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  1. Article: Libya may review Aids sentences
  2. Article: Living in Somalia's anarchy
  3. Article: Uganda MP's 'state torture' claim
  4. Article: Amnesty report blasts Sudan
  5. Article: Plot suspect jailed for 34 years (Equatorial Guinea)
  6. Inmates Swap "get out of jail free cards"
  7. Police detectives have 'inhumanly' large case load
  8. Article: Risky sex and the law - incompatible bedfellows?
  9. Article: Morocco Tries Ex-Guantánamo Prisoners
  10. Madiba calls for decency behind bars
  11. Judge may be lenient on 'merciful rapists' ?????
  12. Nigerian woman's stoning sentence overturned
  13. Overcrowding in SA Prisons
  14. Our brothers' harsh keepers (long but worth the read)
  15. Senegal scraps death penalty
  16. Child Muti Murders - When are the Killers going to be caught
  17. Prison Rape
  18. Article: Kenya sets free 7,000 prisoners
  19. Article: Swazi king spends $500,000 on car while his people starve
  20. Article of Suicidal Killer Teen
  21. Article: Shoddy Yeoville police station in the spotlight
  22. Imagine how full prisons would be if ....
  23. Article : Living in the shadow of Ebola
  24. Malnutrition kills in DRC prisons
  25. 14 Yr Old Stands Trial For Murder
  26. People Starve while President gets New Palace
  27. Article: War rapists must be brought to justice
  28. Article: Kenya: Prison rot defies reform project
  29. Death Penalty in Africa :(
  30. Cold Execution
  31. Gay Prison Abuse - Warders sell gays to gangs
  32. Article: (Botswana) Departments join hands to help inmates at Boys Prison
  33. Aids Rape As Punishment
  34. Egyptian Officials Contemplate Approving Conjugal Visits
  35. Warders stay away
  36. Prisoners 'sleeping in shifts'
  37. Ex(cell)ent cuisine for jails
  38. Jails 'bursting with hate'
  39. Rape is common, says prison doc
  40. Death Of Inmate
  41. Article: La peine de mort en question
  42. Still hope for Murderer
  43. Will they stop at nothing
  44. When South Africa Executed part 1
  45. Article-Mandela's son dies of AIDS.
  46. When SA Executed part 2
  47. Morocco pardons 478 prisoners
  48. Killer Dad was on Bail
  49. Article - Cameroon: Inmate Beaten to Death, 15 Injured in Riot in Douala Prison
  50. Mark Thatcher pleads guilty in African coup plot
  51. NYTimes:Thatcher's Son Pleads Guilty in Coup Plot, Avoiding Prison
  52. Article: Three escape from KwaZulu-Natal prison
  53. 'Abused' mom hangs herself
  54. Abuses in Zimbabwe
  55. Article: Murder Suspect Released Accidently
  56. Crime-unit head denied bail - Article
  57. Article: Cameroon: Journalist jailed for defamation
  58. Prisons union plans march in Pretoria
  59. Malawi judges strike for big cars
  60. Fines to be paid to tsunami fund
  61. No more jail time for Zanzibar's young mothers
  62. Lion murder accused's bail in question
  63. Swazi police accused of torture and neglect
  64. decision on future of minimum jail term
  65. Police made mother wait 24 hrs before she could declare her 6 yr old missing
  66. Mentally ill children dumped and forgotten in prisons and mental homes
  67. Top Namibian judge accused of child rape
  68. Guardian:Mandela calls for action on 'unnatural' poverty
  69. Paedophile gets life + 40 years
  70. Courts to wipe out gangsterism
  71. Victims get more say on parole
  72. For Sale: Jail in attractive setting - it's true
  73. Women jailed through poverty
  74. South Africa's Prison Crisis
  75. 'Corruption is in their genes'
  76. Thieves Necklaced and Burnt to death as warning
  77. US pair nabbed for gold fraud
  78. Murder someone and get weekend jail
  79. Husband Killer get 5 minutes Jail sentence
  80. Press Association:Thatcher denies he financed coup
  81. 'We will kill the whites, all of them'
