In jail articles
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Houston County to pay over $200,000 for jail upgrades
DOTHAN, Ala. (WDHN)—The Houston County jail is one step closer to getting what some are calling much-needed upgrades to the jail's security systems. On Thursday, the Houston County Commission announced the jail received a grant from ADECA worth over a million dollars. While that grant covers most of the costs, the county will pay over []
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Ondo court jails teenager 14 years for rape
An Ondo State High Court sitting in Akure, has sentenced a 17-year-old boy, Jibola Fakologbon, to 14 years imprisonment for assaulting and raping a student.
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Jailed Guatemalan journalist to AP: ‘I can defend myself, because I am innocent’
GUATEMALA CITY (AP) — José Rubén Zamora has spent nearly two years locked in a dark 16- by 13-foot cell in a Guatemalan prison, allowed only one hour a day in the sunlight. The journalist’s money