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At least 51 dead in prison riot fire in Colombia: report

TEHRAN, Jun. 28 (MNA) –At least 51 prisoners died after a fire started during a prison riot in southwestern Colombian city of Tulua, head of National Prisons Agency said on Tuesday, one of the worst incidents of recent prison violence in the country.

Ecuador to pardon up to 2,000 inmates after prison riot

TEHRAN, Oct. 02 (MNA) – As many as 2,000 prisoners will be pardoned in Ecuador, the head of the country’s prison authority has announced, as Ecuador seeks to reduce overcrowding in its detention centres after a deadly riot this week.

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24 inmates killed, 48 wounded in Ecuadorian prison clashes

TEHRAN, Sep. 29 (MNA) – At least 24 prisoners were killed and 48 inmates were injured in a battle broke out between inmates equipped with firearms and grenades at a prison in “Guayaquil” city in Ecuador, officials said Tuesday.

36 Iranian inmates freed by UAE, return home

TEHRAN, Jun. 22 (MNA) – Over the past 3 months, 36 Iranians were released from prisons in Dubai and the northern emirates (Sharjah, Ajman, Fujairah, Ras al-Khaimah and Umm al-Quwain) and returned to Iran.

1,844 inmates escape after gunmen attack in S Nigeria

TEHRAN, Apr. 06 (MNA) – The Nigerian Correctional Service (NCS) said on Monday that 1,844 inmates escaped following an early hour gunmen attack on its custodial center in Owerri, the state capital of southern state of Imo in Nigeria.

China hands over 1st inmate to Iran within new agreement

TEHRAN, Feb. 05 (MNA) – The deputy justice minister said China has handed over the first Iranian prisoner within the framework of the agreement on the exchange of convicts between Iran and China.

Leader pardons, commutes sentences of convicts

TEHRAN, Mar. 17 (MNA) – Leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei pardoned or commuted the sentences of Iranian convicts on the occasion of Eids of al-Mab’ath, Rajab and New Iranian Year.