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Photos of Danilo Cavalcante being captured by officers and face down in the woods, surrounded by officers and a K-9. (Source: US Marshals Serv…
Brittney Griner departed a medical military facility in Texas on Friday and headed home to Arizona, vowing in an Instagram post to play in the…
US soldiers from the 2nd Ranger Battalion surround German prisoners on June 6, 1944, on the Pointe du Hoc, located on a cliff that overlooks O…
COLOMBO, Sri Lanka (AP) � Sri Lankan police are investigating an incident in which the government prisons minister allegedly threatened to kill two ethnic minority detainees inside a prison. Lohan Ratwatte, state minister of Prison Management and Prisoners� Rehabilitation, resigned last week following a public outcry after he was accused of threatening to kill two
TEL AVIV, Israel (AP) � Israel has reopened a crossing with the occupied West Bank for the first time since six prisoners tunneled out of a nearby Israeli prison. The rare escape triggered a massive search before they were all recaptured. The military said the Jalameh crossing into the northern West Bank would be open
JERUSALEM (AP) � Israeli forces have arrested the last two of six Palestinian prisoners who escaped a maximum-security Israeli prison two weeks ago. The men surrendered after being surrounded in their hideout early Sunday, closing an embarrassing episode that exposed deep security flaws in Israel and turned the fugitives into Palestinian heroes. The Israeli military
CAIRO, Ga. (AP) � Jury selection has wrapped up in the trial of one of two Georgia prisoners accused of killing two guards more than four years ago. Prosecutors and defense attorneys finished choosing a jury Friday, and opening statements are set to begin Monday. Prosecutors are seeking the death penalty against Donnie Rowe in
COPENHAGEN, Denmark (AP) � Denmark wants to ban prisoners serving a life sentence from entering a romantic relationship, adding they “should not have the opportunity to spend time in prisons dating or advertising their crimes� on social media.  The move reportedly comes after Danish killer Peter Madsen engaged in a relation with a 17-year-old. In
COLOMBO, Sri Lanka (AP) � A Sri Lankan minister in charge of prisons has resigned following a public outcry after he allegedly threatened to kill two ethnic minority prisoners. Lohan Ratwatte, state minister of Prison Management and Prisoners� Rehabilitation, was accused of entering a prison in Anuradhapura north of  Colombo on Sunday and threatening to