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  1. Article: 28 Killed in Philippines Prison Uprising
  2. India - March 10
  3. Pakistan - Death sentences reinstated
  4. China to keep death penalty
  5. Afghanistan Two men sentenced to 20 years each in prison for the rape of a young girl
  6. Myanmar: Time for justice as human rights defender spends 75th birthday in prison
  7. Australia/Singapore Drugs Trafficking
  8. North Korea - Executions captured on video
  9. China - Official sentenced to death
  10. Aus/Indonesia Drugs Trafficking
  11. Pakistan - New Death Sentences
  12. Bangladesh - Mistaken Identity Led to Death Sentence?
  13. China admits wrongful execution
  14. China - Death Vans for Speedy Executions
  15. Indonesia - Female Executed by Firing Squad
  16. N Korea Prison Conditions (Graphic article)
  17. Vietnam/Australia Death Sentence upheld
  18. Indonesia/Brazil Appeal for Clemency
  19. Malaysia's floggers & executioners get pay rise
  20. Japan - Hijacker gets Life Sentence
  21. China - Freed Prisoner Speaks of Ordeal
  22. Cambodia - 20 Die in Escape Attempt
  23. China - Prisoner Education
  24. Japan:Chess legend Bobby Fischer released from detention
  25. Article: Kyrgyzstan opposition poised to take control
  26. INDONESIA/AUSTRALIA - Corby Trial
  27. China - World's biggest narcotics case
  28. Taiwan - Abolishes DP for Juveniles
  29. Japan upholds official's AIDS conviction
  30. Singapore - Internet Home Televisit
  31. Thailand - Black Magic leads to Prison term
  32. Japan - Life Sentence for mentally ill man?
  33. UZBEKISTAN: Imprisoned and pressured to renounce faith
  34. Afghanistan Prison Tunnel Escape Attempt
  35. Sri Lankan Woman Afraid to Return Home
  36. Leg-ironed on 3 continents (inc Asia!)
  37. Japan - Sex Offender Treatment
  38. Japan - New Death Sentence
  39. South Korea - Discussion on Abolishing DP
  40. India - Execution statistics
  41. Singapore - Jailed and repatriated for obstructing justice
  42. Thailand - Towards Rehabilitation
  43. Guardian:Crime wave sweeps across Afghanistan
  44. Thailand - No Law Against Cannibalism
  45. Singapore/Germany - Drug Offender Who Escaped Hanging To Be Freed
  46. Afghanistan - Woman Accused of 27 murders
  47. Thailand- Backpacker murders: Accused policeman afraid of being sent to jail
  48. Japan -Couple jailed for scalding death
  49. Singapore - 4 1/2 years and 9 strokes of cane
  50. Japan plans to cheer up convicts with new outfits
  51. Singapore Prison Service
  52. Guardian:'Dead' wife turns up 11 years later
  53. NYTimes Editorial:Opium vs. Democracy in Afghanistan
  54. Thailand - Explosion in Prison
  55. Burma - Jailed for religious beliefs
  56. Indonesia - Escaped Inmates Report Back To Warden
  57. Japan to hang first Doomsday Cult Member
  58. Article:Inmates get stay-at-home order after prison damaged by quake
  59. Guardian:Great escape
  60. S Korea - Officials to Review Death Penalty
  61. Indonesia/Australia - Corby Trial
  62. Article: Dam water kills Indian pilgrims
  63. Afghanistan - Judicial Reforms Needed
  64. Nepal - Rebels Storm Jail
  65. Japan - Retrial in case from 44 years ago!
  66. Singapore:Twins Campaign to Free Father from Death Row
  67. China: Appeals court bars use of evidence gained through torture
  68. Korea - Studying English Behind Bars
  69. Thailand - Inmate Injured
  70. Bangladesh - Death Sentence given to 22 defendants
  71. Indonesia/France - Mother's fight
  72. India - Death Sentence Upheld
  73. Thailand - Improvement in prison conditions
  74. Singapore -Half numbers jailed are drug offenders
  75. Indonesia/Australia - 9 Arrested on Drug Smuggling Charges
  76. Indonesia - Support for scrapping death penalty grows
  77. Thailand - Transvestite Prison Welcome
  78. Pakistan - Conditions to improve for juveniles in prison
  79. Indonesia - Death by firing squad is rarely fast
  80. Indonesia - Ex-inmate tells of torture, starvation and degradation
  81. Thailand/UK - Support from home helps prisoner cope
  82. Guardian:Gladiator star defends woman facing jail in Indonesia
  83. Thailand - Prison Choir Wins Award
  84. Indonesia/Australia - Death 'linked' to Bali Nine ring
  85. Thailand/Nigeria - Prisoners repatriated
  86. Indonesia/South Africa - SA man gets life
  87. Singapore rejects death row appeal
