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5 days ago · A prison or penitentiary holds people for longer periods of time, such as many years, and is operated by a state or federal government. A jail holds people for shorter periods of time or for pre-trial detention and is usually operated by a local government, typically the county sheriff.
3 days ago · Changi Prison, built as a maximum-security facility, housed up to 600 prisoners serving sentences longer than 15 months for crimes such as theft and attempted murder. The steel and concrete structure was enclosed by a high perimeter wall over 6m tall, making escapes virtually impossible. Four turrets, functioning as watchtowers, overlooked the ...
2 days ago · United States. Longest-serving prison inmate in the United States whose sentence ended in release. Sentenced to death for the murder of a nightwatchman during a robbery at a yacht club in July 1949, his sentence was commuted to life in prison in 1954, only two hours before his scheduled execution. [2]
1 day ago · 4 consecutive life sentences plus 35 years without parole. United States. Perpetrator of 2021 Atlanta spa shootings, in which 8 people were killed and one more was injured. However, this sentence is for conviction for shooting in Cherokee county, where 4 out of 8 victims were killed.
5 days ago · Gerardo dela Peña, said to be the country's oldest political prisoner at 85, walked out of the New Bilibid Prison a free man over the weekend, Bureau of Corrections director general Gregorio Catapang Jr. said. Catapang said Malacañang has commuted Dela Peña's sentence, which along with the prisoner's good conduct time allowance paved the way ...
5 days ago · A convict prisoner who has joined the Ukrainian battalion Arey trains to shoot from rifle at the polygon, in the Dnipropetrovsk region, Ukraine, Saturday, June 22, 2024. Ukraine is expanding its military recruiting to cope with battlefield shortages more than two years into fighting Russia’s full-scale invasion. (AP Photo/Evgeniy ...
5 days ago · Overcrowding, violence, sexual abuse, and other conditions pose grave risks to prisoner health and safety. Mistreatment of prisoners based on race, sex, gender identity, or disability remains far too common.
