Prison-break movie “The Tomb” sounds pretty awesome.

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Schwarzenegger and Stallone Join Forces

IN THE FALL of 2010, the Obama administration acknowledged a shocking truth: From 1946 through 1948, officials working in Guatemala for the U.S. Public Health Service conducted tests on some 5,100 unwitting individuals and deliberately infected at least 1,300 with sexually transmitted diseases. None of the victims — who included prisoners, soldiers, the mentally ill and commercial sex workers — consented to this barbaric treatment. At least 83 people died, and many suffered permanent damage. Read full article > >

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Editorial Board: The U.S. must do more for Guatemala over STD study

The prison, the pub and other landmarks that influenced author

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VIDEO: Dickens’s London: Prison to the pub

A man charged with murdering a couple in their Birmingham home is found dead in prison.

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Murder accused found dead in cell

When things got tough, the people of this Southside hamlet made a hard decision. They welcomed into their midst the Mecklenburg Correctional Center , a sallow-trimmed building filled with murderers and rapists that promised to pump jobs and revenue back into the ailing economy. Read full article > >

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Town struggles to survive close of prison

Defense Secretary Leon E. Panetta said in a “60 Minutes” interview that a doctor who is now in prison worked with the C.I.A. to gain access to Osama bin Laden’s compound.

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The BBC hears accounts from prison inmates in Libya suggesting that supporters of former leader Col Gaddafi are being tortured in detention.

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New Libya torture claims emerge

The qualities of the bombastic, take-no-prisoners candidate are the same ones opponents cite in concluding that Newt Gingrich is too hot-headed and undisciplined to win the nomination.

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No More Nice Guys: Fans Love ‘Nuclear Newt’

More Americans older than 55 are being imprisoned, and many prisons are unprepared to provide them with health care, Human Rights Watch said in a new report.

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Older Prisoners Mean Rising Health Costs, Study Finds

A man is arrested in connection with a “well-orchestrated armed ambush” that led to a prisoner escaping from a van in Worcestershire.

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Man held after prison van ambush

A prisoner charged with murder over a fatal shooting escaped after a “well-orchestrated armed ambush”, Justice Secretary Kenneth Clarke says.

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Prisoner escapes after van ambush

The police officials were among 13 who stood trial for a prison massacre that occurred a week after the 2010 earthquake.

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8 Haitian Policemen Convicted in 2010 Prison Killings

BEIJING – Chinese writer and activist Li Tie was sentenced to 10 years in prison for “inciting subversion,” his family members said Thursday. Li is the third high-profile dissident handed a lengthy term in the last few weeks, part of a Communist Party crackdown ahead of a planned leadership change later this year. Read full article > >

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Another writer sentenced as China’s crackdown continues

‘Inspire’ sent to a prisoner.

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Jihadist Magazine Found At Gitmo

The furor over the pardons I recently granted as governor of Mississippi initially focused on numbers. I would like to set the record straight. People thought — incorrectly — that I had let 215 prisoners out of jail because the secretary of state reported that many people received clemency. Read full article > >

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Why I released 26 prisoners