• At debate, Joe Biden said to Google '1,000 prisoners freed Kamala Harris. (politifact.com)
  • This time, Biden tried to turn the tables on Harris for her attacks on his busing record , accusing her of failing to desegregate schools in Los Angeles and San Francisco during her two-term stint as attorney general of California. (politifact.com)
  • For starters, the scandal resulted in the district attorney's office dismissing or dropping about 1,000 cases, not "1,000 prisoners freed," as Biden said. (politifact.com)
  • Now, one of those prisoners has sued the Biden administration. (kunc.org)
  • So, why is the prisoner swap controversial for Biden? (wn.com)
  • The swap, at a time of heightened tensions over the war in Ukraine, achieved a top goal for President Biden but carried a heavy price - and left behind another American who has been jailed for nearly four years in Russia. (yahoo.com)
  • This is a day we've worked toward for a long time," Biden said from the White House, alongside Griner's wife, Cherelle Griner, Vice President Kamala Harris and Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken. (yahoo.com)
  • That translates to inmates being 6.4 times more likely to become sick due to an outbreak of a foodborne illness. (blogcritics.org)
  • State prosecutors said Wednesday that they intended to indict six prisoners who escaped Gilboa Prison earlier this month, as well as five other inmates suspected of helping them. (timesofisrael.com)
  • As part of the investigation, five inmates from Gilboa Prison were suspected of cooperating and helping the six prisoners escape," the police said Wednesday. (timesofisrael.com)
  • ITAHARI: The denial of eastern regional jail in Biratnagar to take in additional prisoners citing space crunch has left 39 inmates languishing in a number of police offices in Sunsari district. (thehimalayantimes.com)
  • Once upon a time, Connecticut prison inmates could get time off for good behavior. (hartfordinfo.org)
  • The lack of good-time incentives also eliminated one of the tools corrections officials could use to manage inmates. (hartfordinfo.org)
  • Inmates in Colorado, California and Louisiana can earn time off their sentences for getting disaster-relief and conservation training. (hartfordinfo.org)
  • Getting those folks out from behind bars as soon as possible can improve conditions for other inmates, freeing up prison space and giving corrections officials more time to work with convicts who are really working to help themselves. (hartfordinfo.org)
  • Over the years, more than 700 inmates have performed in over 70 plays, both professional works and ones penned by prisoners. (dailysabah.com)
  • In a typical prison sentence, even in solitary confinement , inmates are allowed recreation time for at least eight hours a week. (yahoo.com)
  • The direct risk to life because of the virus is particularly acute, as for the general population, for vulnerable prisoners (over 70's, underlying health conditions, and in women's prisons, pregnant prisoners). (gardencourtchambers.co.uk)
  • It is unclear at time of writing whether UK prisons will continue to be able to facilitate legal and social visits for much longer. (gardencourtchambers.co.uk)
  • Palestinian prisoners in several prisons, including Nafha prison, have reported in the past few days that they were threatened that family visits would be denied in retaliation for their participation in the hunger strike. (kommunistische-initiative.de)
  • Earlier in the day 20 prisoners from the Fateh party joined the open hunger strike, including the oldest Palestinian prisoner, Fakhri Barghouti, who entered his 34th year in Israeli prisons, and Akram Mansour, who has been imprisoned for 33 years and is quite ill with cancer. (kommunistische-initiative.de)
  • Other prisons have cells which make it easier to keep prisoners separated from each other. (npr.org)
  • Many prisoner advocates believe the novel coronavirus is spreading in prisons because they're too crowded and the state isn't testing enough people for COVID-19. (npr.org)
  • Crow said he moved prisoners out of several state and private prisons to help absorb the cuts. (npr.org)
  • Par conséquent, la mise en oeuvre rigoureuse de programmes de dépistage, d'éducation, de prévention, de soins et de traitement du virus de l'hépatite C et du VIH est très importante, tout comme l'évaluation des programmes de réduction des risques dans les prisons. (who.int)
  • This study examines the interactions between correctional officers and prisoners during transport between prisons, from the staff's perspective, based on a thematic analysis of 14 interviews with transport officers in Sweden. (lu.se)
