News about prisons: events, facts and developments on tafs uz.
3 stories
The Supreme Court of the state of Victoria rejected the appeal of 54-year-old Andre McKechnie, who is serving a life sentence for murder and challenged the ban on Vegemite in force in prisons since 2006. He argued that the ban deprives him of the right to 'enjoy his culture as an Australian.' Judge Harris ruled that the law does not require providing inmates with products of cultural significance.
Otabek YusupovEight inmates died on Thursday as a result of two separate prison riots in the Ecuadorian provinces of Cotopaxi and Pichincha — four each in Latacunga and in the El Inca prison in Quito. Another ten people were injured and are receiving medical care. The authorities said they had identified the presumed participants in the unrest and plan to transfer them to the maximum-security El Encuentro prison in Santa Elena province.
Aziz KarimovAn unannounced inspection by Indonesia's ombudsman found more than 10 luxury apartments with air conditioning, refrigerators and even a golf simulator in Cibinong prison. Five officials were suspended, the prison chief was dismissed on October 5, and 10 unauthorized structures were demolished. DW examines why such scandals recur in the region and whether reforms are possible.
Otabek Yusupov
