Tag: Prisoners
Ministers can veto prisoners' parole in Victims and Prisoners Bill
The government has promised to make it easier for victims of crime in England and Wales to get justice.
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Dominic Raab plans new law to stop whole life term prisoners marrying
The justice secretary says he will block murderers like Levi Bellfield getting married in prison.
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Doctor Denounces C.I.A. Practice of ‘Rectal Feeding’ of Prisoners
In a hearing at Guantánamo Bay, an expert gave a graphic public depiction of torture after the Sept. 11, 2001, terror attacks.
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Pentagon Lifts Trump-Era Ban on Release of Guantánamo Prisoners’ Art
The Trump administration called detainee art U.S. government property and halted most releases. Lawyers never mounted an intellectual property case.
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How damaging is the trans prisoners row for the SNP?
Will the row over trans prisoners turn out to be a blip, or a longer-running sore for Nicola Sturgeon?
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More Prisoners Contract the Coronavirus at Guantánamo Bay
The military allowed two detainees to meet with lawyers this weekend even as the number of confirmed cases rose to one-third of the prison population. [...]
Overdetention Keeps Prisoners Behind Bars Despite Being Deemed Free
About 200 to 250 inmates are held beyond their legal release dates on any given month, with the average additional time lasting around 44 days in 2019 [...]
Prisoners could be held in police cells to cut overcrowding
The government says adult male prisons have seen an "acute and sudden increase" in populations.
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Surgeons Rushed to Guantánamo as Prisoner’s Condition Deteriorates
Lawyers for the prisoner, an Iraqi with spine disease, say it has suddenly gotten worse and that the U.S. naval base cannot provide adequate care.
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Venezuela releases 7 jailed Americans; U.S. frees 2 prisoners
“I can’t believe it,” Cristina Vadell, the daughter of Tomeu Vadell, one of the freed Americans, said when contacted by The Associated Press on Satur [...]
American Prisoners Are Released From Venezuela and Iran
Caracas released seven Americans in a trade for two nephews of Venezuela’s first lady who had been convicted on drug charges. Separately, Tehran relea [...]
U.S. Waited Months to Book C.I.A. Prisoners at Guantánamo Bay
No explanation was offered for the delay, although the detainee processing took place after President George W. Bush announced on Sept. 6, 2006, th [...]
Army Closes Failing Facility at Guantánamo Bay to Consolidate Prisoners
Main McElwain declined to say how a lot the consolidation price. Over time, he stated, the transfer would most definitely imply a discount in troop [...]
Pentagon Halts Plan to Vaccinate the 40 Prisoners at Guantánamo Bay
WASHINGTON — The Pentagon on Saturday halted plans to supply coronavirus vaccines subsequent week to the 40 wartime prisoners at Guantánamo Bay aft [...]
Monetary Support Is Restored for Prisoners within the Training Plan That’s Tucked Into the Stimulus Invoice
Senator Patty Murray of Washington, the rating Democrat on the Training Committee, stated the simplification, coupled with different technical fixe [...]