  • Israeli prison officials told the prisoners that for each day they spent on hunger strike, they would be banned from family visitation for 1 month. (kommunistische-initiative.de)
  • After arriving at a Russian airport they were then met by Saudi officials as part of the biggest prisoner transfer in the war to date. (yahoo.com)
  • The case pertains to Michael Johnson, an inmate at the Pontiac Correctional Center who was held in solitary confinement for nearly three and a half years during which prison officials refused to allow him recreation time in the prison yard. (yahoo.com)
  • Russia freed the WNBA star Thursday in a dramatic high-level prisoner exchange, with the U.S. releasing Russian arms dealer Viktor Bout , U.S. officials said. (yahoo.com)
  • Just days after Eddie Warrior's outbreak was reported, officials found nearly every prisoner was infected. (npr.org)
  • Palestinian prisoners' hunger strike continues - now is the time for international solidarity! (kommunistische-initiative.de)
  • As Palestinian prisoners' hunger strike enters its second week , international solidarity is needed now, more than ever. (kommunistische-initiative.de)
  • The website mobilizing solidarity with the California prison hunger strike - where prisoners have also been denied legal visits, lawyers threatened, and retaliation used against prisoners - has also provided information in solidarity with Palestinian prisoners. (kommunistische-initiative.de)
  • During a family visit, Israeli occupation prison authorities confiscated the identity cards of the families of Palestinian prisoners Mahmoud Abu Wahdan and Raed Sayel. (kommunistische-initiative.de)
  • Israel and Islamist group Hamas have agreed to swap hundreds of Palestinian prisoners for the lone captive Israeli soldier Gilad Shalit. (telegraph.co.uk)
  • Rami Fadayel's parents, Rizik and Mona, at the Palestinian Prisoners' Solidarity Tent in Ramallah, 27 August 2004. (electronicintifada.net)
  • If you doubt me, Google '1,000 prisoners freed Kamala Harris. (politifact.com)
  • In just seven months' time, Tails of Nye County has managed to spay or neuter over 1,000 stray cats and personal pets in the Pahrump area with the help of funding from the Nye County American Rescue Plan Act Grant Program. (pvtimes.com)
  • The deal also outlined the release of up to 5,000 Taliban prisoners by the Afghan government in exchange for up to 1,000 Afghan security forces held prisoner by the Taliban. (whqr.org)
  • Around the same time, five Taliban detainees lodged in Guantanamo were flown from there to Qatar, whose ruler helped broker the deal. (indiatimes.com)
  • Negotiations for the prisoner swap have reportedly been going on for several months now, complicated mainly by US laws that restrict transfer of detainees from Guantanamo and the need to keep Congress in the loop. (indiatimes.com)
  • The detainees and prisoners said they were deprived of basic facilities and have demanded that they be relocated to the prison. (thehimalayantimes.com)
  • There are five detainees in Sunsari District Police Office, one prisoner and 13 detainees in Dharan Area Police Office, 10 detainees in Itahari Area Police Office, seven detainees in Duhabi Area Police Office and a prisoner and two detainees in Mahendranagar Area Police Office in Sunsari, Shreshta said. (thehimalayantimes.com)
  • Moreover, there is a lag between the arrests and the classifying people as political prisoners ( holod.media/2023/10/06/chislo-politzaklyuchennyh/ ). (eurasiareview.com)
  • Between 2015 and 2023, Davidis says, it has gone up five times, from 36 to 180. (eurasiareview.com)
  • CARACAS, Venezuela (AP) - The Venezuelan government freed 20 jailed activists Friday who opponents of the socialist administration considered political prisoners, human rights advocates said. (seattletimes.com)
  • The recent advent - and success - of PAS' Self-Help Toolkits and our first dedicated Family Law Outreach Clinic at HMP Bronzefield received notice in the December 2017 of Inside Time . (prisonersadvice.org.uk)
  • PFEIFFER: Your client, Majid Khan, is not the first Guantanamo prisoner to have sued over alleged unlawful imprisonment, and his case is unlike the others. (kunc.org)
  • In the Portuguese context, no studies focused on understanding the impact of imprisonment on prisoners' mental health. (bvsalud.org)
  • Courses run through the Prison-to-College Pipeline will be equivalent to a higher education degree course and incorporate "re-entry planning" for prisoners preparing to finish their sentence. (timeshighereducation.com)
