JAKARTA( Reuters)-A fire tore through an overcrowded block in a jail in Indonesia's Banten province

Built for 38 inmates there were 122, mostly imprisoned for drug-related offences, detained at the time of the blaze, which was one of the most deadly in Indonesia in recent years.... The initial death toll stood at 41, but three more prisoners who were suffering severe burns died overnight in hospital, Rika Aprianti, a spokeswoman from the prison department at the Indonesian justice ministry said on Thursday.... We talked about drug dealers and how they should be punished based on a final verd

The Ministry of Justice has revived plans for a mega-prison in the rural heart of James Cleverly’s constituency despite the Home Secretary’s past concerns about the proposal, internal government emails reveal. The documents, seen by The Telegraph, show that Ministry of Justice( MoJ) officials want to go “ full steam ahead ” with a contingency plan for at least one 1, 700-inmate prison on the former RAF base at Wethersfield, in the Braintree constituency.... The base is currently being used as a

The situation, authorities said, is now under control. Justice Minister Constant Mutamba called the attempted escape a “ premeditated act of sabotage ” and warned that perpetrators would be met with a stern response.... Conditions of detention across the country, Amnesty reported, “ remained appalling, ” with inmates suffering from a lack of drinking water and medicine.... She will be “ personally coordinating ” management of the crisis and has ordered prison officials to strengthen security,

Some prisons like one in Brescia reached a record 200%.In June 2021, Italian prisons had a “ real crowding rate ” of 113%.... But according to Scandurra, some of the guards seen on the video are not under investigation as it was impossible to identify them due to face masks and helmets." We need to introduce identification numbers for police officers.... That will be very important, for instance, in cases like this one," he said." Other measures, like the quality and the efficiency of the vide

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ALOR SETAR: Overcrowding at the Sri Impian Immigration depot in Bandar Baharu in the state could

The justice system is on the verge of" total gridlock"( Image: WalesOnline/ Rob Browne) Prisons are out of control with violence increasing and drug use rampant, Justice Secretary Shabana Mahmood has been warned.... For example, courts would not be able to try cases where suspects may be given prison sentences.” Committee chair Sir Geoffrey Clifton-Brown said: “ Lives are being put at increasing risk by the Government’s historic failures to increase capacity.... Despite the recent emergency re

tranches over the summer to ease chronic overcrowding in Scotland’s jails. But official figures have

early to ease overcrowding concerns are being sent back to jail after reoffending, according to a