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# Inmates

All time
'Everyone had to play their part': How Ireland kept Covid-19 out of its prisons
10 Jun 2020
17.3k
24
Six prisoners in Italy die from methadone overdoses during protest over Covid-19 measures
9 Mar 2020
41.5k
30
Irish Prison Service paid out €500k in loans to inmates over three years
14 Nov 2017
32.4k
85
Prisoners care for animals, including snake addicted to meth, as part of rehab programme
27 Aug 2017
10.2k
6
Five people died in prison custody last year
25 Jan 2017
5.9k
7
White House to transfer prisoners out of Guantanamo despite Trump's demands
4 Jan 2017
22.5k
57
60 inmates take over part of jail in Kent
22 Dec 2016
9.1k
8
Prisoner allegedly stabbed over argument about switching TV channels
20 Oct 2016
10.1k
Treatment of sick inmates in focus after death by heart attack of 65-year-old prisoner
23 Jul 2016
16.4k
50
Gang culture on the rise in Irish prisons as increasing numbers seek protection
27 Jun 2016
11.4k
17
Video shows inmates escaping from Canadian prison by helicopter
16 Mar 2016
17.2k
23
Prisoners can vote - so why don't they?
26 Feb 2016
18.3k
45
These are the countries that imprison the most foreigners
28 Jan 2016
26.6k
30
These are just some of the lethal homemade weapons seized in Irish prisons
6 Jul 2015
22.0k
38
Bus carrying 12 prisoners falls from Texas overpass onto train tracks
14 Jan 2015
14.4k
24
We've sent Romania a load of pregnant cows raised by prisoners
9 Nov 2014
13.9k
57
More than 100 injured in Florida jail explosion
1 May 2014
6.9k
1
Texas LGBT jail inmates now protected under new policy
15 Nov 2013
9.5k
26
Moving inmates from St Pat's to adult prison "won't make one iota of difference"
4 Jul 2013
5.3k
22
Former death row inmates fight capital punishment
12 Jun 2013
6.2k
12
Women prisoners line up fashion label
9 Jun 2013
8.4k
15
Atlanta jail tells inmates: We'll reward you if you can break out
22 Jun 2012
4.7k
10
Human rights court rules that prisoners should be allowed to vote
23 May 2012
3.1k
24
Almost 500 prisoners have absconded since 2008
10 May 2012
1.2k
9
Temporary release of prisoners 'reduces risk to the community' - Shatter
8 Apr 2012
4.7k
63
Most Honduras fire inmates were awaiting trial - report
16 Feb 2012
1.9k
4
Two prisoners fail to return after Christmas temporary release
5 Jan 2012
3.6k
28
In photos: Brazilian prison crowns Miss Penitentiary 2011
10 Aug 2011
2.1k
8
Investigation underway into Mountjoy fire
30 Jan 2011
1.0k