  • By the time Ustinov received this hefty sentence for his offense of standing on a square and getting trampled, the "Moscow Case" had already spurred a widespread " Freedom for Political Prisoners" campaign. (hrw.org)
  • President Nicolas Maduro a day earlier called for some prisoners to be released during a speech celebrating his re-election as leader of the crisis-wracked country marked by shortages of food and medicine that have driven hundreds of thousands to flee into neighboring nations. (seattletimes.com)
  • Earlier this month, more than 120 former Prisoners of Zion, also known as refuseniks, and people who had fought to leave the Soviet Union for Israel, signed a petition supporting the overhaul. (timesofisrael.com)
  • They're also overrepresented in solitary confinement , and they are much more likely than other prisoners to commit suicide. (inthesetimes.com)
  • In addition, women prisoners participating in the hunger strike, Sumoud Kharajeh, Linan Abu Ghoulmeh, Duaa Jayyousi and Wuroud Kassem, were moved into isolation and solitary confinement, Linan Abu Ghoulmeh while under arbitrary administrative detention. (kommunistische-initiative.de)
  • The recent deaths in custody of two prisoners with mental health issues are not isolated incidents. (inthesetimes.com)
  • Serving prisoners are outside of the scope of the protocol we suggest below, which is intended for use by criminal defence barristers and solicitors representing remanded prisoners and for any criminal court considering bail and custody time limits during the coronavirus epidemic. (gardencourtchambers.co.uk)
  • Foro Penal's director, Alfredo Romero, said the government still holds more than 350 people who are deemed political prisoners by foes of Maduro. (seattletimes.com)
  • As The Times of Israel's political correspondent, I spend my days in the Knesset trenches, speaking with politicians and advisers to understand their plans, goals and motivations. (timesofisrael.com)
  • The proposed judicial overhaul dividing Israeli society and the Jewish People is also splitting a small group of Israelis who are profoundly familiar with injustice: Zionist former political prisoners in the former Soviet Union. (timesofisrael.com)
  • Since the start of 2014, Sergey Davidis says, the number of political prisoners in Russia registered by his Memorial organization has risen 1500 percent, from 40 to more than 600, with 419 of them having to do with religious persecution and 185 with political persecution. (eurasiareview.com)
  • The head of Memorial's Support Political Prisoners effort notes there are almost no data on those charged with treason or on Ukrainians now living in the occupied territories, given the difficulties of gathering information. (eurasiareview.com)
  • but in 2015, the number rose dramatically when Memorial included a new category of political prisoners, those persecuted for religious reasons. (eurasiareview.com)
  • The number of secular political prisoners has also grown over the last decade but far less rapidly. (eurasiareview.com)
  • The range of people who are now classified as political prisoners is very wide: from youths to pensioners, from the uneducated to the much schools, the unemployed to those with jobs, and increasingly not just men but an increasing number of women. (eurasiareview.com)
  • Now, accused of alleged drug trafficking and illegal possession of weapons, he expressed his concern about the situation of Nicaragua's political prisoners. (havanatimes.org)
  • Instead he sees the interests of several people neglecting somewhat the situation of political prisoners," assured Montenegro. (havanatimes.org)
  • Like most political prisoners, the Prosecutor's Office accuses Sergio Beteta of drug trafficking and illegal weapons possession. (havanatimes.org)
  • The Police maintain a constant siege at the homes of opponents, relatives of political prisoners and victims of repression. (havanatimes.org)
  • Bae has spoken with North Korean defectors about their own prison experiences, and says the regime treats its own citizens much worse than foreign prisoners, who are often used as political bargaining chips. (cbc.ca)
  • 1. Picket, protest or call the Israeli embassy or consulate in your location and demand the immediate freedom of Ahmad Sa'adat and all Palestinian political prisoners. (kommunistische-initiative.de)
  • One of the British prisoners of war released by Russia has described his brutal ordeal at the hands of their forces where soldiers jumped on his body and broke most of his ribs, leaving him so injured that there was blood in his urine. (yahoo.com)
