Following the release of a video showing him recruiting inmates for the Ukraine war, a Russian mercenary boss defended the idea of doing so. The leader of the Wagner organisation, Yevgeny Prigozhin, suggested that individuals who do not want to send prisoners to combat send their own children in their place.

Either prisoners fight in Ukraine, or your children, decide for yourself: Russian mercenary boss

US Secretary of State Antony Blinken is going to speak to Russian foreign minister Lavrov soon. The release of Americans detained is on the agenda.

WION Dispatch| Russia: Talks on with US over prisoner swap

Books behind bars: Bolivian prisoners to reduce jail time by reading

A Russian-state TV is showing videos of 2 British prisoners of war. They have sought Boris Johnson's help for a 'prisoner swap'. But, UK Minister Brandon Lewis has 'ridiculed' them by saying 'They shouldn't have been there'. Molly Gambhir reports.

Gravitas: British Prisoners of War seek Boris Johnson's help

To mark New Year holiday, Myanmar's junta government has started to release more than 1,600 prisoners on Sunday. These prisoners do not include political detainees, reports said.

To mark New Year holiday, Myanmar's junta govt releases over 1,600 prisoners, but not ‘political detainees’

Sketches smuggled out of Myanmar's prison tell horrible tale of country's most notorious jail - see pics

In one drawing, dozens of men sit crammed into a single room, hunched with their knees together, every inch of space occupied. In another, they lie back to back on the floor, their faces straining with discomfort.

Smuggled sketches offer glimpses into harsh Myanmar prison

Six Palestinian prisoners who made a daring escaping from an Israeli prison in September were formally indicted Sunday, Israel's justice ministry said. The men were charged with escaping from the high-security Gilboa prison in northern Israel while five others were accused of assisting them, a statement said.

Israel indicts Palestinian jail breakers

At least 100 people were killed and 52 injured in Ecuador prison after clashes broke out between rival groups in this complex. Two police officers tried to take the situation under control but were wounded by armed prisoners.

At least 100 people killed and 52 injured in Ecuador prison

Thousands of low-level criminals in the US were sent back to their houses when the coronavirus pandemic hit the world. These criminals were told to serve their time in form of house arrest now.

#KeepThemHome trends on Twitter as activists urge Biden to let prisoners stay at home

Syrian mother Umm Saeed was so desperate to find her two jailed sons she even sold the family furniture to pay "fixers", but a decade of deceit has left her no closer to the truth.

Syria 'fixers' cash in on despair of prisoners' families

Envoys from the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) called on Myanmar's junta to free all political prisoners and discussed implementing a regional 'consensus' to end turmoil since the February 1 coup, the regional bloc said.

Regional envoys urged Myanmar junta to free prisoners, follow agreement

Iraqi police were questioned Sunday after 21 prisoners escaped jail, the latest breakout to highlight failings in the country's security system. Ten of the escaped prisoners, all convicted on drug and terrorism charges, had been recaptured by Sunday afternoon after a manhunt was launched at dawn.

Iraqi police questioned after 21 prisoners escape jail

A number of Taliban prisoners who were released by the Afghan government as a condition for peace talks have taken up arms again, top official Abdullah Abdullah said Tuesday.

Some freed Taliban prisoners ‘returned to battlefield’: Afghan Official 

Twenty inmates were killed in a shootout with police during a prison breakout in Madagascar on Sunday, the justice ministry said. Scores of prisoners attacked guards with rocks and grabbed a gun as they tried to flee the Farafangana prison in the southeast of the Indian Ocean island, it said.

20 inmates killed in Madagascar prison breakout

The Afghan government has begun releasing the last Taliban prisoners from a final batch of 400 before they agree to start peace negotiations, a security agency spokesman said on Friday.

Fineprint: Afghanistan government begins releasing last 400 Taliban prisoners

Two prisoners escaped from an Italian prison and left a courtesy note to the guards saying that they would be back shortly, as per a newspaper reported on Tuesday.

Two Italian inmates escape prison; vow to return by 15 days

The Supreme Court on Monday said that prisoners convicted of or charged with offences having prison terms up to seven years can be given parole to decongest the jails because of coronavirus, reported news agency ANI.

Coronavirus: SC directs states, UTs to set up panel to consider release of prisoners on parole

Iran has released approximately 70,000 prisoners because of the coronavirus outbreak in the country, Iranian judiciary chief Ebrahim Raisi said on Monday, according to Mizan, the news site of the judiciary.

Iran releases about 70,000 prisoners because of coronavirus: Judiciary Chief

Ukraine and Russia are working towards a new prisoner exchange, just two days after swapping 200 captives, Kiev said Tuesday after leaders Vladimir Putin and Volodymyr Zelensky spoke on the phone.

Planning new prisoner swaps with Ukraine: Russia

US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said Wednesday he hoped for further dialogue with Iran to free prisoners but announced new sanctions as he vowed no let-up in pressure.

US imposes fresh sanctions on Iran, still hopeful for prisoner talks

The prisoner exchange between the Taliban group and the Afghan government has not happened yet, a source close to the group told Sputnik. President Ashraf Ghani on Monday announced that the government would release Anas Haqqani, Abdul Rashid and Haji Mali Khan in exchange for two lecturers of an American University.

Exchange of prisoners between Taliban, Afghan government yet to take place

Shocking video shows up Uighur Muslim prisoners shackled and blindfolded in Korla, Xinjiang, China

Shocking video shows hundreds of blindfolded and bound Uighur Muslims

Russians vote Sunday in local elections after weeks of opposition protests that led to the biggest police crackdown on dissent in nearly a decade. Elections take place after Moscow and Kiev carried out a long-awaited swap of 70 prisoners on Saturday, a deal hailed as a first step towards ending five years of conflict after Moscow's annexation of Crimea.

Russians go to polls after summer of protests

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