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Locked Up

# locked-up - Wednesday 30 January, 2013

From TheJournal.ie Caged

US couple arrested for locking daughter, 8, in a cage

The couple have been charged with child negligence after the girl, who has a developmental condition, was found in a home-made wooden cage in New Mexico.

# locked-up - Tuesday 16 October, 2012

From TheJournal.ie Locked Up

Damning report into St Patrick’s finds forced stripping, excessive force and intimidation

The latest report by the Inspector of Prisons has found systematic violation of the human rights of the offenders held in St Patrick’s Institution.

# locked-up - Sunday 10 June, 2012

From TheJournal.ie Prison

101 prisoners claimed social welfare despite being behind bars this year

The Department of Social Protection has been cracking down on the number of prisoners who claim social welfare benefits while in jail.

# locked-up - Friday 1 June, 2012

Behind bars: Mayweather turns himself in for 90-day jail term

50 Cent was on hand to give his friend some morale support. ‘He’ll be alright’, said the rapper.

# locked-up - Thursday 24 May, 2012

From TheJournal.ie Locked Up

John Lonergan: prison is not the way to deal with social welfare fraud

The former governor of Mountjoy said that prison should only be used as a last resort when somebody is a risk to society.

# locked-up - Saturday 28 April, 2012

From TheJournal.ie Young Offenders

40 per cent of prisoners in St Patrick’s are on protection

Prisoners at the institution, which houses offenders aged 16 to 21, are placed on protection when they are under threat from other inmates or pose a risk to the prison population.

# locked-up - Tuesday 13 March, 2012

From TheJournal.ie Locked Up

Guatemalan gets 6,060 year sentence over massacre

The 54-year-old was a former member of an elite military force involved in the killing of 201 people in a 1982 massacre during Guatemala’s civil war.

# locked-up - Tuesday 24 January, 2012

From TheJournal.ie Captive This post contains images

Woman locked in bathroom for 10 years is freed

The Palestinian woman (20), said she was locked up by her father from the age of 10. She said she survived by dreaming of seeing sunshine again.

# locked-up - Thursday 3 November, 2011

Spot Fixing

Pakistani trio jailed for cricket fixing scam

Salman Butt, Mohammad Asif and Mohammad Amir have been handed custodial sentences after they were found guilty of spot fixing.