  • Kick off the In These Times 47th anniversary celebration in style: Get your raffle tickets, for a chance to win a trip for two to Cascais, Portugal ! (inthesetimes.com)
  • Doctor Who's 50th anniversary celebration continues in Prisoners of Time, Vol. 3. (whona.com)
  • The prisoner class, especially in California, began to understand the age-old fascist principle: If you can divide, you can conquer. (sfbayview.com)
  • We need to act now to protect the rights and lives of prisoners who face two immediate risks a) from the virus if they are vulnerable to it and b) from violence within a prison caused by unrest in the event that staffing levels fall due to the coronavirus epidemic. (gardencourtchambers.co.uk)
  • Footage that emerged on social media late Thursday appears to show a Ukrainian prisoner of war being castrated by Russian fighters, igniting shock and outrage in Ukraine. (themoscowtimes.com)
  • The request has been made by the United States for the release of prisoners and it can be part of the negotiations but it cannot be a precondition," said Ghani. (whqr.org)
  • The needless padding comes from the actors repeating essential lines of dialogue two or three times - you know, because that's what real people do. (time.com)
  • There are a lot of people serving time in prison who don t need to be there, McGuire says. (hartfordinfo.org)
  • The show will air at 8-9 PM Pacific Standard Time and can be heard on Vancouver Cooperative Radio (CFRO) 102.7 FM live at that time for people in Vancouver, Canada. (kommunistische-initiative.de)
  • The Multiart festival was organized to combat stereotypes about people serving time in the penal system and to offer them a route to reintegration. (dailysabah.com)
  • The most common prisoners on remand were those accused of violence against another person or people accused of drug offences. (yahoo.com)
  • Throughout most of the pandemic the Department of Corrections has prioritized testing for prisoners who showed COVID-19 symptoms or potentially came into contact with infected people. (npr.org)
  • The Los Angeles Police Department will remove 150 officers from patrol and other assignments to deal with the fallout from a state-mandated plan to reduce prison overcrowding, a move that Police Chief Charlie Beck said will slow response times to 911 calls. (latimes.com)
  • Afghanistan's president publicly rejected the timeline for a prisoner swap with the Taliban on Sunday, just one day after the United States signed a peace deal with the militant Islamist group that proposes a March 10 deadline for an exchange of prisoners. (whqr.org)
  • January 2004 - Israel releases 436 Palestinian and other Arab prisoners in a deal with Hizbollah for the return of Elhanan Tannenbaum, an Israeli businessman, and three dead Israeli soldiers abducted on a border patrol in 2000. (telegraph.co.uk)
  • Oct. 2011 - Israel agreed a deal with Hamas that around 1,027 prisoners would be freed in exchange for Israeli soldier and tank crewman, Gilad Shalit , who has been held since 2006. (telegraph.co.uk)
  • In a two-stage deal, 477 prisoners will be freed, along with Shalit. (telegraph.co.uk)
  • 5. A great deal of time is spent in activites neces ary to obtain the substance (e.g. visitng multiple doctors or driving long distances), use the substance (e.g. chain smoking), or recover from its efects. (who.int)
  • 5. Preoc upation with substance use, as manifest by: important alternative pleasures or interests being given up or reduced because of substance use, or a great deal of time being spent in activites neces ary to obtain the substance, take the substance, or recover from its efects. (who.int)
  • Correctional officers aim to work stepwise in building alliances, understand the prisoners' perspective and use discretionary discipline in verbal interactions to avoid physical violence. (lu.se)
  • Do you think the difficulty of that task is enough of an excuse for why so many prisoners continue to sit at Gitmo, even though they've been cleared for release? (kunc.org)
  • However the urgent issues we raise are issues for the entire prison population and we therefore also raise concerns on behalf of serving prisoners within this section of the document and make suggestions in relation to emergency release provisions. (gardencourtchambers.co.uk)
  • But on Sunday, Afghan President Ashraf Ghani told a news conference in Kabul, Afghanistan, that a prisoner release was not a promise the United States could make, according to The Associated Press . (whqr.org)
