prisoners
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South Korea said Thursday it will recall its ambassador to Ukraine in response to a deepening diplomatic row over the transfer of North Korean prisoners of war to Seoul.
From Barron's ● Oct. 8, 2026
Kingdom, the administration has asked the court, on the emergency docket, to lift an injunction currently preventing it from implementing policies that seek to deprive trans prisoners of much-needed healthcare and social accommodations.
From Slate ● Oct. 6, 2026
Under the latest early release scheme, eligible prisoners can now be released on a community licence after serving one-third of their jail sentence.
From BBC ● Oct. 2, 2026
The union's general secretary Ian Lawrence questioned government pledges to increase probation staff to deal with the influx of released prisoners, telling the BBC he had "heard it all before".
From BBC ● Oct. 1, 2026
Several times I had watched columns of prisoners of war being marched along the streets in Dresden.
From "An Elephant in the Garden" by Michael Morpurgo
