13-10-16 The warden of the prison felt sorry for one of his inmates because every weekend on Visitor's Day, most of the prisoners had family members and friends coming, but poor George always sat alone in his cell. So one Visitor's Day, the warden called Geo...

13-09-08 Ariel Castro, the man who has been sentenced to life in prison for holding three Cleveland women captive for a roughly decade before their rescue this year, was found hanged in his cell and is believed to have committed suicide, Ohio officials said....

13-08-22 Former Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak is to be put under house arrest following a court order to release him in a corruption case, officials say. 埃及官员称，前总统侯塞尼穆巴拉克贪污案的法院判令公布，他将获释但会被软禁家中。 Hosni Mubarak has appe...

13-07-31 A university student in the US city of San Diego has received $4.1m from the US government after he was abandoned for more than four days in a prison cell, his lawyer said. 美国城市圣地亚哥的一位大学生被困在一间牢房之中超过4天，他因此获得美国政府410...

13-07-25 At least three prisoners have been killed during a riot in the main prison in Ivory Coast's biggest city of Abidjan, officials say. 科特迪瓦最大城市阿比让内一座大型监狱发生暴乱，至少三名囚犯被杀。 One inmate told the BBC the riot began after guards...

13-06-08 There was once a tailor, who was a quarrelsome（喜欢吵架的） fellow, and his wife, who was good, industrious（勤勉的） , and pious（虔诚的） , never could please him. Whatever she did, he was not satisfied, but grumbled and scolded, and knocked her...

13-04-16 An Egyptian court has ruled that ex-President Hosni Mubarak should no longer be held over the killings of protesters during the revolution that toppled him. 埃及某法院裁定，前总统侯塞尼穆巴拉克不会因杀害抗议者而遭到拘谨。 Hosni Mubarak appeared in c...

13-03-18 Two inmates have made a daring escape from a prison in Canada by climbing up a rope into a hovering helicopter. 加拿大某监狱两名囚犯通过绳索爬上一架悬停直升机，冒险越狱。 Officials at the St-Jerome prison, near Montreal, said the inmates fled at abo...

12-10-23 Six Italian scientists and an ex-government official have been sentenced to six years in prison over the 2009 deadly earthquake in L'Aquila. 意大利六名科学家与一名前政府官员因2009年拉奎拉大地震而被判入狱六年。 A regional court found them guilty of m...

12-08-21 A riot in a prison in Venezuela has left at least 20 people dead, officials say. 委内瑞拉某监狱内部发生暴乱，造成至少20人死亡。 The riot occurred at the Yare I prison in Miranda state, the prisons minister Iris Varela told state TV, adding that the...