Instead of rubbing the gel into their hands, prisoners had been wrapping their lips around the dispenser outlets and consuming it only hours after the dispensers were installed.
A nearby hospital had recently removed the same gel after vagrants wandered in and began drinking it.
The rumors have come true. picked by suckersklub 6 months ago

Police have been told to show more respect to their prisoners: dim the lights at night, don't slam cell doors and serve tea, coffee or milk at least three times a day. picked by AutumnLotus 1 year ago

What sounds crazier? That economic stimulus checks were remitted to Massachusetts prisoners, or that the Social Security Administration asked them to return the cash. They're called criminals for a reason. picked by suebe 7 months ago

As part of a rehabilitation program, 20 some odd prisoners overseen by 2 guards shoveled sidewalks, crosswalks and bus stops after the biggest December blizzard in the city's history. picked by 2manyusernames 3 months ago

The mix-up was said to have happened after prisoners were given their special nightly menus and they saw that one of the options was a 'boiled ham sandwich'. Many ordered cheese sandwiches instead, but some claimed they were still delivered ham sandwiches and ended up eating them because they were so hungry. It was reported that lawyers estimated each inmate could receive as much £10,000 comp... read full post picked by AutumnLotus 2 years ago

Among them: "blows to [the] testicles;" "detention underground in total darkness for three weeks with deprivation of food and sleep;" being "inoculated … through injection with ‘a disease for dog cysts;’" the smearing of feces on prisoners; and waterboarding.
*lets shake it up a little bit* picked by bornbad 10 months ago

Facing a growing demand for transplants, the Beijing government finally conceded that abuses had taken place after years of allegations that prisoners and even young conscripts in its army were targeted for their organs. picked by nateebiinature 7 months ago

Six high-risk prisoners escaped a jail last summer after spending four months chipping a path to freedom with nail clippers and other makeshift tools. picked by AutumnLotus 1 year ago

More than 30 prisoners escaped from a jail in southeastern Guinea by using spoons to scoop a hole in the baked earth wall of their prison building which had been softened by rain. picked by AutumnLotus 2 years ago

An administrator of criminal case appeals in Louisiana committed suicide. According to his suicide note he killed himself because of guilt that, for 13 years, he had complied with a judge's order to deny, sight-unseen, all appeals filed by defendants who were acting without lawyers. In Louisiana, about 90 percent of appellants cannot afford a lawyer, and so he had denied 2,400 appeals, without the... read full post picked by VictorDoppelt 1 year ago

Here in the United States, four decades of drug war have had three consequences: 5x the rate of incarceration. Prisoners for drug crimes rose from 41k in 1980 to 500k today. Secondly, we have enriched criminals and terrorist and thirdly we have squandered resources. We spend 7x as much on fighting drugs than we do treating drug addiction. Something must change. picked by 2manyusernames 9 months ago

The U.S. Sentencing Commission, which sets guidelines for federal prison sentences, established more lenient guidelines this spring for future crack cocaine offenders. The panel is scheduled to consider today a proposal to make the new guidelines retroactive. picked by dollyllama 2 years ago

To save money and manpower, the Federal Bureau of Prisons has a unique way of transferring low risk inmates. They buy them a one-way bus ticket on Greyhound and send them unescorted to their destination. Since April 2006 they have transferred almost 90,000 prisoners this way.
Surprisingly, most inmates do make it to their destination. picked by bingo 10 months ago

President Barack Obama declared Wednesday he would try to block the court-ordered release of photos showing U.S. troops abusing prisoners, abruptly reversing his position out of concern the pictures would "further inflame anti-American opinion" and endanger U.S. forces in Iraq and Afghanistan. picked by muppet 10 months ago

Two New Zealand prisoners who were handcuffed together as they fled a courthouse foiled their own getaway when they ran to opposite sides of a light pole, slammed into each other and fell to the ground. Watch and laugh here picked by suebe 1 year ago

To activists concerned about AIDS and prisoners' rights, it's an urgent, commonsense step that should already be nationwide policy, yet their efforts have run headlong into a stronger political force. picked by DemureArt 2 years ago

California has decided to sanction gay sex within prison walls for the first time by allowing inmates to have conjugal visits with registered same-sex domestic partners. picked by AutumnLotus 3 years ago

Close to 200 prisoners will cycle around France next month, watched by scores of guards on bicycles, in the first penal version of the Tour de France, authorities said Monday. picked by AutumnLotus 10 months ago

Bosnian police have impounded a pigeon after discovering prisoners used it to smuggle drugs into one of the country's highest security jails, an official said today. picked by AutumnLotus 2 years ago

Prisoners dancing to the Black Eyed Peas picked by buddha 3 years ago