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Ecuador ‘civil war’ crisis deepens as 130 prison guards are held hostage by inmates across five jails with some tortured and shot while civilians take up arms to defend themselves with violence erupting on the streets

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More than 130 prison guards and other staff are being held hostage by inmates in at least five prisons around Ecuador, which is descending into civil war amid a horrific escalation in gang violence.

Twisted videos circulating on social media showed how masked thugs delighted in subjecting prison staff to extreme violence, including being shot and hanging.

Terrified citizens meanwhile are resorting to taking up arms in an attempt to defend themselves, according to various reports on social media, as

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Former Oregon prison nurse found guilty of sexually assaulting 9 female inmates

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A former nurse at a women’s prison in Oregon was found guilty by a federal jury of sexually assaulting nine female inmates.

Tony Daniel Klein, 38, of Clackamas County, was convicted of 17 counts of depriving women of their constitutional right not to be subjected to cruel and unusual punishment by sexual assault, the Department of Justice said in a news release Tuesday.

“Tony Klein used his position of authority to prey on women in custody who were in a

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Is this America’s biggest miscarriage of justice? Chicago drops SEVEN convictions for inmates

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Two convicted of killing Malcolm X were wrongly held after FBI ordered to tell witnesses not to reveal they were informants

Malcolm X speaks to reporters in Washington, D.C., on May 16, 1963. He was  gunned down aged 39 on February 21, 1965 inside Harlem’s Audubon Ballroom during a rally

More than a half century after the assassination of Malcolm X, two of his convicted killers were last year formally exonerated after years of doubt about who was responsible for

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Supermax jail for the worst of the worst inmates reopens after massive expansion

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When alleged drug kingpin Mostafa Baluch arrives at Goulburn’s Supermax in coming days he might not like most of his fellow residents or appreciate the new surroundings. 

Australia’s most secure jail is a big step down in comfort from Baluch’s $4milllion home at Bayview on Sydney’s northern beaches, despite receiving a $12million renovation.

Baluch was arrested on the Queensland border on November 10 as he allegedly tried to flee the country after skipping bail on October 25 by cutting off

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