  88. Thailand/Finland - Paedophile; 445 victims?
  89. Indonesia/Australia - Bali 9 All face DP
  90. Singapore - Religious Sect Prisoners on Hunger Strike
  91. Vietnam - 1000's of prisoners get parole
  92. Guardian:Khmer Rouge to face UN tribunal
  93. S Korea - Marital Rape faces punishment
  94. Article:Prosecutors seek life sentence for Australian in Bali drug trial
  95. S Korea - Pardon for prisoners
  96. CAmbodia/Australia - Teen sentenced for drug smuggling
  97. INDONESIA: Journalists imprisoned
  98. Singapore - Hanging set for Friday 13th
  99. S. Korea - 1,102 Prisoners Released on Buddha's Birthday
  100. SINGAPORE - execution
  101. Guardian:'I don't know why they opened fire. They killed the unarmed citizens of Andi
  102. Guardian:Brutality and poverty fuel wave of unrest
  103. Mother's Day treat for five prisoners
  104. MALAYSIA: Jail and Cane for Legal Nepali Worker
  105. S Korea - Prison Diary of an English Teacher
  106. Japan - Efforts to improve inmate treatment
  107. India - Angry jailers massacre inmate's pet pigeons
  108. Uzbekistan - Where torture and terror rule
  109. Burma - Political Prisoners Stage Hunger Strike
  110. Japan - Sex Offender Database
  111. Phillippines - Where Jail is worse than Death
  112. Thailand - Life for policeman who killed Britons
  113. Thailand - 200 inmates make 'be good' vows
  114. Pitcairn Island - HMS Bounty descendants lose appeal
  115. Australia/Indonesia - Court Sentences Australian to 20 Years in Drug Case
  116. Thai jail in a knot over underwear shortage
  117. Thai court frees terror accused
  118. India - Death Sentence for Rapist
  119. Taiwan - Poisoner faces Death Penalty
  120. Japan/Australia - Lost in translation; Rough Justice
  121. Thailand - Cigarettes 'executed' at Bangkok jail
  122. China - Reporter faces DP
  123. Japan - Work sought for prisoners
  124. JAPAN: Court upholds death penalty for killer of 4 women
  125. CHINA: Death sentence for online gamer
  126. Korea - 9 Prisoners Commit Suicide This Year
  127. S Korea - Death Penalty Upheld for Serial Killer
  128. Phillippines/Saudi Arabia - Family begs for execution mercy
  129. Vietnam/Australia - Aussie gets DP for drug smuggling
  130. Indonesia/Australia - Prisoner swap considered
  131. Pakistan - Raped, Kidnapped and Silenced
  132. Singapore - Murder Trial Begins
  133. Afghanistan - New law to improve prisons
  134. China - Escaped prisoner back behind bars
  135. India - DR prisoners on hunger strike
  136. Sri Lankan prison to become hotel
  137. Japan - Nun offers solace to death-row inmates
  138. China: Rape Nightmare for 26 Pupils
  139. Indonesia: Thousands of child maids are condemned....
  140. Fat Thai Police Ordered to Reduce Weight
  141. S Korea - Arguments for DP
  142. Japan - Arsenic murder death sentence upheld
  143. Pakistan - Supreme Court overturns acquittal
  144. Pakistan - court backs rape victim
  145. Thailand - Enraged traffic cop kills three
  146. SINGAPORE/GERMANY - Female prisoner released early
  147. Thailand/NZ - Woman awaiting Royal Pardon
  148. China - Court calls for Death penalty Reform
  149. PHILIPPINES:Death sentence of 5 upheld by Supreme Court
  150. Japan - Randy inspector reduces renowned remand center into romp room
  151. Indonesia:Convicted Australian drug smuggler counting on video testimony
  152. Indonesia - 'Honest' Aceh prisoners rewarded
  153. India - Overcrowded Prisons
  154. VIETNAM - Five executions by firing squad
  155. Criminon Indonesia has 375 Prisons across 17,000 islands
  156. Thailand - Prison Autopsy Error
  157. Indonesia canes women for the first time; 2 women punished for gambling
  158. Central Asia - Skinheads sentenced to jail terms
  159. Singapore - Call centre behind bars
  160. Singapore locks up U.S. man for possessing porn
  161. Taiwan-Canadian teacher may be facing death penalty on drug charges
  162. Indonesia/Australia - Accused send messages home
  163. NYTimes:Secrecy Veils China's Jailing of a Journalist
  164. Indonesia - Achenese Rebels Freed from prison
  165. MALAYSIA - Trafficker gets death sentence
  166. Hong Kong jury convicts U.S. woman in 'milkshake' murder
  167. Executed - for raping 32 girls
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  169. Japan - Doc took naked pics of patients
