0619 GMT February 21, 2019
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The leader of Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyed Ali Khamenei has agreed to pardon or ease the sentences of a large group of those sentenced by the public and revolutionary courts.
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Nearly 65 percent of prisoners at a women’s jail in England may have suffered traumatic brain injuries at some point in their lives, a study found.
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An independent human rights group says it has documented the arrest of more than 5,000 prisoners of conscience in addition to 200 victims of excessive use of force, murder and torture in the tiny Persian Gulf kingdom, as the ruling Al Khalifah regime presses ahead with its heavy clampdown on political dissidents and pro-democracy activists.
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Thousands more prisoners in the UK will be able to make phone calls from their cells as part of government plans to reduce violence and reoffending.
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The so-called Syrian Observatory for Human Rights says members of the Daesh Takfiri terrorist group have executed more than 700 prisoners in Syria’s troubled eastern province of Dayr al-Zawr.
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A new study shows that the number of people sentenced to life in prison in the United Kingdom well exceeds figures in other European countries.
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A new study shows that the number of people sentenced to life in prison in the United Kingdom well exceeds figures in other European countries.
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Women in England are giving birth in prison cells without access to proper medical care, according to a startling report shared with The Guardian.
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Prisoners age more quickly than the general population, inspectors said, as, they say, jails in England and Wales are ill-equipped to deal with a growing population of older inmates.
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Prisoners disarmed guards and seized control of part of a detention center in South Sudan's capital Juba early on Sunday, the state security service said, and a detainee said the inmates taking the action were political prisoners seeking freedom.
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Prisoners rioted and seized weapons at a detention center in South Sudan’s capital Juba early on Sunday, a security source and local residents said.
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Prisoners in England are to face a fresh crackdown on drugs, violence and smuggled mobile phones as part of a £10-million drive to turn around 10 of the worst-performing jails in the country.
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While US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo was in North Korea to prepare for the upcoming summit between President Donald Trump and North Korean leader Kim Jong-un, Trump says Pompeo is bringing back three Americans held prisoners in North Korea.
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Activists have reported that 13 female prisoners, including three sisters, are held in Bahraini jails for their political activities.
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Britain will build a new wing at Kirikiri Prison in the Nigerian city of Lagos so that it can transfer Nigerian prisoners there, the government in London has announced.
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