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Inmates, corruption rule Honduras' deadly prisons

Associated Press - Sun May 27, 8:00 pm ET

Inside one of Honduras' most dangerous and overcrowded prisons, inmates operate a free-market bazaar, selling everything from iPhones to prostitutes.

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Amnesty urges Saudi to free Shiite prisoners
AFP via Yahoo! News - Sun May 27, 8:36 pm ET
Amnesty International urged Saudi Arabia to free Shiite prisoners arrested for taking part in "peaceful" protests and those detained without charge in the kingdom's Eastern province.
Nepal To Release 232 Prisoners On Republica Day
Bernama - Sun May 27, 10:07 pm ET
KATHMANDU, May 28 (Bernama) -- The Nepali government has decided to release 232 prisoners from various jails across the country by exempting their remaining jail term on the occasion of the Republic Day on May 28, reports China's Xinhua news agency.
Prisoners of War
Arab News - Sun May 27, 5:27 pm ET
A man representing a prisoner of war sits inside a bamboo cage atop a trailer during Rolling Thunder 2012 in Washington DC, on May 27, 2012. The 25th Annual Rolling Thunder rumbled into town to show support for veterans past and present, those who have fallen in war and those who are missing in action.
Inmates rule Honduras' deadly prisons
MSNBC - Sun May 27, 2:07 pm ET
A Lord-of-the-Flies system allows inmates to run a business behind bars in Honduras' prisons, while officials turn a blind eye in exchange for a cut of the profits they say is spent on prison needs.
Barhoum: Re-Arrest Of Liberated Prisoners Kind Of Revenge
Scoop.co.nz - Sun May 27, 7:31 pm ET
GAZA, (PIC)-- The Israeli occupation forces’ re-arrest of prisoners released in the exchange deal is a kind of revenge on them after the success of the deal with hunger striking prisoners, Fawzi Brhoum, a Hamas spokesman, said on Sunday. He said ...
Amnesty calls on Saudi to free prisoners
Press TV - Sun May 27, 11:25 pm ET
Amnesty International has called on Saudi Arabia to free the Shia prisoners arrested for participating in peaceful demonstrations in the kingdom's Eastern Province.
Corruption reigns in Honduras prisons
Amarillo Globe-News - Sun May 27, 6:32 pm ET
SAN PEDRO SULA, Honduras - Inside one of Honduras' most dangerous prisons, inmates operate a free-market bazaar, selling everything from iPhones to prostitutes.
Prisoners charged in attacks on guards
Dunn County News - Fri May 25, 7:40 pm ET
Two prisoners who allegedly attacked guards at the Stanley Prison recently have been formally charged.
Honduras Prisons: Inmates, Corruption Rule Deadly San Pedro Sula And Comayagua Prisons (PHOTOS)
The Huffington Post - Sun May 27, 12:51 pm ET
In this May 3, 2012 photo, inmates gather outside their cells in San Pedro Sula Central Corrections Facility in San Pedro Sula, Honduras. (AP Photo/Rodrigo Abd)
Inmates considering escape from Colorado prisons find bar raised
Denver Post - Sun May 27, 3:21 am ET
All 50 inmates who escaped from Colorado prisons since 2000 were captured, most within 24 hours of absconding.
Remand Prisoners Should Not Be Treated As Convicts – Bishop Agyin-Asare
Ghanaweb.com - Sun May 27, 12:19 am ET
The Presiding Bishop of the Word Miracle Church International (WMCI), Most Rev. Dr. Charles Agyin Asare has reiterated the need for the country to ensure that remand prisoners are no longer treated as convicts or incarcerated for unduly long periods and in some cases forgotten totally.
Amnesty to 2,000 prisoners
Daily News - Sun May 27, 3:46 pm ET
The Rehabilitation and Prison Reforms Ministry will grant amnesty to around 2,000 prisoners who are unable to pay their fines for minor crimes or disabled and over 70 years, to mark the 64th Independence Day on February 4.
Smoking banned in max security NSW jail
BigPond News - Sun May 27, 8:36 pm ET
Prisoners in a NSW maximum security jail will be banned from smoking indoors.
Plantations, Prisons and Profits
New York Times - Fri May 25, 1:06 am ET
Louisiana’s for-profit prisons are an abomination. A series by The Times-Picayune of New Orleans paints a picture of convicts as chattel and a legal system based on human commodification.
Closed New York Prisons Prove Hard to Sell
New York Times - Sat May 26, 11:50 pm ET
After trying to solve budget problems through traditional means, like freezing state workers’ wages, Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo is turning to a new tactic.