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Authorities have shut down a controversial prison work camp south of Cairns and launched an investigation into claims by a former inmate that prisoners are living a life of luxury.

The UK's largest and most high profile women's prison is "extremely difficult to run safely and effectively", with almost six out of 10 inmates feeling unsafe at some point, inspectors said.

RCMP in Newfoundland and Labrador are conducting a manhunt after an inmate at the Marystown lockup escaped custody on the weekend.

The Japanese government opened up its execution chambers to the public for the first time on Friday, taking journalists on a tour of Tokyo’s main gallows. The insides were stark: a trapdoor, a Buddha statue and a ring for the noose.

Another day. Another analysis of doom. The report released today by the defence and security thinktank RUSI paints a picture of prison radicalisation on a mass scale, a "new wave" of home-grown terrorism and a dangerously complacent public.

Images of the unprovoked stabbing of a jail guard by a prisoner were shown in a Dartmouth provincial courtroom Thursday.

A guard is recovering from injuries after being assaulted by an inmate at Maple Ridge men’s prison in early August.

The death toll at Beggars’ Colony near Kamakshipalya has touched 29 as two more deaths were reported since Monday night.

An inmate of the Cebu Provincial Jail was allegedly mauled to death over his refusal to join a dance practice, a radio report said Saturday.

A man serving a 12-year sentence for manslaughter has absconded from a Derbyshire open prison.