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Soldier stand guard outside a prison where inmates were killed during a riot that the government described as a concerted action by criminal organisations, in Guayaquil, Ecuador February 23, 2021. REUTERS/Vicente Gaibor del Pino

Ecuador raises death toll from prison riots to 79; police chief warns of new riot

Several of Tuesday’s confrontations took place in maximum security areas of the Guayaquil and Cuenca prisons

Police set up barricades outside the offices of the Forensic Medicine and Forensic Science institute after the bodies of several inmates, who died after a riot broke out at a local prison, were brought in, in Cuenca, Ecuador February 23, 2021. REUTERS/Fabiola Cedillo

Prison riots in Ecuador leave 62 dead

Sri Lankan government soldiers in protective clothes prepare to spray disinfectant inside a railway station in Colombo, Sri Lanka, Wednesday, March 18, 2020. For most people, the new coronavirus causes only mild or moderate symptoms. For some, it can cause more severe illness, especially in older adults and people with existing health problems. AP Photo/Eranga Jayawardena

Sri Lanka frees prisoners after pandemic sparks deadly jail riot

South Korea sentences leader of sexual blackmail ring to 40 years in prison: Yonhap

South Korea sentences leader of sexual blackmail ring to 40 years in prison: Yonhap

A woman prisoner teaches fellow inmates and their children at a central jail in Mardan, Pakistan, November 8, 2018. © 2018 Saba Rehman/AP Photo via Human Rights Watch.

Poor conditions rife in women’s prisons in Pakistan

Illustration: Asifur Rahman

How about social distancing in prisons?

MP Papul to remain in prison for now

MP Papul to remain in prison for now

Upto three years in prison for not wearing face mask in Qatar

Upto three years in prison for not wearing face mask in Qatar

In this photo, inmates of Tihar jail, the largest complex of prisons in South Asia, enjoy a show of music and dance during a musical evening at the prison in New Delhi, India. AP Photo via UNB.

Rise in virus cases in crowded Indian jails prompts concerns

The exterior of the Marion Correctional Institution where there have been positive cases of the coronavirus disease (Covid-19) in Marion, Ohio, US, April 22, 2020/Reuters

In four US state prisons, nearly 3,300 inmates test positive for coronavirus; 96% without symptoms

The US prison system could incubate the coronavirus, which is already spreading quickly throughout the world/ Reuters

Spread of coronavirus accelerates in US jails and prisons

HC verdicts on Khaleda’s bail pleas Tuesday

Three dozen cases Khaleda Zia faces

Members of the Mexican National Guard stand atop a vehicle as they keep watch outside the prison after sixteen inmates were killed and five were wounded in a prison fight at the Regional Center for Social Reintegration in the town of Cieneguillas, located on the western flank of state capital Zacatecas, Mexico December 31, 2019. Photo:Reuters

Sixteen inmates killed in Mexican prison fight, scarring troubled system