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COA: Supreme Court’s plea bargaining rules for drug cases ease jail congestion

By Ian Laqui | 12 days ago

However, despite the recorded decrease in the prison population, state auditors still urged the BJMP to resolve jail congestion...

Headlines

New rules aim to reduce prison overcrowding, says DOJ chief

By Ian Laqui | September 25, 2024 - 4:59pm

“We will try to decongest the jails as much as we can because it's not the place to wait your life out,” Remulla...

Headlines

Rights group: Liberia prisons crowded, inhumane

September 21, 2011 - 6:13pm

  Amnesty International says severe overcrowding and inhumane conditions in some Liberian prisons seriously affect prisoners' health and safety.

Inmates free hostages at Venezuela prison

May 6, 2011 - 9:04am

Inmates at a prison near Venezuela's capital freed the prison director and 14 other hostages Thursday and ended an eight-day standoff over conditions at the jail.

Bangladesh freeing 1,000 inmates to ease crowding

August 19, 2010 - 10:57pm

Authorities have started freeing 1,000 inmates to ease crowding in Bangladesh's prisons in a move described as a first for the country.

Letter to the Editor - Incarceration

September 30, 2005 - 12:00am

Incarceration is a term used to describe the confinement of a person in a prison, that is, the isolation of the individual from law-abiding citizens. In its simplest description a prison is a facility maintained...

Freeman Opinion