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🇧🇷 G1 (PT)
National & Local

Commander of the prison unit of PMAM is arrested after police officers go missing during inspection

Major Galeno Edmilson de Souza Jales was arrested after it was revealed that over 20 police officers had left the military prison without authorization.

Mar 1 • 13:50 UTC
🇧🇷 G1 (PT)
National & Local

PM arrests and removes those responsible for the custody after detained police officers were not found during search in Manaus

The Amazonian Military Police arrested and dismissed officers in charge of the prison unit after finding that detained officers were missing during a routine inspection.

Feb 28 • 19:42 UTC
🇦🇺 ABC News AU
National & Local

Former NSW prison officers say system protects abusers and silences women

Former NSW prison officers claim that the system within Corrective Services NSW protects sexual abusers and silences female employees.

Feb 28 • 19:35 UTC
🇧🇷 G1 (PT)
National & Local

More than 20 military police officers imprisoned in a prison unit in Manaus are missing during a search after leaving the facility without authorization

Over 20 military police officers in Manaus were found missing after leaving their prison unit without legal authorization, prompting an internal investigation by the police.

Feb 28 • 00:53 UTC
🇧🇷 G1 (PT)
National & Local

Prison Police Vehicle Loses Control and Capsizes in Northern Piauí

A police vehicle overturned in Northern Piauí, Brazil, leading to minor injuries among the occupants including police officers and detainees.

Feb 27 • 15:02 UTC
🇧🇷 G1 (PT)
Crime & Justice

Police are targets of operation for suspected smuggling of cell phones to inmates in prison in MT

At least six people, including two prison officers, are being investigated for allegedly smuggling cell phones into a prison in Várzea Grande, Brazil, leading to a police operation.

Feb 27 • 14:15 UTC
🇧🇷 G1 (PT)
Crime & Justice

Justice removes 14 police officers and orders exhumation of inmate who died after inhaling pepper spray in MT

A judge in Mato Grosso has suspended 14 prison officers implicated in the alleged torture of inmates and ordered the exhumation of an inmate who died after inhaling pepper spray.

Feb 25 • 00:33 UTC
🇫🇷 Le Figaro
National & Local

Paris: two police officers convicted of diverting cocaine evidence sentenced to four and five years in prison

Two Paris police officers have been sentenced to four and five years in prison for substituting cocaine evidence with plaster or sugar paste.

Feb 24 • 17:36 UTC
🇮🇳 Aaj Tak (Hindi)
National & Local

3 prisoners escape from RS Pura observation home

Three prisoners, including two Pakistani nationals, have escaped from the juvenile observation home in RS Pura, leading to the suspension of six police officers for negligence.

Feb 17 • 15:01 UTC
🇨🇿 Aktuálně.cz
National & Local

The StB Officers Harassed Actor Töpfer. They Now Face Up to Ten Years in Prison

Four former State Security officers have been charged for harassing actor Tomáš Töpfer during the 1970s and 1980s in Czechoslovakia, with potential sentences of one to ten years in prison.

Feb 17 • 11:35 UTC
🇮🇳 Aaj Tak (Hindi)
National & Local

Where did the weapons come from in the case of minor Pakistani prisoners in Jammu?

Three minor prisoners, including two from Pakistan, escaped from a juvenile home in Jammu amidst gunfire, injuring two police officers as the search for the fugitives continues.

Feb 17 • 09:29 UTC
🇧🇷 G1 (PT)
Crime & Justice

After leaving prison, man is arrested for punching a police car, insulting, and threatening officers in Maceió: 'I want to shoot'

A man recently released from prison was arrested in Maceió for assaulting a police vehicle and threatening officers shortly after his release.

Feb 14 • 14:17 UTC
🇪🇸 El País
National & Local

Paraguayan Justice Convicts Three Torturers of the Stroessner Dictatorship 50 Years Later

Three former police officers have been sentenced to prison for torture committed during the Alfredo Stroessner dictatorship in Paraguay, marking a significant historical moment.

Feb 13 • 14:59 UTC
🇫🇷 Le Figaro
Crime & Justice

"Yellow Vests" beaten in a Burger King: six to twenty months of prison with a suspended sentence requested against nine CRS

Nine police officers face suspended prison sentences for the violent treatment of protesters in a Burger King during a Yellow Vests demonstration in 2018.

Feb 12 • 17:08 UTC
🇮🇱 Haaretz
National & Local

Prison Service Promotes: Guards to Receive Police Powers; Commissioner Opposes

Israel's Prison Service seeks to extend its powers outside of prisons to enable guards to perform roles currently carried out by police officers, facing opposition from Police Commissioner Dani Levi.

Feb 12 • 04:01 UTC
🇪🇨 El Universo (ES)
National & Local

More than 300 police officers raid a block of the Penitentiary to seize cell phones due to 'urgent action'

A major police operation involving 360 officers took place at the Litoral Penitentiary in Ecuador to obtain cell phones as part of an urgent judicial measure.

Feb 11 • 16:06 UTC
🇵🇱 Rzeczpospolita
Crime & Justice

Prison guards to answer for brutal beatings

Three former prison officers in Poland face charges for their involvement in the brutal beating of interned individuals during a protest at a detention center in 1982.

Feb 11 • 09:04 UTC
🇪🇪 Postimees
National & Local

The Estonian prison service gifted a transport bus used for prisoners to Ukraine

The Estonian prison service delivered a modified transport bus to Ukraine's prison service academy to aid in the training of prison officers.

Feb 9 • 08:42 UTC
🇫🇮 Ilta-Sanomat
Crime & Justice

A man in his thirties spat at a police officer in Lahti – will go to prison

A young man was sentenced to five months in prison for violently resisting an officer in Lahti after spitting on two police officers' faces.

Feb 6 • 19:11 UTC
🇧🇷 G1 (PT)
Crime & Justice

Inmate tries to escape from HPS, jumps from the 3rd floor during shower, but is captured in Juiz de Fora

A 34-year-old inmate attempted to escape from the Hospital de Pronto Socorro in Juiz de Fora by jumping from the third floor while showering, but was apprehended by prison officers and later returned to custody after being discharged from the hospital.

Feb 4 • 15:03 UTC
🇭🇷 Večernji List
Crime & Justice

Driving drunk with over two and a half per mille. Received 14 days in prison immediately

A 48-year-old Croatian woman was sentenced to 14 days in prison after being arrested for driving under the influence with a blood alcohol level exceeding 2.5 promille and threatening police officers during the arrest.

Jan 7 • 09:24 UTC
🇫🇷 Le Figaro
Crime & Justice

Marseille: 23 and 24 months of prison required against two policemen who assaulted a waitress and customers of a snack bar

The prosecution has called for 23 and 24 months of prison sentences for two Marseille police officers who admitted to assaulting a waitress and customers at a snack bar.

Jan 6 • 20:39 UTC
🇬🇷 Proto Thema
Crime & Justice

Police operation in Korydallos prison, mobile phones found

A police operation in Korydallos prison led to the discovery of mobile phones, conducted with the help of narcotics division officers and special forces.

Dec 30 • 19:19 UTC

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