Prison Inmates

Guards strike, inmates set free at Norway prison

25 May 2012

OSLO (Reuters) - Convicted sex offenders and violent criminals were let loose from a Norway prison this week when guards went on strike, forcing authorities to free 52 inmates, officials said. "Some of these are prisoners convicted for violence, drugs, economic crime and sex crimes," Harald Aasaune, the manager of the Bjoergvin prison outside Bergen, said on Friday. "Bjoergvin is an open prison ...

Prison inmates go on hunger strike over badly washed plates

25 May 2012

DAUGAVPILS - Inmates in Daugavgriva Prison's Daugavpils sector have gone on a hunger strike over badly washed plates and utensils in the prison, as Aleksandrs Sabanovs from inmates' organization "Gara speks" (Power of Spirit) informed LETA.

Inmates May Soon Work Inside Central Ohio School District

25 May 2012

They've been sentenced to years in prison, but inmates may soon be working in and around schools in one Central Ohio district.