Ecuador military, prison heads resign after jail riot
by Santiago PIEDRA SILVA GUAYAQUIL, Ecuador (AFP) -- Ecuador is "seriously threatened" by drug trafficking mafias who want to "take…
5 years ago
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More than 100 dead in Ecuador’s latest prison violence
by Santiago PIEDRA SILVA GUAYAQUIL, Ecuador (AFP) -- The death toll from bloody clashes between rival gangs in an Ecuador…
5 years ago
24 dead, 42 wounded in Ecuador prison fight: police
QUITO, Ecuador (AFP) -- At least 24 prisoners were killed and another 42 wounded in a fight between armed inmates…
5 years ago
Indonesian prison fire kills 41
JAKARTA, Indonesia (AFP) -- A fire tore through an Indonesian prison on Java island on Wednesday, killing 41 people and…
5 years ago
Mouse plague forces Australian prison evacuation
SYDNEY, Australia (AFP) -- A mouse plague ravaging Australia's farmlands forced the evacuation of hundreds of inmates from a rural…
5 years ago
Indonesia arrests four for stealing vaccines meant for prisoners
MEDAN, Indonesia (AFP) -- Four people have been arrested in Indonesia for allegedly stealing Covid-19 vaccines marked for prisoners and…
5 years ago
Thailand virus cases soar with prison clusters
BANGKOK, Thailand (AFP) -- Thailand reported a new daily high of nearly 10,000 coronavirus cases on Monday, more than two-thirds…
5 years ago
Five guards freed after new Ecuador prison riot controlled
QUITO, Ecuador (AFP) -- Five prison guards held after a new riot broke out in an Ecuadorian prison were released…
5 years ago
COVID-19 cases explode in California prison
LOS ANGELES, United States (AFP) -- The number of COVID-19 cases has exploded in one of California's oldest prisons, San…
6 years ago
Peru frees 1,500 inmates out of fear of COVID-19
LIMA, Peru (AFP) -- Peru has freed 1,500 inmates over the past two months to ease overcrowding in prisons that…
6 years ago
US prison COVID-19 infections hit 30,000: university
WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) -- US prisons have reported 30,000 cases of coronavirus among inmates and guards, a US university…
6 years ago
BJMP says 9 QC detainees, 9 jail personnel tested positive for COVID-19
(Eagle News)--Nine Quezon City Jail detainees have tested positive for the coronavirus disease 2019. According to Bureau of Jail Management…
6 years ago
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