  82. Corrupt Warders sell Children for Sex
  83. Guardian:Obituary Raymond Mhlaba
  84. Highway chaos as prisoner escapes
  85. Death Row Kenya
  86. Man gets 17 years for killing his wife
  87. Former Death-row man loses his claim
  88. Mugabe Freeing SA Prisoners????
  89. Boy murders Mom - Walks Free
  90. Guardian:Bought and sold for £250, 7,000 of the world's last slaves to be released
  91. Australian detective sick in African jail, says union
  92. Niger Slavery Denial
  93. Guardian:Tens of thousands raped by militias in Congo conflict
  94. 'Mercenaries' in Zim are 'not doing well'
  95. Man accused of kicking and treading on baby
  96. Rwanda killers face local justice
  97. Fate of death row prisoners to be decided
  98. The greatest crime against women in Africa and Middle East
  99. Middle East Prison Conditions
  100. Observer:Mubarak lets his rival out of jail
  101. Guardian:Christians flee homes after Druze youths riot
  102. Article: Bahrainis in Web site case reject bail
  103. Serial killer's hanging cheers crowd in Iran
  104. Guardian:Vanunu faces new jail term
  105. Guardian:The rabbi who pricks Israel's conscience
  106. Guardian:Tunnel finds at Iraqi prison suggest preparations for mass breakout
  107. I.R.L's ?????
  108. British MPs say world response in Sudan 'scandalously ineffective'
  109. Doctor who examined Kazemi describes horrific injuries suffered in Iranian prison
  110. Article:Survivor recalls Iranian jail hell
  111. Inmates, Guards Clash at Prison in S. Iraq
  112. Zimbabwe - Prisoners suffering terrible conditons
  113. Witness's arms cut off
  114. 8 E Cape prisoners escape
  115. Captive New Zealander dies in rebel jail
  116. Observer:On the run, again
  117. British Reporters 'face jail' in Zimbabwe
  118. 17 000 locked up in Iraq
  119. Observer:'Return at any cost' is breach of rights
  120. Article: Egyptian report denounces torture
  121. Grandfather gets eight years for rape
  122. Israel Renews Restrictions on Vanunu
  123. SA Prison Numbers Rising
  124. Zim refuses to release journos
  125. NZ man's death 'not natural'
  126. Zim: UK journos acquitted
  127. EG denies jail starvation claim
  128. Rape Victim hands piece of mans tongue in as evidence
  129. Observer:African coup plotters 'face slow death in jail'
  130. Kid 'cheaper than prostitute'
  131. Man to walk on stilts for crime
  132. Article: Tunisia under fire over prisoners
  133. 15 to hang in Nigeria
  134. Observer:Israeli army 'lied' about Miller death
  135. Fast Justice for hammer killer
  136. Vegetable patch goes to pot
  137. ARTICLE - Saudi Arabia: Singer detained after fans cause stir in mall
  138. Guardian:Long road to justice for the diamond dispossessed
  139. BOTSWANA: The Lady Prison Boss
  140. Child-traffic suspects get bail
  141. Pregnant Mother charged with Murder
  142. Actors detained for toy guns
  143. Human Rights Militant sentenced to Jail
  144. Dissenting parents face jail
  145. 'Adulterous' woman stoned to death
  146. Article:Tunisian lawyer jailed over articles on prisons
  147. Unexpected gift helps Angel Touch reach out to African women prisoners
  148. 865 SA drug mules in jails abroad
  149. NYTimes:Egypt Detains More Than 200 in Attacks on Tourist Industry
  150. Muslim prisoners begin hunger strike
  151. Article: Prisoners awaiting trial may be moved to end crisis
  152. BBC: Kenyan inmates in beauty contest
  153. Zim 62 hope to go home soon
  154. 37 out of 500 High school Male pupils have killed a person
  155. UGANDA:Nakasongola Man Sentenced to Death for Stealing Goat
  156. NYTimes:Sharon Freezes Release of Palestinian Prisoners
  157. Article:SA has acute shortage of psychiatrists
  158. Article: Stop jailing women for petty crimes (South Africa)
  159. Girl, 6, cuts mom's throat
  160. Our Justice System?
  161. Thieves might keep their hands
  162. DRC prisoners like 'cadavers'
  163. 'Poisons used to abuse kids'
  164. Mom gets five years for childrens deaths
  165. Child porn allegations probed - Kenya
  166. NYTimes:Dragnet Arrests in Zimbabwe Send Warning
  167. Constitutional Court to rule on death row
  168. Judge to rule on 100yrs' jail
  169. Chicken thief gets 15 years
  170. Free death-row prisoners in SA
  171. A little late dont you think?
  172. Guardian:Israel to free 400 prisoners
  173. Hundreds of inmates to be freed
  174. Guardian:London couple remanded in Israel's biggest industrial espionage case
  175. '95% of child rapists go free'
  176. 'Desperate' teen killed child
  177. 'Why no white kids in jail?'
