ABC News has uncovered the site of one of the CIA’s secret European prisons: inside a fancy-pants horse riding school in Vilnius, Lithuania.
Prisons
Political snippets: Trouble in paradise for Libs and Nats
The Liberals and Nationals are on the verge of completely breaking down, more Aussies are behind bars, Perth ambulances have been left out in the cold, and a croc on the cover of the NT News? Must be Thursday.
World turns blind eye to North Korea’s labour camp abuse
The 200,000 prisoners in North Korea’s gulag subsist on a diet of corn and salt, live in rags, work 12- to 15-hour days and are regularly beaten and raped. So why aren’t the world’s leaders (or Bono) paying attention?
Madoff hires help to find the comfiest jail
Bernie Madoff has hired a “veteran prison consultant” to help find him the best possible prison in which to serve his 150-year jail term.
Madoff’s life in the clink
A great interview Alan Ellis, lawyer and author of the Federal Prison Guidebook about his surprise at Bernie Madoff’s 150-year sentence — and what happens next.
NT: “Unprecedented budget for unprecedented times”
High school amalgamations road improvements and prison funding gap give mixed results in the NT
‘s “unprecedented” budget.
Splitting hairs to flog off NSW’s prisons
By accepting the NSW Corrective Services portfolio, former NSW Unions secretary John Robertson has taken a poisoned chalice, writes Alex Mitchell.
GEO joins NSW privatised jail race
John Robertson is following in the former Treasurer’s footsteps by implementing the private management of jails in flagrant opposition to NSW Labor Party policy, writes Alex Mitchell.
Your Say: Daily Mail readers' feedback: Comments, corrections, clarifications, and c*ckups
Fairfax’s online tabloids … another scandal another “gate” … the republican debate … Belinda Neal … Babcock & Brown …
SA talks tough on prisons; contravenes UN Convention
Recent comments about prisons and prisoners by the SA government show a clear intention to flout its obligations under UN connections on human rights, writes Greg Barns.
Mental health a casualty in Long Bay hospital’s lockdown
Patients in the jail hospital will soon get only seven hours of freedom, writes Greg Barns.
Sadness in the Philippines’ “Happiest Prison”?
SBS’s Dateline program last night broadcast The Happiest Prison about the Philippines’ Cebu Prison, which recently entered the public consciousness after YouTube clips showed prisoners taking part in mass choreographed dancing. But is all as it seems? Cam Smith investigates.