  170. China Considers Law to Jail Cheaters
  171. NYTimes Op-Ed: Off topic but interesting
  172. NYTimes:Deep Flaws, and Little Justice, in China's Court System
  173. Japanese Inmate First of Year to Be Hanged
  174. Japan - More inmates prefer solitary
  175. Singapore - Clemency for retarded teenager sentenced to cane?
  176. Singapore - Ex-offenders find jobs at new venture
  177. Korea/Hong Kong - Correctional Authorities agree to joint efforts
  178. China sentences firestarter to death
  179. Reuters:Protesters Storm Bali Jail on Blasts Anniversary
  180. Singapore - Execution Within Month (UPDATE - DEC 2 DATE SET)
  181. China - Keeps DP; ensures "fair trials"
  182. Singapore - Get to know your friendly hangman!
  183. Japan - Briton Nick Baker Conviction Upheld
  184. Japan/Fiji - Annoyed passenger takes off pants, lands in jail.
  185. Guardian:Justice minister in death penalty retreat
  186. Japan - 'How I'm killing my mom' accused
  187. Kyrgyz - President blames prison riots on corruption
  188. Japanese Prison Guards Exonerated In Inmate Death Case
  189. Nepal frees 194 prisoners to mark Constitution Day
  190. NYTimes:Desperate Search for Justice: One Man vs. China
  191. India - Ex-convicts return to prison to mentor others
  192. Philippines - VFA won’t save 6 GIs from death penalty for gang rape
  193. Thailand - Women's boxing match in Thai jail
  194. India - Helping the prisons' children
  195. China - Prison for HIV+ inmates
  196. 18 elderly, sickly women inmates freed
  197. Conditions at rebellious Kyrgyz penitentiaries poor - prosecutor
  198. Malaysia - Video prompts inquiry into 'abuse' of detainee
  199. Singapore - Nguyen, 25, legal options exhausted
  200. Vietnam - Gary Glitter facing possible execution
  201. Singapore - Nguyen executed at dawn in Changi Prison
  202. NYTimes:Police Fire on Protesters in China, Killing Several
  203. China - Beijing opens TV station to reeducate prisoners
  204. Malaysia - Prisons Department seeks to ensure prisoners get to court on time
  205. Japan's Remarkable Prisons
  206. China -'Kindergarten killer' executed
  207. Korea - Amnesty International targets capital punishment
  208. Vietnam - Australian citizen sentenced to death
  209. S.Korea:Mobile phones to announce 'you've been indicted'
  210. Vietnam - Glitter 'pays money to accusers'
  211. (Japan - US soldier arrested for murder) How Sadd,
  212. China - Lucky dozen prisoners to get conjugal visits
  213. China - For Beijing prison inmates life is not dead end
  214. Thailand - PM calls for execution
  215. Burma - Another Political Prisoner Dies
  216. Burma - Red Cross allowed to inspect prisons freely again?
  217. Thailand - Over 370 Nigerian prisoners released
  218. Thai pair to die for rape, murder of tourist
  219. China - Project to care for prisoners' children
  220. Malaysia - I wasn’t given enough food, says now-skinny detainee
  221. Singapore:Sex change saves prostitute from caning
  222. China - Prisoners allowed home for New Year
  223. Bali Nine - Update on Court appearances
  224. Kyrgyzstan - Prison chief sacked for barbed wire purchase
  225. Japan - Serial killer death sentence finalized
  226. China - Ex-prisoner sets up Employment Help Service
  227. Malaysia - Tele-visits make it easier for families to see prisoners
  228. Japan's pensioners 'turning prisons into retirement homes'
  229. Japan - Computer leaks prisoners' files to public domain
  230. Korea - Jail for Elderly & Disabled to Debut
  231. KAZAKHSTAN - To Abolish DP?
  232. Bali Nine - Two Australians Sentenced to Death
  233. Nepal frees 43 rights activists
  234. China - Tiananmen protester freed after 16 years
  235. China - First Job Fair for Prisoners Held
  236. North Korea - Cheerleaders sent to prison
  237. Malaysia - Prison officer gets death
