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All posts tagged "inmates"

• Vietnam suspends 4 guards after inmate on death row becomes pregnant

  HANOI, Vietnam (AP) — Four prison guards in northern Vietnam have been suspended for alleged negligence after a female inmate, on death row for drug trafficking, became pregnant, which means her death sentence will be commuted to...

  • Posted February 15, 2016
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  Kidnapped cab driver recalls ordeal with California inmates

  WESTMINSTER, Calif. (AP) — A 74-year-old California taxi driver expected to die when an escaped jail inmate put a gun to his stomach and kidnapped him. But on Wednesday, the driver instead thanked the man for saving...

  • Posted February 3, 2016
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  Authorities: 1 of 3 fugitive inmates arrested in California

  SANTA ANA, Calif. (AP) — Police arrested one of three violent fugitive inmates on Friday after he told a woman in the same city where the jailbreak occurred a week ago that he wanted to surrender, authorities...

  • Posted January 29, 2016
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  Harvard’s prestigious debate team loses to NY inmates

  BOSTON (AP) — Months after winning a national title, Harvard’s debate team has fallen to a group of New York inmates. The showdown took place at the Eastern New York Correctional Facility, a maximum-security prison where convicts...

  • Posted October 6, 2015
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  Good news: Inmates with carpentry skills build chair for pope’s prison visit

  PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Pope Francis will have a nice place to sit when he meets with Philadelphia prisoners next month. Inmates in the city’s correctional system have been working for the past couple of weeks on a...

  • Posted August 26, 2015
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