Armed men attack North Cotabato jail, free scores of prisoners
Armed men linked to a breakaway Muslim rebel group attacked a jail in the strife-torn southern Philippines Wednesday, killing one ...
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Inmates beheaded in Brazil riot, 56 killed
Rioting inmates decapitated their rivals in brutal fighting between two gangs in a Brazilian jail that left 56 dead, while ...
Read moreOver 100 inmates escape Haiti prison, 1 guard dead
At least 100 inmates, some of them armed, escaped a Haitian prison near the capital Port-au-Prince during a mutiny, killing ...
Read more25 inmates killed in Brazil prison clash
At least 25 inmates died Sunday in clashes between two rival factions in a prison in far northern Brazil, local ...
Read moreNBP’s Medium Security Compound raided
A raid was conducted inside the Medium Security Compound of the New Bilibid Prison (NBP) in Muntinlupa City. NBP Officer-In-Charge ...
Read moreNot so golden years for American who picks prison over wife, home
Ah, romance. A 70-year-old American man from Kansas robbed a bank so that he could be sent to prison to ...
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