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Bangladesh to free 1000 prisoners from overcrowded jails 
Yahoo Daily News
Yahoo Daily News
DHAKA (AFP) – Bangladesh is set to free nearly 1,000 long-serving prisoners to ease pressure on the country's crammed jails, a home ministry official said...
Bangladesh frees 1,000 prisoners to ease jail overcrowding
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Dhaka - Bangladesh on Thursday started releasing around 1,000 selected prisoners in a bid to improve the conditions in overcrowded jails, officials said. Inmates who have already served 20 years, and...
Bangladesh frees 1,000 prisoners to ease overcrowding in jails
Newstrack India
Newstrack India
Dhaka, Aug.21 (ANI): Bangladesh has freed nearly 1,000 prisoners to ease pressure on the country's crammed jails. The nation's 67 prisons...
Bangladesh Releases 1,000 Prisoners from Overcrowded Jails
Pravda RU
Pravda RU
Authorities in Bangladesh today freed 1,000 prisoners serving life sentences to ease the pressure on overcrowded...
Bangladesh frees 1,000 prisoners to ease jail congestion
Irish Times
Irish Times
FARIHA KARIM in Dhaka AUTHORITIES IN Bangladesh yesterday freed 1,000 prisoners serving life sentences to ease the pressure on overcrowded jails. Inmates in 67 prisons - including those serving multiple sentences - were...
ADDITIONAL JAIL-TERM FOR DAY-RELEASE PRISONER WHO ATTEMPTED TO SMUGGLE IN DRUGS
Herts Police
Herts Police
By South Beds News Agency A PRISONER on day-release from The Mount Jail at Bovingdon in Hertfordshire tried to smuggle cannabis and heroin back inside. Emmanuel Amoah, 24, was coming to the end of a nine-year sentence...
Bangladesh frees 1,000 life prisoners to cut jail overcrowding
The Guardian
The Guardian
• Families wait at gates as prime minister orders releases • 77,000 inmates in cells built for 28,000 people Relatives at the gates of Dhaka central jail after the Bangladesh authorities started freeing 1,000 inmates....
Prosecutors to appeal Khmer Rouge prison chief's jail term, saying it's too lenient
The Australian
The Australian
PROSECUTORS are appealing against the 30-year jail sentence handed to a former Khmer Rouge prison chief, arguing it is too lenient....
30 years' jail 'too lenient' for Khmer Rouge prison chief Kaing Guek Eav
The Australian
The Australian
PROSECUTORS are appealing against the 30-years' jail sentence handed to a former Khmer Rouge prison chief, arguing it is too lenient. Kaing Guek Eav,...
