Islamabad, June 18 (ANI): All the major and sensitive prisons in Balochistan have been put on high alert in the wake of threats by banned religious outfits.

London, June 16 (ANI): Barcelona ace Lionel Messi can avoid a prison sentence for alleged tax evasion if he admits to wrongdoing and pays a fine of 20 million pounds, according to a tax expert.

New Delhi, June 12 (ANI): Bailed Indian speedster, S.Sreesanth, is happy to be back and said on Wednesday that he wanted to forget the time spent in prison.

London, June 10 (ANI): A Chinese court has sentenced the brother-in-law of imprisoned Nobel Peace Prize winner Liu Xiaobo to 11 years in jail on charges of fraud.

London, June 6 (ANI): A UK man was sentenced to prison, after he tried to get a free meal in an Indian curry house by sprinkling his pubic hair on the remains of his lamb bhuna.

London, June 5 (ANI): About 150 former footballers are serving time in prison on charges ranging from crime, addiction to alcohol and gambling.

London, June 1 (ANI): Three times as many Muslims are in prison than 15 years ago in the UK.

Beijing, June 1 (Xinhua-ANI): As many as 31 Syrian inmates have been killed over the past two weeks due to the rebels' bombardment on the central prison of Syria's northern Aleppo city, the Britain-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said Friday.

Washington, May 28 (ANI): A 34-year-old man in the US accused of planning a coordinated suicide bomb attack on New York City subways in 2009 at the behest of senior al Qaeda operatives will serve life imprisonment in one of the most notorious prison in Colorado.

Washington, May 25 (ANI): President Barack Obama's speech on the use of drones and the fate of Guantanamo prisoners has been welcomed by two key countries affected by the policies - Pakistan and Yemen.

Karachi, May 24 (ANI): Pakistan released 45 Indian fishermen from a prison here on Friday.

Washington, May 22 (ANI): The Pentagon has asked Congress to give them more than 450 million dollars for maintaining and upgrading the Guantanamo Bay prison, which President Barack Obama wants to close.

London, May 22 (ANI): A right group has said the number of women and girls in Afghanistan imprisoned for moral crimes has risen by 50 percent in the past 18 months.

Mumbai, May 22 (ANI): Almost a week after he surrendered, Bollywood actor Sanjay Dutt was shifted out of Mumbai's Arthur Road Jail and sent to Pune's Yerwada prison late last night.

Patna, May 21 (ANI): Controversial former lawmaker, Pappu Yadav exited from prison in Patna after being acquitted by a court in the 1998 murder case of a regional communist leader.

Washington, May 20 (ANI): In a commencement address at Morehouse College, President Barack Obama said that he feels motivated that he is not in prison, and making young male graduates understand the racial issues and their responsibilities.

New Delhi, May 18 (ANI): The government has handed over a promised compensation of Rs.25 lakh to the family of martyred Indian prisoner Sarabjit Singh.

Sydney, May 17 (ANI): An Australian man has been sentenced to 45 years of imprisonment on grounds of raping and murdering Indian student Tosha Thakkar whose body was found stuffed in a suitcase.

Lahore, May 17 (ANI): The Lahore High Court has initiated judicial inquiry into the killing of Indian prisoner Sarabjit Singh by his fellow prisoners in Kot Lakhpat jail and has appointed Justice Syed Mazahar Ali Akbar Naqvi as the inquiry judge.

Washington, May 16 (ANI): A US judge has warned Osama bin Laden's son-in-law that a lawyer he hired to represent him on charges he conspired to kill Americans could end up in prison himself.

London, May 14 (ANI): A British Muslim peer Lord Ahmed has resigned from the Labour Party ahead of a disciplinary hearing on charges that he made anti-Semitic comments about a Jewish conspiracy.

London, May 14 (ANI): Prosecutors have said there is 'no doubt' former Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi had paid for sex with underage prostitute and abused his office to cover it up.

Cleveland, May 13 (ANI): The two brothers of Ariel Castro who had allegedly imprisoned and sexually abused three women for a decade inside a Cleveland house, have said they would have turned in their brother if they had known he was involved in the women's disappearance.

London, May 13 (ANI): The three women held as sex slaves for a decade are set to earn millions as TV shows scramble to land the rights to their story.

Washington, May 11 (ANI): Ex-military leader Rios Montt has been given a sentence of 80 years in prison on account of genocide after a two-month long trial in Guatemala city.