  • Before Ghani announced his rejection of the prisoner exchange timeline, a State Department official told NPR both the numbers of prisoners and the timeline for their release are "aspirational" and will depend on "Taliban performance. (whqr.org)
  • His Highness Sheikh Dr Sultan bin Muhammad Al Qasimi, Member of the Supreme Council and Ruler of Sharjah, has ordered to release 194 prisoners from the Punitive and Reformative Institutions in Sharjah, based on their good conduct, on the occasion of Eid Al Adha. (gulfnews.com)
  • Lastly, if a prisoner may be coming up for release in the next few months please keep us informed. (prisonersabroad.org.uk)
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  • Some pro-Kremlin figures dismissed the castration video as fake, claiming that Ukrainian forces "were given a command to execute" Russian prisoners of war and "there are enough facts of torture and castrations of Russian servicemen. (themoscowtimes.com)
  • Any unnecessary increase, particularly within the vulnerable cohorts, of prisoners who contract the virus will add an unnecessary and avoidable strain to what is already anticipated to be an overstretched NHS. (gardencourtchambers.co.uk)
  • According to a recent report, by the Treatment Advocacy Center, a ​ " conservative estimate" of prisoners at Rikers with ​ " severe mental illness" put the number at 2 , 440 . (inthesetimes.com)
  • That's why we started the Times of Israel eleven years ago - to provide discerning readers like you with must-read coverage of Israel and the Jewish world. (timesofisrael.com)
  • last night, at the debuts of Steve McQueen's 12 Years a Slave and Denis Villeneuve's Prisoners , the assembled stars included Brad Pitt , Alfre Woodard, Jake Gyllenhaal, Hugh Jackman, Terrence Howard and Melissa Leo - all Oscar winners or nominees - joined by designated U.K. hunks Michael Fassbender (Magneto! (time.com)
  • Prisoner 155 avoids that by turning the entire book into a powerful morality tale (with Radowitzky's early years presented in the form of episodic flashbacks). (popmatters.com)
  • Rami, who is now 24 years old, was likewise absent from his own engagement party, which his family held for him on April 4, 2004, on the Day of the Palestinian Prisoner. (electronicintifada.net)
  • In the following chapters we will define areas which we, in the years of 2009-2014, dedicated most of our time and attention to, with the purpose of making the life conditions of senior citizens in our city better. (who.int)
  • He had worked for many years at an animal shelter, where the dogs, kenneled in cement stalls, barked loudly every time he walked by. (cdc.gov)
  • In multivariable models, HCWs years of service 11-20 years had 2.1 (95% CI: 1.5-3.0) times higher odds of being TST-positive and 1.6 (95% CI 1.1-2.5) times higher odds of QFT-GIT-positivity at baseline compared with those working 10 years. (cdc.gov)
  • The Seattle Times does not append comment threads to stories from wire services such as the Associated Press, The New York Times, The Washington Post or Bloomberg News. (seattletimes.com)
  • News worthy of your time. (axios.com)
  • During that period, guards passed Ballard's cell in the mental observation unit dozens of times, peering through the window in the steel door but never venturing inside - until it was too late. (inthesetimes.com)
  • Prisoners sent out of prison for treatment require guards, thereby further depleting prison officer numbers at a critical juncture. (gardencourtchambers.co.uk)
  • The annual pardon aims to enhance family cohesion and provide released prisoners with an opportunity to rethink their future and a start afresh. (gulfnews.com)
  • This document is intended to draw your attention to the serious risks to life that prisoners face during the Covid 19 crisis and to suggest ways to reduce them. (gardencourtchambers.co.uk)
  • I was very upset and not able to, you know, do anything else other than thinking about his family, and I was mourning with the family at this time. (cbc.ca)
  • A family-drama crime thriller, Prisoners fits the TIFF formula of artistic ambition plus star quality. (time.com)
  • Prisoners are being sent to isolation in increasing numbers, family visits are being denied, families threatened and identity cards conficated, lawyer visits denied, and belongings and clothing confiscated. (kommunistische-initiative.de)
  • During that time, their family had no word from them. (electronicintifada.net)
  • We can only send CFF funds if the prisoner is not receiving regular financial assistance from friends or family. (prisonersabroad.org.uk)
