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# Prisoners

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Column: Politicians have no place in deciding who gets freed from prison
Liam Herrick
23 Oct 2012
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Call for reforms to ensure "fair and transparent" early release of prisoners
23 Oct 2012
3.4k
38
Eight killed in Syrian prison mutiny
24 Jul 2012
1.3k
Brothers still missing from Roscommon prison
17 Jul 2012
4.4k
20
Amnesty fact-finding mission to Libya uncovers torture, killings
5 Jul 2012
2.4k
9
The Daily Fix: Wednesday
23 May 2012
4.8k
Almost 500 prisoners have absconded since 2008
10 May 2012
1.2k
9
Israeli court rejects hunger-strikers' appeal
8 May 2012
989
11
Shatter defends early prisoner release scheme
2 May 2012
1.9k
32
Poll: Do you agree with the early release of prisoners?
1 May 2012
3.7k
61
Prison officers: 'Prison service seems to ignore gang problem'
26 Apr 2012
1.8k
13
Families of homicide victims call for end of concurrent sentencing
21 Apr 2012
3.7k
15
Three prisoners serving sentence for homicide offences are 'unlawfully at large'
21 Apr 2012
3.8k
22
Temporary release of prisoners 'reduces risk to the community' - Shatter
8 Apr 2012
4.7k
63
Building a future: Brazil turns to prisoners, slave workers for World Cup projects
22 Feb 2012
439
1
TG4 to document Limerick man's help in KGB agent's prison break
30 Jan 2012
3.9k
7
Prisoners sew their own lips shut in Kyrgyzstan
29 Jan 2012
5.2k
14
MSF, Amnesty accuse Libyan authorities of torture
27 Jan 2012
705
6
Two prisoners fail to return after Christmas temporary release
5 Jan 2012
3.6k
28
Prisoners detained during unrest released in Syria
29 Dec 2011
859
Good Morning
The 9 at 9 Nine things to know this Christmas morning…
25 Dec 2011
4.4k
15
160 prisoners to be granted temporary release for Christmas
22 Dec 2011
2.6k
18
Number of prisoners on 23-hour lock-up drops
29 Nov 2011
1.3k
1
Negotiator called to Drogheda Courthouse after prisoner stand-off
25 Nov 2011
4.6k
28
Focus should be on better conditions - not more prisons
7 Nov 2011
535
17
UN calls for an end to solitary confinement as punishment
19 Oct 2011
394
8
Four adults found locked in a filthy basement in Philadelphia
16 Oct 2011
1.1k
24
Burma to release 6,300 prisoners
11 Oct 2011
152
Gilmore accepts US assurance of no rendition flights through Shannon
20 Sep 2011
698
19
Good Morning
The 9 at 9 Nine things to know this morning…
8 Aug 2011
3.1k
13
Prisons' Inspector criticises procedures for investigating prisoner deaths
30 May 2011
586
Column: Our degrading prison system is a shameful vision of the past
Abigail Rieley
28 May 2011
58
19
Two found dead in their prison cells but deaths not related
5 May 2011
1.1k
Good Morning
The 9 at 9 Nine things you need to know by 9am: Bad news for growth and jobs in Ireland; The royal wedding hangover; a television appearance by Colonel Gaddafi; the one year anniversary of Gerry Ryan’s death; and a race row hits French football.
30 Apr 2011
3.1k
Search continues for over 480 Afghan prisoners who dug their way out of jail
26 Apr 2011
460
3
Obama approves resumption of Guantanamo military trials
7 Mar 2011
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