Clash over prisoners exposes power struggle
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The confusion yesterday over whether two &quot;high-value&quot; women prisoners being held in Iraq would be released has underlined the limits of the interim government&#39;s authority.
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Militants holding three hostages in Afghanistan are divided over what to do after issuing a series of deadlines and narrowing their demands, the BBC reports.
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The case of a painter on death row walks a thin line between 'murderabilia' and prisoners' rights.
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Supporters of four British prisoners being held in Guantanamo Bay today said they were appalled at the Government - s lack of progress in securing their release.
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Justice Secretary Jack Straw is to meet with prison officers&#39; leaders on Friday in an attempt to resolve a pay dispute which led to a one-day strike at many prisons across the country.
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Prison officers in England and Wales strike in a protest over pay, the association representing them says.
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democracy. Critics say it is a travesty of free choice in a country where thousands of dissidents are in jail and human rights abuses are said to.
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A fight broke out among inmates in a prison yard Friday, injuring 18 prisoners, three of them critically, prison officials said.
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Rival prisoners fought each other with knives and sticks Wednesday at a San Salvador jail, leaving at least 23 people dead and more than 24 others injured, police said.
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One is accused of punching an Iraqi prisoner. Another faces allegations that he kicked, choked and humiliated captives.
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Rival inmates fought each other with knives and sticks Wednesday at a San Salvador prison, leaving at least 31 people dead and two dozen injured, officials said.
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Two prisoners were killed and five  wounded on Wednesday when a fight broke out among hundreds of  detainees at Abu Ghraib prison near Baghdad, the U.S. military  said.
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Warring politicians face deadlock in the wake of ethnic violence that left 250,000 homeless
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The decision to seek the death penalty for detainees who will likely face war-crimes charges would present new challenges to a troubled system that has yet to begin a single trial.
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The fate of British hostage Kenneth Bigley has come to encapsulate the unbridgeable division between the political establishment and the democratic hopes and concerns of working people.
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The mock prison cell, the barking dog belonging to another protester, people asking names and ages.
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A brawl in a south Armagh pub several months ago has escalated into a row that could threaten to bring down Northern Ireland's fledgling power-sharing government.