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Guantanamo Bay, Denver

August 18, 2008

Big Dogs Weblog / Big Dog

Copyright © 2008 Big Dog. Visit the original article at http://www.onebigdog.net/guantanamo-bay-denver/.It appears as if the city of Denver has its own formerly secret prison.

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Cancer-Stricken 34-Year-Old Chinese Computer Engineer Dies After Being Denied Care in Private US Immigration Prison

August 19, 2008

Democracy Now! / mail@democracynow.org (Democracy Now!)

Earlier this month, a thirty-four-year-old Chinese computer engineer, Hiu Lui Ng, who overstayed his visa, died in a Rhode Island immigration detention center.

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Gary Glitter leaves Vietnam jail

August 18, 2008

austin k dot com / austin@austinhk.com (Austin H. Kapfumvuti)

Disgraced pop star Gary Glitter is released from a Vietnam prison after being jailed for child molestation.

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Torture Claim Credible, Court Finds

August 21, 2008

New York Times

A British Court said a terror suspect being held at Guantanamo Bay had a credible argument that the U.S. had illegally spirited him away to Morocco and that he was tortured there.

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August 21, 2008

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South African who threw man to lions out of prison

August 21, 2008

Boston.com -- Latest news

A white farmer who threw the body of his fired black worker into a lions' pen has been freed on parole after less than three years in prison.

White South African farmer who threw black worker to lions freed from prison

August 21, 2008

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South African who threw man to lions out of prison (AP)

August 21, 2008

Yahoo! News: World News

AP - A white farmer who threw the body of his fired black worker into a lions' pen has been freed on parole after less than three years in prison.

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Muslim inmates living in fear at UK prison

August 20, 2008

The Independent - UK RSS Feed

Rising violence at one of Britain's top security jails was highlighted in an official report today.

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Editorial: Some Progress on Kids and Jails

August 19, 2008

New York Times

Although the number of minors held in adult prisons has dropped, Congress can consolidate these gains by imposing a clear federal standard on states.

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Silvio Berlusconi bans Mafia from singing in prison

August 18, 2008

Telegraph News | Top News

Silvio Berlusconi has banned Mafia bosses from singing in jails in Italy after they used songs to pass criminal messages to each other.

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Prosecutors Get Reports On Prison Brutality Claims

August 19, 2008

Local News from WJZ 13 via Yahoo! News

Maryland State Police say they have given prosecutors information from an investigation of prison brutality claims that led to the firing of 23 correctional officers.

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Terrorist mentor Aabid Hussain Khan jailed for 12 years

August 19, 2008

Telegraph News | Top News

The leader of a terrorist cell who downloaded information about the royal family has been sentenced to 12 years in prison.

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Vietnamese officials release Gary Glitter from prison

August 19, 2008

CTV Canada

Vietnamese authorities freed British glam rocker Gary Glitter on Tuesday after nearly three years in prison on child molestation charges, then moved immediately to deport him.

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Vietnam Releases Gary Glitter From Prison

August 19, 2008

FOX News / foxnewsonline@foxnews.com

Authorities freed British glam rocker Gary Glitter from prison in southern Vietnam on Tuesday, sending the convicted child molester into an uncertain future after nearly three years of confinement.

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World Briefing | Middle East: Israel: Prisoners to Be Released

August 19, 2008

New York Times

Israel said that it would free two prominent Palestinian prisoners among 199 inmates to be released as a good-will gesture to Mahmoud Abbas, the Palestinian president.

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Gary Glitter released from Vietnam prison

August 19, 2008

The Hollywood Reporter: Today's Most Viewed Articles / Associated Press

Former British glam rocker Gary Glitter was freed from a Vietnamese prison Tuesday after serving nearly three years for child sexual molestation, the prison chief said.

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Marian Wright Edelman: Sentencing Children to Die in Prison

August 18, 2008

The Huffington Post Full Blog Feed / Marian Wright Edelman

Ian Manuel was 13-years-old when he participated in a robbery attempt in Florida, leaving the victim with a nonfatal gunshot injury. Ian turned himself in...

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Fellow POW: I Remember McCain Telling Me The Cross Story. While We Were Still In Prison.

August 18, 2008

Ace of Spades HQ

Will it be enough to shut up Excitable Andy and other morons on the left? Who knows and who cares. Byron York called McCain's fellow POW Orson Swindle and got the story.

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Stanley Prison Doctor Accused Of Assaulting Inmates

August 21, 2008

Local News from WISC 3 via Yahoo! News

CHIPPEWA FALLS, Wis. -- A former physician at the Stanley Correctional Institution is accused of having sexual contact with inmates during physical exams.

'North Side Rapist' Gets 90 More Years In Prison

August 21, 2008

Chicago news, weather, sports, traffic and video from cbs2chicago.com

Mario Villa -- the so-called "North Side rapist" -- was sentenced Thursday to 90 years in prison for raping a 16-year-old girl, bringing his total sentence to 190 years for convictions on two of six ...

'Snitching' cameraman headed to prison

August 21, 2008

Security & Terrorism - UPI.com

BALTIMORE, Aug. 21 (UPI) -- The 35-year-old cameraman for the DVD "Stop Snitching" says he will spend 30 years in prison for his involvement with the Baltimore-based work.

Mortgage-fraud prison time for former Eagle Mountain mayoral hopeful

August 21, 2008

Salt Lake Tribune:Sports / dmeyers@sltrib.com (Donald W. Meyers / The Salt Lake Tribune)

Posted: 12:09 PM- PROVO -- A former candidate for Eagle Mountain mayor will be spending up to 15 years in prison for his role in a mortgage-fraud scheme.

Ex-deputy gets prison term for molesting inmates

August 21, 2008

Local News from Detroit News via Yahoo! News

A former Livingston County Sheriff deputy will serve 43 months to 15 years in prison after pleading guilty to sexually molesting three women prisoners while transporting them from the county jail to ...

Osbourne To Star In Prison Reality TV Show

August 21, 2008

IMDb News - WENN

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