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Gays and Lesbians can Obtain asylum in US on Grounds of Harassment and Abuse

I am happy because I don't have to live like a prisoner anymore in a society where no one is allowed to be different," says Gramoz Prestreshi, a slight, nervous man of 22 , originally hailing from Kosovo and now settled in US. He won his asylum case on the ground that as a gay he was being persecuted in...

Prison Healthcare Continues to Fail Despite Emergency Measures, Warns BMA

... crisis that is undermining prison healthcare and prisoner rehabilitation programmes, said the BMA today. T...lities. A prison doctor was unable to register a prisoner with serious mental health problems with a specialist mental health team because of confusion and de...

Paris' Sex Tape Comes Back to Haunt Her in the Slammer

...porn clip and title it 'One Night In prison'."'One prisoner said Paris should follow up her sex video with 'One Night in Prison,'" Daniel added....

Chronically Ill Prisoners Face Great Healthcare Problems

...lems they uncovered included an older, incontinent prisoner who had to use a bin bag to protect his mattress a... unlocked in the most serious circumstances. One prisoner told researchers he had to wait over an hour for staff to open the door after his cellmate hanged hi...

Convict Felled by Legionnaires

A prisoner from Ireland has reportedly succumbed to Legionnaires’ disease. // Jack Russell was admitted to Causeway hospital for treatment where a test revealed the presence of the bacteria Legionella pnuemophila, which causes the disease. Legionnaires' di...

Going Overboard With a Hand Sanitizer

...d, cantankerous and sermonizing//. Apparently, the prisoner had been consuming from a gallon of hand sanitizer which contained almost 70% alcohol. The alarm regarding abuse of hand sanitizers was not new, according to the chief of Maryland Poison Control Center, Dr. Suzanne Doyon, who has sought to raise aw...

Tihar Jail Gets De-Addiction Centre

...ious jails. Mr. Gupta also added that every new prisoner coming into the jail would be medically examined on the very first day, so that those with a history of addiction could receive treatment from day one. The drug addicts will be segregated from others and treatment plans for them would include deto...

'Hooded Horror': Death by Hanging

...of the ladder. It is a common practice to hood the prisoner before hanging, to minimise neck injuries and to d... known to occur. Suspension hanging involves the prisoner being raised into the air by means of a crane. Here too death is ushered in by strangulation. This m...

Scottish Prisons May Get Needle Exchange Programs

...seases like Hepatitis C and HIV. "If you look at prisoner surveys some say they have shared needles in prison. There will always be people who continue to take drugs in prison," a SPS spokesman told BBC. "If you're not going to change that behaviour and have people who are going to do this, we have a respon...

Prisoner Admitted In the Hospital Dies of Leukemia

... was the son of Kilapporur Thomas. Raj, a remand prisoner was released yesterday and was admitted in a very serious condition at the Kozhikode Medical College Hospital. Doctors at the hospital said that he was suffering from leukemia. Raj died on Friday evening and his body is kept in the mortuary....

British Court Rules In Favour of Free Treatment For Prisoners With HIV

...h appointment schedules being allowed for only one prisoner a day to receive pre-treatment counselling. The court has asked that the Department of Correctional Services to provide an affidavit to the court by 7 July about the steps that were being taken to make treatment available to all Westville prisoners...

Mental Health Court Established

...havior , that is the mental condition, so that the prisoner is able to lead a normal life....

Indian National in Saudi Jail will be released soon

...ed from the prison in the course of this week. The prisoner had been nailed on charges of causing partial blindness to a Saudi national. // This case has been in the International media glare for quite a while. Naushad’s release was decided after the victim, the Saudi National pardoned him for the injury c...

Reforms Required With Regard To Mental Health Facilities

... a doctor at some of them. It is even worse when a prisoner wants to see a dentist or an optician....

Woman prisoner in Bihar found HIV positive

Patna, July 18 (IANS) A woman prisoner in a Bihar jail was detected as HIV positive //and admitted to a government hospital for treatment. The 30-year-old, an under trial in Beur Jail here, was diagnosed as HIV positive at the Patna Medical College and Hospital this month. It is the firs...

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