  178. NYTimes In Kenya, a Woman Called Charity Takes On the Establishment
  179. Guardian:Jerusalem orders Palestinian homes to be razed
  180. NYTimes Op-Ed:A Policy of Rape
  181. Observer:Forgotten child soldiers who want to stop killing
  182. US turns its gaze to SA over trafficking
  183. Guardian:Khartoum faces trial for Darfur genocide
  184. Don't label judge racist - HRC
  185. Cops 'jabbed kids with syringe'
  186. Court clears cops of torture
  187. SOUTH AFRICA: Death Penalty to Be Abolished
  188. UGANDA: Retain Death Penalty says Christian Coalition
  189. 3 convicts suing about uniforms (kinda funny)
  190. Saddam may face death penalty
  191. A unique way to avoid jail? - Maybe Not!
  192. Women gang-raped by 'cops'
  193. The Zuma Dilemma - SOLVED!
  194. Overcrowding in Ugandan prisons a big problem
  195. Zimbabweans queue for bread after shop raid
  196. Landmark ruling puts gang leader behind bars
  197. Warder held for murder
  198. Nigerian court charges men for burning prison
  199. Woman hired baby killers, court told
  200. The love letter that was delayed for years...
  201. 'God help us if he gets parole'
  202. Soldier guilty of manslaughter
  203. I was stripped naked in prison, says Bennett
  204. Nigerian cops free killer cow
  205. Sudan begins releasing political prisoners
  206. Fugitive from law was in jail all the time
  207. 'I killed her to punish my mom'
  208. Article:Shortage of Scientists Hits Prisons
  209. Terrorists get death sentence
  210. Gang awaiting fate for 2 years???
  211. Mom kills kids 'for God'
  212. Guardian:Suicide bomber shatters ceasefire in Israel
  213. Chained man free after 7 years
  214. Death penalty for ritualistic killings
  215. Gay Nigerian men face being stoned to death
  216. Four escapees still on the run
  217. Cops 'guilty of corruption'
  218. Article: Prison inmates starve to get ARVs
  219. Iran Executes gay teenagers
  220. Prison warders face questions after jailbreak
  221. Guardian:Teenage girls stay in jail as Israel cracks down on settler protests
  222. Moodley Gets 40 Years For Killing Leigh Mathews
  223. Detainee escapes from hospital
  224. NYTimes:Entrenched Epidemic: Wife-Beatings in Africa
  225. Kid rape: 'We warned minister'
  226. I got to laugh at this one
  227. The 49 prisoners who remain in death's shadow
  228. Guardian:Polisario frees 400 prisoners
  229. No bed for 'killer' cop
  230. Man offered R500 to kill girl, court told
  231. Israeli prison conditions ranked worst among developed nations
  232. Iraq stampede toll to hit 1,000
  233. FBI had eye on SA 'porn guy'/Update
  234. Saddam's execution, Iraqi state seems keen
  235. Woman faces 7 charges of Murder
  236. Inmate Tracking Equipment Stolen.
  237. NYTimes:Arafat's Former Security Chief Is Killed by Gunmen in Gaza
  238. Guardian:Hunger strikers pledge to die in Guantánamo
  239. Alleged baby killers judged by their fellow inmates
  240. Zimbabwe prisoners using Bibles as toilet paper
  241. NYTimes Editorial:Abu Ghraib Unresolved
  242. Permission to use IOL (Independent Online)and News24.com Articles
  243. Prison 'hell' exposed
  244. Murder accused claims police tortured him
  245. 'Too many in SA jails'
  246. Guardian:Ex-Iraqi defence minister wanted over $1bn fraud
  247. NYTimes:G.I.'s Role in Detainee Abuse Is Starkly Contrasted at Retrial
  248. NYTimes:3 in 82nd Airborne Say Abuse in Iraqi Prisons Was Routine
  249. Dina to go back behind bars
  250. HIV+ prisoner loses out
  251. Our Prisions are in a MESS
  252. Life in jail for South African who fed worker to lions
  253. Off topic but interesting
  254. criminal records of former prisoners should be scrapped
  255. Iraq detainees to get vote - including Saddam
  256. Mom buries newborn son alive
  257. Guardian:British QC for Saddam
  258. 'Crowbar man' gets 169 years
  259. Woman allegedly raped by police in jail
  260. Court orders children to be removed from jail
  261. 'Tokoloshe' killer gets 7yrs
  262. NYTimes:The Forgotten of Africa, Wasting Away in Jails Without Trial
  263. Article: The Horror of Africa's Prisons
  264. NYTimes:Israeli Prisoners Dig Their Way to Early Christianity
  265. Prison attack prompts nurses to take action
  266. Eleven magistrates facing criminal charges
  267. Another Saddam trial defence lawyer killed
