the Camp Hill prison riot, Pennsylvania transferred hundreds of inmates to federal ... the prison compounds and hundreds of county jail cells taking up the slack. In 2000, ...
The job market is tough, but not impossible, for ex-cons 23 Nov 2009 12:53 GMT
... military-issue coat that he once wore in prison. This is a dramatic change for Headley, ... out of the neighborhood by the race riots of 1991, and he relocated to Red ... coffee shop someday. "I can't go to jail for selling coffee beans," he said. ...
Iran's opposition defiant in face of crackdown 23 Nov 2009 00:33 GMT
... Mass rioting broke out after Iran's disputed presidential vote ... officials, lawyers, students and activists still in jail. So far five have been sentenced to ...
Iranians bail convicted reformist 23 Nov 2009 08:46 GMT
... earlier been sentenced to six years in jail, reports said. Around 80 people have been ... "Abtahi was sentenced to six years in prison for acting against national security and propaganda ... lie and was brought up to create riots." Tried alongside a number of other reformist ...
Review: Multiplayer gaming makes Modern Warfare 2 live up to its hype 23 Nov 2009 22:55 GMT
... figure out how to put you in some very tight situations. Inside a gulag prison, where you have to rescue a prisoner, you're faced with enemies who have bulletproof riot shields on the ground and more enemies above you with laser sites on their ...