15 inmates killed in new Ecuador jail massacre
At least 15 inmates were killed and 14 injured in clashes Tuesday at a prison in the Ecuadoran port of Guayaquil, the latest in a series of massacres blamed on a war between drug cartels...
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Man freed after 12 years at CJ鈥檚 intervention
After spending 12 years in Kashimpur High Security Central Jail despite a High Court acquittal, Shukur Ali, a man from Bikrampur of Munshiganj, finally walked free on Monday.
Man in jail for 12 years after acquittal
Shukur Ali, a man from Munshiganj, has been languishing in Kashimpur High Security Central Jail in Gazipur though the High Court in 2012 acquitted him of the charges for...
Jail Killing Day today
Jail Killing Day is set to be observed today marking the assassination of four top Awami League leaders in jail.
ICT sends former Savar ASP Shahidul to jail
The International Crimes Tribunal on Thursday ordered former additional superintendent of police Shahidul Islam, previously serving in Savar Circle, to be sent to Dhaka Central Jail over alleged crimes against humanity during the July-August student movement against discrimination...
Jail policeman suspended after prisoner commits suicide
A prisoner reportedly committed suicide in Brahmanbaria Jail on Thursday night.
Experts call for scrapping colonial laws to modernise prison system
Judges, lawyers, rights activists, and prison officials on Saturday called on the interim government to initiate the process of scrapping colonial-era laws and rules to modernise the jail system in Bangladesh.
Female inmate dies in Kashimpur Jail
A female inmate died after falling sick in Kashimpur Jail of Gazipur on Wednesday...
Prisoner dies in Dhaka Central Jail
A prisoner at the Dhaka Central Jail in Keraniganj, died on Friday morning after falling ill.
Ex-lawmaker Enamul beaten in prison
Former Awami League lawmaker for Rajshahi-4 constituency Enamul Haque took primary treatment at Rajshahi Medical College Hospital after he was reportedly beaten by fellow prisoners in Rajshahi Central Jail on Wednesday...
Four jail supers sent to forced retirement
As part of ongoing reshuffle in the prison of Bangladesh, the government on Thursday sent four district jail superintendents to forced retirement...
900 inmates still in聽hiding after jailbreaks:聽IG prison
The jail authorities on Tuesday said that 900 inmates out of 2,000 who fled breaking jails before and after the fall of Sheikh Hasina government were still roaming outside while the...
Parliament Lodges declared sub-jail for arrested Pak lawmakers
Pakistan national assembly speaker on Friday declared the Parliament Lodges Islamabad as sub-jail for the 10 lawmakers of Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf, arrested by the Islamabad police under...
Ex-IGP Shahidul sent to jail
A Dhaka court on Wednesday sent former inspector general of the police (IGP) AKM Shahidul Hoque to jail in a case filed over the murder of trader Abdul Wadud in the capital鈥檚 New Market area during the recent student-led mass uprising.
Dozens of inmates break out of Liberia jail
Forty-seven inmates broke out of a jail in central Liberia and authorities are undertaking 鈥榓ll necessary measures鈥� to capture them, the justice ministry said on Monday.
RAB arrests fugitive condemned convict
Members of Rapid Action Battalion on Sunday arrested a fugitive death row convict, who escaped from Kashimpur High Security Central Jail in Gazipur over a month ago, at a residential hotel in Kodda area of Gazipur city...
Shajahan Khan lands in jail over killing of youth
A court on Sunday sent to jail former shipping minister Shajahan Khan in a case filed over the killing of Abdul Motalib, 14, in Dhanmandi, Dhaka during the recent student-led mass uprising.
Regent鈥檚 Shahed freed after getting bail in 96 cases
Regent Group鈥檚 chairman Mohammad Shahed has been released from Dhaka Central Jail following an order by the Appellate Division of the Supreme Court...
鈥楾op terror鈥� Sweden Aslam freed from jail on bail
A top listed crimes suspect Sheikh Md Aslam alias Sweden Aslam, 62, was freed from Kashimpur High Security Jail in Gazipur Tuesday evening...
Jail break attempt leaves 129 dead in DRC
An attempted jail break at the Democratic Republic of Congo鈥檚 largest and chronically overcrowded prison this week has left at least 129 people dead, the interior minister...
Ansarullah Bangla Team chief Jashimuddin Rahmani freed on bail
Mufti Jashimuddin Rahmani, chief of banned outfit Ansarullah Bangla Team, walked out of Kashimpur Jail in Gazipur, upon getting bail on Monday...
9 to die, 5 get life-term jail for killing AL leader in Rajshahi
The Rajshahi Speedy Tribunal on Tuesday sentenced nine people, including a former union parishad chairman, to death and five others to life-term imprisonment in a case filed for killing an Awami League leader in 2022...
Inmates clash in Rangpur jail over killing of death row convict
The Rangpur central jail descended into chaos on Friday after a death row convict was killed leading to a clash between two groups of inmates....
UK court orders jail terms for social media posts
Prime minister Keir Starmer warned Friday that UK authorities must 鈥榮tay on high alert鈥� for more far-right riots, as courts issued the first jail sentences for online incitement during the recent disorder...
Gunfire erupts as prisoners try to stage jailbreak in Chattogram
Gunfire erupted when a section of prisoners tried to escape from Chattogram Central Jail on Friday afternoon, authorities said.
6 inmates killed in Jamalpur jail shooting
At least six inmates died as the army opened fire to prevent an attempted jailbreak at the Jamalpur district jail on Thursday...
Authorities must attend to jailbreak, violence
THE incidents of and attempts at jailbreak in a number of districts after the fall of the Awami League government on August 5 point to an alarming law and order. At least six inmates of the Kashimpur central jail in Gazipur were killed and about two dozens were injured as prison guards shot them when the inmates attempted to break free on August 7...
22 prisoners injured in clash at Gazipur jail
At least 22 inmates were injured after some prisoners of Gazipur district jail tried to revolt on Thursday.
6 inmates killed during Gazipur jailbreak attempt
At least six inmates were killed as they attempted to flee the Kashimpur Central Jail in Gazipur, while 209 of them managed to escape in the early hours of Wednesday...
596 inmates escape in Satkhira jailbreak, 200 surrender voluntarily
A total of 596 prisoners and detainees have escaped from Satkhira District Jail following an attack on the facility....