  • However, we do ask that you make it clear to a prisoner that, if they do not sign up, neither they nor their family will be able to get support. (prisonersabroad.org.uk)
  • The CCQDER staff conducted 45 cognitive interviews with English speaking adults (aged 18 and over) who had ever been arrested, convicted, or served jail time, or who had a spouse or family member who had ever been arrested, convicted, or served jail time. (cdc.gov)
  • Basically, if you didn t kill somebody while in prison, you could get your jail time slashed. (hartfordinfo.org)
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  • The Moscow Times is unable to independently verify the authenticity of the video. (themoscowtimes.com)
  • The minute-and-a-half-long video, which The Moscow Times has chosen not to republish, shows what appears to be a group of Russian soldiers or mercenaries using a utility knife to castrate the victim, who wears the fatigues of a Ukrainian soldier and is bound and gagged. (themoscowtimes.com)
  • It's been just devastating to see what happened with Otto Warmbier,' Bae, who was the longest held U.S. prisoner in North Korea since the Korean War, told As It Happens host Carol Off. (cbc.ca)
  • May 1985 - Israel releases 1,150 Arab prisoners in exchange for three Israel soldiers held by the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine-General Command. (telegraph.co.uk)
  • Two deaths on Rikers Island have raised concerns about the treatment of prisoners with mental health issues inside New York City's largest jail. (inthesetimes.com)
  • Kerick was responding to a report by the Associated Press that a prisoner with mental health issues had died after being left alone in a cell for seven days. (inthesetimes.com)
  • 14 states offer time off for participation in mental health and substance abuse treatment programs. (hartfordinfo.org)
  • The timing, frequency, and equity of mental health services in both the community and the jail setting deserves further research, investment, and improvement. (bvsalud.org)
  • China's ambassador to the U.K., Liu Xiaoming, struggled on Sunday to explain drone footage from the region of Xinjiang that appears to show prisoners with shaved heads shackled, blindfolded and being led to trains. (axios.com)
  • Then a strange thing happens where they are thrown into a mysterious place with a lot of unexplainable monsters along with other sentenced-to-death prisoners. (wikipedia.org)
  • The numbers of prisoners who are facing trial but have yet to be found guilty has reached a 50-year high, new figures show. (yahoo.com)
  • Your support through The Times of Israel Community helps us continue to keep readers across the world properly informed during this tumultuous time. (timesofisrael.com)
  • Where the FCDO can provide information and updates, Prisoners Abroad can spend more time providing emotional support and updates. (prisonersabroad.org.uk)
  • What if a prisoner does not want to sign up for Prisoners Abroad support? (prisonersabroad.org.uk)
  • A drama festival organized by the National Penitentiary Administration of Romania gives prisoners the opportunity to appear in theater productions overseen by professional directors. (dailysabah.com)
  • A lawyer who came to Asqelan to visit prisoners Ahed Abu Ghoulmeh, Allam Al-Kaabi, and Shadi Sharafa was banned from visiting the prisoners and informed that these three and all prisoners from the PFLP who are on hunger strike are prohibited from receiving lawyer visits. (kommunistische-initiative.de)
  • Com- America and unofficial reports from ditional consultations were possible at pared to those who are only infected the Islamic Republic of Iran reported any time between routine visits for any with HIV, coinfected individuals are at between 8.7% and about 90% in prison health problem. (who.int)
  • Under the new law, prisoners currently serving time for nonviolent and non-sex-related crimes will be kept in county jails instead of going to state facilities. (latimes.com)
  • A total of 6.5 million crimes were recorded in the 12 months to June 2022, up from the previous all-time high of 6.3 million in the year to March. (yahoo.com)
  • The reports of the human aspects of it, from forced sterilization to the re-education camps, are reminiscent of something we have not seen for a long, long time. (axios.com)
  • Shaun was chatting away to him about football for a long time and I was speaking to his assistant," Mr Harding told The Sun. (yahoo.com)
  • Because it took a long time to deliver the iron chelation medicine through John's port, his ability to exercise was compromised. (cdc.gov)