prisoner: search

LHC orders inquiry into prisoner's 'lip stitching'

LAHORE: Lahore High Court (LHC) Chief Justice (CJ) Sayed Zahid Hussain on Monday ordered an inquiry into the alleged lip stitching of an under-trial prisoner at the Lahore District Jail.

Prisoner mails himself to freedom

An inmate escaped from jail in Germany by posting himself out of prison in a giant FedEx box of dirty laundry.

Political prisoner declared dead in '95 returns home

(CNN) -- A man who was detained during Chile's "dirty war" in 1973 and declared dead in 1995 showed up in his old hometown very much alive last week, a human rights group in Santiago has announced.

Canadian prisoner, too fat for cell, released early

OTTAWA (Reuters) - Canadian prison authorities were forced to release a 450-pound (205 kg) drug gang member this week because he was too large for his cell, the Journal de Montreal newspaper reported on Wednesday.

Playstations, movies are prisoner perks

We welcome your comments on this story. Comments are submitted for possible publication on the condition that they may be edited. Please provide your full name. We also require a working email address - not for publication, but for verification. The location field is optional. Read our publication guidelines.

Early release for Lockerbie prisoner is rejected

LONDON: Scottish judges on Friday rejected a request by the only man convicted in the 1988 Lockerbie bombing, Britain's bloodiest terror attack, to be released early from jail to spend time with his family while he is treated for prostate cancer.

From suave rogue to federal prisoner: Raffaello Follieri

The handsome young Italian wooed and won them all during his five-year run as a high-rolling international con man. He squired the gorgeous Hathaway around the globe, boasted of his access to the Vatican, looked down on Manhattan from his $37,000-a-month Olympic Tower duplex.

NEWS: Mamma Mia! Amazon.co.uk's biggest selling DVD ever

Mamma Mia! has beaten The Star Wars Trilogy, The Pirates of the Caribbean and Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban to become Amazon.co.uk’s biggest selling DVD of all time.

Students, prisoners face off in chess

TRENTON, N.J., Nov. 20 (UPI) -- The seventh chess tournament between Princeton University and the New Jersey State Prison saw a surprising number of prisoner victories, participants said.

'Bike Hero' Video Clip Was Designed by an Ad Agency

Take a gander at the video above, and you'll see what appears to be one fan's obsession with Guitar Hero personified in an impressive combination of chalk, a bicycle, The Living End's "Prisoner of Society," and astonishingly well-timed LEDs. The setup is so elaborate we doubted its legitimacy when it first appeared, suggesting, "It could be a viral video released by Activision or a marketing company that works for them" in our GameVideos description.

Blogger's Health Deteriorates in Prison - Another Blogger Marks Second Anniversary in Prison

On 8 November 2008, the Arabic Network for Human Rights Information (ANHRI) released a statement expressing its deep concern about the harassment suffered by Kareem Amir in the Borg Al Arab prison in the Alexandria desert, and also about the sharp deterioration in the health of prisoner-of-conscience Mosaad Abu Fajr, who was unable to stand during a visit by ANHRI lawyers to the prison on 6 November.

Blogger's health deteriorates in prison; another blogger marks second anniversary in prison

(ANHRI/IFEX) - On 8 November 2008, the Arabic Network for Human Rights Information (ANHRI) released a statement expressing its deep concern about the harassment suffered by Kareem Amir in the Borg Al Arab prison in the Alexandria desert, and also about the sharp deterioration in the health of prisoner-of-conscience Mosaad Abu Fajr, who was unable to stand during a visit by ANHRI lawyers to the prison on 6 November.

Illegal phones seized

TEXAS - The number of contraband telephones and phone components uncovered during a systemwide lockdown of Texas' 111 prison more than doubled as the intense hunt entered a third full day Thursday. Officers had discovered 31 cell phones and 28 phone chargers in their shakedown prompted by a series of threatening phone calls made by a death row prisoner to a state senator.

Which Computer Books For Prisoners?

Brian D. writes "I've recently begun working with a group that sends books to prisoners in federal and state prisons. We try to match their requests as well as we can. One request that we consistently have trouble filling is for computer books. This is not for lack of books, but because the prisoners' requests tend to be vague and their computer resources are obviously severely limited. Keep in mind that we send prisoners all types of books — from gardening and landscaping to cooking and sailing — about topics they don't have the resources to experiment with. With basically one shelf devoted to books on computing, what types of books should I tell them we should keep? What are the best types of books to send a prisoner who requests a book on 'computer repair?'"

Search took 0.01 seconds.