  268. State to make example of 14-year-old killer
  269. R & B Singer R. Kelly Link to fraud in Durban
  270. Jail rape melted the ice in brutal gangster’s heart
  271. Libya - Foreign Health workers tell of torture
  272. SA Deputy State President on Rape Charges
  273. Three killed in Nigerian jail riots
  274. Prisons in Africa crowded, unhealthy
  275. Court rules on young killer
  276. Aids convict to be released
  277. Psychiatric Hospital For Prisoners not fit for Human Occupation
  278. 10 life terms + 253 years
  279. 'Put my son in hospital, not jail'
  280. Court ruling allows freed man to be recharged
  281. Guards, inmates killed in Baghdad jail battle
  282. Shoot To Kill - Cops Told
  283. NYTimes:Women's Rights Laws and African Custom Clash
  284. ZIMBABWE: Children endure the handships of prison life
  285. I was raped in jail, says young prisoner
  286. 'Bad things happen in detention'
  287. 3 cops accused of fatal torture
  288. Iraq:Gunmen kill at least 10 after storming prison
  289. Afghan Inmates Riot, Take Over Prison Wing
  290. Prisoners flee as guards party
  291. Afghanistan:Policharki jail has notorious history
  292. Jacob Zuma Rape Trail UPDATE
  293. Iraq hangs 13 insurgents
  294. West Bank jail raid sparks chaos
  295. South Africa:Long jail terms 'packing jails'
  296. Many dead in Iraqi prison break
  297. Afghan convert set to be freed
  298. Prisoners on hunger strike for HIV drugs
  299. S.Africa must tackle prison overcrowding - judge
  300. When Will Justice Be Served?
  301. Inmate's fiery death prompts formal probe
  302. SA women locked up in dungeon
  303. 'Pinetown hostage-taker was a serial killer'
  304. S.Africa:Bird deaths on prison isle trigger cat fight
  305. Sexual abusers assets permanently seized by the state
  306. 43 Prisoners Escape after stealing keys
  307. Boeremag 'money man' on the run
  308. Hijack and Murder capital of the world
  309. Liberia: Prison Is Overcrowded -Judge Taylor
  310. SA:Power problems leave jail a quarter full
  311. Even from prison, Egyptian democracy activist works the blogosphere
  312. Farm killings giving SA a bad name - judge
  313. Inmates use Bible as loo paper
  314. Juvenile Inmates spend months, even years awaiting trial
  315. Iran allows media to tour a prison known for abuses
  316. Namibia: Prisons Chief Sentenced for Drink-Driving
  317. Kenya: Athletes Attain Qualifying Mark At Prisons Contest
  318. 'Inmates think they're free'
  319. Point a Gun at a Cop and You will Die
  320. Libya: 1996 Prison Killings Need Independent Inquiry
  321. 69th execution in Iran this Year
  322. Israel:Prison conditions are substandard, abusive
  323. Shoot me if I'm guilty - Saddam Says
  324. Armed Palestinians kill 6 inmates at Jericho prison in West Bank
  325. Mother and son, 13, die for delivering laundry
  326. High Court Judge to visit Westville Prison
  327. Cops Killed My Dad says Son.
  328. Has South Africa lost the war on crime
  329. And The Winner Is.....
  330. 800 inmates for Israeli soldier
  331. Female Prisoners strip naked in protest
  332. South African Prisons dept 'has lost control'
  333. Botswana: From Prison Straight Into the Recording Studio
  334. Ethiopia grants amnesty to 263 prisoners
  335. Too many drunk drivers 'escape' being prosecuted
  336. Man awaiting trail for five years
  337. Warning of killer TB risk at prison
  338. Re-instating the Death Penalty in South Africa
  339. Prisoner Kills Policeman in Court
  340. Rape charge advised vs. Israel president
  341. 'Buy your way out of jail'
  342. Pakistanis beheaded for drug trafficking
  343. 13 000 HIV+ Inmates
  344. A success story - Obed Kwazi Ncdanzi - The Pride of Westville Prison
  345. Two men from Chad executed in Saudi
  346. 'Boys-only jail in Mossel Bay a huge problem'
  347. 10978 Inmates to be released because of overcrowding in SA Jails
  348. Serious Problems At Pollsmoor
  349. 71 kids on death row in Iran
  350. Kenyans demand word on 18 detainees
  351. Prisoner gets compensation over cockroaches
  352. Darfur gunmen reportedly free 90 in jailbreak
  353. Soweto man to hang
  354. Africa Prisons "Inhuman"
  355. Court unmoved by C-Max 'ghosts'
  356. US Teen rapist sent to Prison
  357. Prisoners continue hunger strike
  358. 'Ma-eleven' in bloody razor fight with inmate
  359. 26 prisoners die of hunger in Africa Prison