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# behind-bars - Sunday 11 September, 2016
Irish photographer documents life inside notorious Uganda prison
Inmates at Luzira have access to spiritual seminars and counselling.
# behind-bars - Sunday 20 March, 2016
Paris attacker Salah Abdeslam spends first night in jail on charges of "terrorist murder"
Abdeslam is expected to be extradited back to France in “no more than three months”.
# behind-bars - Friday 18 March, 2016
Police in London respond after holding a child in custody overnight
A report published in the Evening Standard found that more than 7,500 children were detained overnight last year.
# behind-bars - Wednesday 23 December, 2015
Man who stormed Dutch TV station has jail term increased to 40 months
The man had originally been sentenced to 30 months in prison for brandishing a fake gun and demanding air time.
# behind-bars - Wednesday 19 August, 2015
Prison U-turn: Oscar Pistorius is staying in jail for now
The Olympian was scheduled to be released on Friday.
# behind-bars - Monday 3 August, 2015
Ibrahim Halawa has first 'human contact' with family in months
The 19-year-old from Tallaght has been held in Egypt since August 2013.
# behind-bars - Wednesday 15 July, 2015
CCTV captures Mexican drug lord's audacious escape from prison
He even had a motorbike waiting for him
# behind-bars - Wednesday 24 June, 2015
"I would trust him with my life" - Graham Dwyer's 'girlfriend' speaks of her love for the murderer
Victoria Andreenkova says she ‘doesn’t see him as a convicted killer’.
# behind-bars - Thursday 28 May, 2015
Man who raped and killed Jill Meagher to stay behind bars until he is 86 years old
Adrian Earnest Bayley won’t be eligible for parole until 2058.
# behind-bars - Wednesday 27 May, 2015
Prisoners in Irish jails are being forced to sleep on floors
Reports by the Prison Visiting Committees of eleven prisons have been released this morning,
# behind-bars - Tuesday 26 May, 2015
Boy (14) planned to bomb train station
In a second case, a 19-year-old (pictured) went on trial for supporting Islamic State.
# behind-bars - Thursday 7 May, 2015
Six stabbings in six weeks: Prisons are 'the most dangerous workplaces' in Ireland
The Prison Officers Association annual delegate heard that there has been six stabbings in six weeks.
# behind-bars - Wednesday 29 April, 2015
Ex-Premier League footballer jailed for two-and-a-half years for match-fixing
The former Bolton striker was found guilty of attempting to manipulate matches.
# behind-bars - Friday 9 January, 2015
Blogger receives first 50 of 1,000 lashes for insulting Islam
Raef Badawi has been behind bars since 2012.
# behind-bars - Tuesday 7 October, 2014
Carlos the Jackal to face new murder trial over 1974 grenade attack
The 64-year-old Venezuelan was once one of the world’s most-wanted militants.
# behind-bars - Friday 11 April, 2014
French lawyer convicted of murdering missing heiress after 36 years
The 76-year-old was sentenced to 20 years in his third trial for the killing of his then-mistress. Her body has never been found.
# behind-bars - Saturday 22 March, 2014
"If that's the way the cookie crumbles": Margaretta D'Arcy says she'll go back to prison if she has to
The veteran peace activist was released from Mountjoy women’s prison this morning. She’s due back before the courts on a separate charge in three month’s time.
# behind-bars - Tuesday 23 July, 2013
Ohio woman sentenced to five Christmases in jail
The former license agency employee pleaded guilty to accepting payments to falsify records for immigrants.
# behind-bars - Sunday 14 July, 2013
Irish prisons could - possibly - be getting wi-fi
Alan Shatter says there’s no way that prisoners will be given open access to the internet – but they may be able to use it for educational resources.
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Poll: Will you pay attention to the Seanad general election?
COUNTING IN THE Seanad general election will begin today despite the Covid-19 public health emergency.
Postal voting in the election closes today at 11am for the 43 seats on the five vocational panels and tomorrow at 11am for the six seats on the university panels.
There are 118 candidates seeking election to the vocational panels.
Counting of the votes begins this morning and is expected to continue until Friday 3 April.
So, today we want to know: Will you pay attention to the Seanad general election?
Poll Results:
No (5418)
Yes (2732)
I'm not sure / no opinion (267)
Share your story: voices@thejournal.ie
Opinion: Emergency Covid-19 legislation harks back to the Civil War, ‘the Emergency’ and the Troubles
By Conor Casey
Conor Casey of Trinity College says a challenge to the new legislation would be unlikely to succeed.
The Irish For: Kiltartanese and a passionate affair. The story of Galway's Lady Gregory
By Darach Ó Séaghdha - @TheIrishFor
Darach Ó Séaghdha follows the artistic path of one of Ireland’s most fascinating historical women.
Larry Donnelly: Kennedy vs Markey could be the last throw of the dice for the Irish American dynasty
By Larry Donnelly - @LarryPDonnelly
The Kennedy vs Markey battle is the distraction from Covid-19 we all need, says Larry Donnelly.
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