Caught clean-handed: UK prison bans anti-swine flu hand gel after inmates use it to get drunkSeptember 24th, 2009 UK prison bans hand gel inmates used to get highLONDON — A British prison says a bunch of inmates have been caught with their hands clean — using hand sanitizing gel to get drunk. Peter McParlin of the Prison Officers Association says inmates were using it to make illicit alcohol.
16 injured as inmates set Kentucky prison on fireAugust 23rd, 2009 Burgin (Kentucky, US), - Rioting inmates set fire to a Kentucky prison in the US on Friday night-Saturday morning, damaging six buildings and causing minor injuries to eight staff members and eight prisoners. A spokesperson for Kentucky Department of Corrections said that no one had been admitted to hospital as a result of the disturbance at the medium security Northpoint Training Center.
Eight killed in Venezuela prison brawlAugust 19th, 2009 CARACAS - At least eight people have been killed and five injured in a brawl among inmates at an overpopulated prison in the southern Venezuelan state of Bolivar, a prison watchdog group has said. The incident occurred at the Vista Hermosa prison early Tuesday morning when a gunbattle broke out among the prisoners, Humberto Prado, the head of the Venezuelan Prison Observatory, told Union Radio.
Hundreds hurt in 11-hour California prison riotAugust 10th, 2009 Los Angeles (US): A 11-hour riot, at the Reception Center West at the California Institution for Men in Chino, about 40 miles east of Los Angeles, on Saturday night and Sunday morning, has left 250 prisoners injured and 55 being admitted to hospital. Black prison gangs fought Latino gangs in hand-to-hand combat; the New York Times quoted the prison authorities, as saying.
Former Guantanamo detainees launch group to help released, current inmatesJuly 29th, 2009 Ex-detainees launch Gitmo inmates' rights groupGENEVA — Former Guantanamo Bay detainees have launched an organization to help released inmates return to normal life and to lobby for the release or trial of those still held at the U.S. military prison, one of the founders said Wednesday.
Ponzi king Madoff in danger of being beaten up by fellow inmatesJuly 20th, 2009 NORTH CAROLINA - Ponzi king Bernard Madoff, who has been convicted of committing a fraud of 60 billion dollars, is in danger of being beaten up by fellow inmates at a North Carolina federal prison, where he is currently imprisoned. Reportedly, fellow inmates at the federal prison were discussing beating Madoff to boost their jailhouse reputations.
Prison officer charged with supplying porn to inmatesJuly 12th, 2009 MELBOURNE - A prison officer, who allegedly supplied pornography to inmates at a prison farm near Beaudesert, Australia, is under investigation. The police and Queensland Corrective Services raided the Palen Creek Correctional Centre to find two portable memory sticks that allegedly contained pornographic images, in the prison officer's locker, the Courier Mail reports.
UK prison opens West End style restaurantJuly 3rd, 2009 LONDON - A West End style restaurant called "The Clink" has opened up inside Her Majesty's Prison High Down. iners can eat a two-course meal at the prison restaurant in Sutton, Surrey, for six pounds, reports The Telegraph.
Obama's food taster upsets chefsJune 9th, 2009 LONDON - Chefs at a top Paris restaurant were upset when US President Barack Obama sent his personal food taster into the kitchen to test his meal. The incident occurred at the chic La Fontaine de Mars restaurant.
Welcome to the Japanese restaurant where waiters are monkeys!May 26th, 2009 LONDON - How about visiting a restaurant for dinner, and being greeted by monkey waiters!
Kayabuki restaurant in remote countryside of Japan is flocked with guests from all over Japan who come to see its "monkey" staff. The most popular monkey is six-year-old Fuku-chan who greets guests and brings them hot towels at the end of their meal.
Virgin Mary appears in food griddle at Las Palmas restaurant!May 1st, 2009 MIAMI - A restaurant in the small town of Calexico on the California-Mexico border has attracted a lot of diners after the image of the Virgin Mary was reported to have appeared on the food griddle. After the restaurant's cook reported the sighting of Our Lady of Guadalupe, restaurant manager Brenda Martinez revealed that there have been more than 100 people who have visited the place to have a look at the image.
Posh celebrates 35th b'day sans BecksApril 19th, 2009 LONDON - Former Spice Girl Victoria Beckham celebrated her 35th birthday with her three young sons. While her soccer ace husband David Beckham is in Milan, Posh took her boys - Brooklyn, 10, Romeo, six, and Cruz, four, her sister, parents and niece Liberty to dinner at a Hollywood restaurant, reports the Mirror.
Jack Tweed plans to open restaurant in Jade Goody's honourApril 10th, 2009 LONDON - Jack Tweed is reportedly planning to open a high-class restaurant in honour of his late wife Jade Goody. The restaurant, to be opened in Essex, will serve "international cuisine" and the menu will reflect late Big Brother star's taste in food.
Russell Crowe 'prefers chicken tikka massala to posh hotel food'April 9th, 2009 LONDON - Russell Crowe reportedly turned down the option of having posh hotel cuisine in favour of a local curry house in Surrey. The 'Beautiful Mind' star was said to have visited the Mogul, in Bagshot, siz times in two weeks while staying at plush Pennyhill Park Hotel.
Posh wants to shed 'miserable' tag for fashion successApril 6th, 2009 LONDON - Victoria Beckham has had too much of her image as pouting Posh, and she now wants to get rid of her "miserable" tag, so that her fashion label doesn't get affected. The former 'Spice Girls' star has claimed that her snobbish image could foil her bid for fashion stardom.
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