  238. Canadian detainee dies in Osaka prison
  239. Vietnam - Gary Glitter jailed for abusing girls
  240. China executes 'billionaire
  241. China - Top judge rules out end of Death Penalty
  242. Singapore - Jobs for inmates at Job Fair
  243. Kyrgyzstan's forgotten death row prisoners
  244. Korea - New Musical Set In Labour Camps
  245. Thailand/US - Mothers ordeal as son is jailed
  246. Aust trio jailed in Hong Kong for drug trafficking
  247. Japan - Death Row Inmates' Conditions Criticised
  248. Philippine president commutes nearly 1,200 death sentences
  249. China - Procurators battling prison abuses
  250. Article - Thailand's Justice System
  251. China - Executed prisoners' organs harvested
  252. Japan - Bill to change detention rules passed
  253. China:Yahoo may have helped jail writer
  254. Mother of slain Aussie wants life term - Japan
  255. "Mrs Noisy" gets year in prison -Tokyo
  256. China - Inmates read for better life
  257. Thailand/UK - 2 year ordeal in "Bangkok Hilton"
  258. Family of jailed Chinese reporter worried about his health
  259. Vietnam:Gary Glitter's appeal in May
  260. Thailand/UK - Lancashire man gets sentenced reduced
  261. China signs extradition treaty with Spain
  262. Philippines:Fortune-telling judge consulted imaginary mystic dwarves
  263. Malaysia - Death Row inmate in coma
  264. Thailand - Female prisoner will box Japanese champion
  265. Philippines - police break up jail riot
  266. Malaysia - Mother’s Day reunion in prison
  267. Malaysia/Singapore - Charges dropped; man set free
  268. Singapore - Justice with softer touch, wider angle
  269. Singapore - Facing death penalty, man loses hope
  270. Korea - Female Officers cited for Prison Abuses
  271. Philippines - Women on Death Row
  272. Thailand - Prisoners banned from watching World Cup
  273. Japan - Man still in jail after 11 years for traffic violations
  274. Vietnam/China DR inmate commmits suicide
  275. Singapore - Prisoners take part in poetry competition
  276. Philippines: Congress moves to abolish death penalty
  277. Vietnam judges reject Glitter appeal
  278. 10 killed in failed Cambodia jail break
  279. China/Canada - Top Cop Tours Chinese Prison
  280. Thailand - 25,000 prisoners give pardons
  281. Asia/Australia - Pressure to end Death Penalty?
  282. Pakistan/UK - Stay for Briton ends
  283. Philippines - Church wants to improve prison conditions
  284. Taiwan - Inmate kills self after "torture"
  285. Korea: Inmates to meet families online beginning in 2008
  286. China: Prison opens its doors to the public
  287. Thailand/Canada Daughter now cut off from mother in Thai jail
  288. Indonesia/Australia - No Death Penalty for WA expatriate
  289. China - prison inmates editing for a better life
  290. Singapore/Nigeria - Who cares about the Nigerians on Death Row?
  291. Vietnam - 6,000 prisoners to be set free for National Day
  292. China - Canadian may face death
  293. Vietnam - police officer caught accepting bribes to save death row inmate
  294. China/Hong Kong - Life in HK jail better than China
  295. China - Ex-convict becomes prison employee
  296. Singapore - "Don't let my child see me like this!"
  297. Indonesia - Eighteen prisoners break free armed with pepper spray
  298. China - "Prison" teahouse for jail experience
  299. Thailand - Prison riot appeased
  300. Cambodia - Australian Teen to serve 13 years for drug smuggling
  301. Thailand - Nonthaburi riot- 2 dead, 7 wounded
  302. Thailand:'I can't forgive mum for Thai jail hell'
  303. Malaysia -Shocking find during search
  304. Thailand - Prison evacuated during flood
  305. Thailand - Rights advocates seek end to death penalty
  306. Vietnam News: Death-row prisoner gets pregnant in solitary
  307. China - children of inmates face hard time
  308. Malaysia - Helping prisoners become self reliant
  309. Malaysia - Convicts feel remorse during Hari Raya
  310. Malaysia - Ex-Con Advises Youths To Lose Bad Habits
  311. China makes major shift on executions
  312. Cambodia - Detained American kills self
  313. Singapore reviews Penal Code
  314. INDIA - 51 slaps for accused rapist
  315. Singapore-Man fined for saying four-letter-word on flight
  316. Singapore - Jailed opposition party leader refuses tests or treatment
  317. Indonesia/Australia - Prisoner exchange poss. start in 2007
  318. Thailand - Brit Tony Flanaghan's Death Sentence Reversed
  319. "bong*kut*ta*pe*own" is in khmer
  320. Prisoner Pact with Thailand sought.
  321. Thailand - Bring Scott home to the UK
  322. Vietnam - Gary Glitter On List For Early Prison Release
  323. China - Prisoners Build Confucius Statue
  324. Japan - Christmas Day executions condemned
  325. Singapore/Nigeria - Tochi Sacrificed On Altar of Diplomatic Relations
  326. Thailand/Germany - Suspect found dead in cell.
  327. Swiss man faces up to 75 years in prison for insulting Thai king
  328. Singapore/Australia - 'Criminals sent to clean Qantas planes'
  329. China - No Turning Back on Death Penalty Rules
  330. Vietnam - getting away with murder?
  331. Thailand - Female prisoner boxes her way to freedom - UPDATE!!
  332. Thailand - Teens escape detention centre to party
  333. Japan - Parliament lowers detention age - Raises prison terms
  334. Vietnam - Jailed priest uses opportunity to spread gospel
  335. Thailand - Changes in Thai Prisons?
  336. Indonesia/Australia - Corby stays in Bali jail
  337. Japan - First Privately run prison opens in Yamaguchi
  338. Thailand - Meet Bangkok prison's Angel
  339. Thailand/ Australia - Renewed efforts to transfer Australian prisoner
  340. Vietnam - Cyber Dissident Released ahead of Bush's Visit
  341. Thailand - Pregnant Women Now Exempt From DP
  342. Taiwan - Amnesty for 10,000 Prisoners
  343. Thailand/USA - Man faces DP for child's murder
  344. Singapore - Judge reprimanded for caning error
  345. China - Depsite Olympics Killing of Falung Gong Prisoners Continues
  346. Thailand/Australia - Deane-Johns could be heading for home
  347. Indonesia - Prison warden attacked by inmates
  348. Japan - Cannabis growing wild in prison grounds
  349. Singapore - PM Lee heads drive to support ex-offenders
  350. Thailand/UK - Jody Aggett is freed!
  351. Thailand - Getting Behind Prison Walls
  352. Indonesia - Guard arrested for passing drugs into prison
  353. Indonesia - Convicted bomber flees jail
  354. Vietnam - release of 10,000 prisoners
  355. Taiwan - Teen sentenced to 91 years for robbing store
  356. Vietnam - President frees 8,000 prisoners
  357. Thailand - Briton remanded further on drugs charge
  358. Malaysia - Teachers for young prisoners
  359. Thailand - 25,000 prisoners freed to mark King's birthday
  360. Taiwan - Ex-political prisoners view their old prison
  361. Japan - new initiatives to overcome crowded prisons
  362. Malysia - 2,388 To Be Considered For Parole
  363. Indonesia/Australia - DR man speaks about his sentence
  364. Vietnam/Australia - Woman sentenced to death for trafficking
  365. Tibet/China - Prisons full as authorities crack down on protests
  366. Singapore - Man to sue over excess caning
  367. Indonesia/Aus - Loans to Oz prisoners abroad
  368. Thailand - Escaped inmate seen singing Karaoke near prison grounds
  369. Thailand/Scotland - Freed drug smuggler arrested again.
  370. Laos/UK - Briton dies in squalid prison, denied medical aid.
  371. Japan/UK - Welcome home Nick Baker
  372. China-Family of jailed activist targeted by police
  373. Myanmar - Prison shootings should be probed
  374. Singapore/India - family learn of prisoner's death from cell mate