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UK’s most senior police officer criticises early prison release scheme

Mark Rowley joins head of MI5 and National Crime Agency in letter to justice ministry to say public could be at risk

The Guardian - UK

Met Police chief Mark Rowley issues stark warning over government plan to let out prisoners early

Sir Mark Rowley said his force spent huge resources on Tuesday hunting for 'machete attack' teenager released on bail in London

Evening Standard

Police carrying ‘scar tissue’ of austerity, says Met chief in bid for more cash

Sir Mark Rowley is one of six senior police officers who have publicly called on the Government to provide ‘serious investment’.

Evening Standard

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UK politics: minister defends Labour’s justice record after warnings of threat to public safety – as it happened

Housing minister says previous government left prison system in state of ‘criminal neglect’ amid warnings over early release plan

The Guardian - UK

Sadiq Khan backs calls to decriminalise some cannabis possession

Under current laws, cannabis is a class B drug and those found in possession face a fine or imprisonment

The Independent UK

Azerbaijan pardons French street artist jailed for painting graffiti on metro

Théo Clerc was submitted to “discriminatory treatment," according to French authorities, who have advised citizens against traveling to Azerbaijan because of the risk of “arbitrary detention and unfair sentencing."

Euronews

French surgeon who abused children for decades sentenced to 20 years in prison

Biggest child abuse trial in French history reveals decades of failures in medical oversight

The Guardian - UK

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Police chiefs call for ‘serious investment’ amid early prison release plans

Justice Secretary Shabana Mahmood has agreed to allow some criminals, including violent and sexual offenders, to be released early for good behaviour.

Evening Standard

Outrage erupts after Trump’s Chrisley pardon as critics condemn what it says about president’s regard for the law

‘In Trump’s America, crimes are celebrated and prison sentences are cut short,’ says Democratic influencer

The Independent UK

Men face prison for human smuggling after an Indian family of 4 died on the US-Canada border

Two men face sentencing in Minnesota on human smuggling charges more than three years after a family of four from India froze to death while trying to cross into the U.S. along a remote stretch of the Canadian border in a blizzard

The Independent UK

French court to deliver verdict in landmark child sex abuse case involving 299 victims

A verdict is expected in one of France's largest-ever child sex abuse cases

The Independent UK

Australia whistleblower who exposed war crime allegations loses bid to reduce prison sentence

Australian army whistleblower David McBride, who leaked allegations of Australian war crimes in Afghanistan to the media, has lost a court bid to have his prison sentence reduced

The Independent UK

What we know about the escape of a former police chief and convicted killer in Arkansas

Officials are scouring Arkansas’ rugged Ozark Mountains for a former police chief and convicted killer who escaped from prison over the weekend

The Independent UK

Dealer gets 19 years in prison for providing drugs that killed prominent NYC transgender activist

A New York City drug dealer who admitted providing the fentanyl-laced heroin that a killed prominent transgender activist has been sentenced to 19 years in federal prison

The Independent UK

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The Conversation

‘Chaotic, sometimes dangerous places’ – why successful rehab for prisoners on remand will be hard to achieve

Last week’s budget allocated NZ$472 million in new funding to deal with a growing prison population caused by greater use of prison remand and proposals to increase prison sentence lengths.

The Conversation

‘No support, no housing, no job’ – the vicious cycle pushing more women into prison

For too many women, prison is “as good as it gets”.

Reason

Overcrowding and Dysfunction Produced a Quiet Riot at a Miami Federal Prison Holding ICE Detainees

Half the elevators at Federal Detention Center Miami are broken. Immigrant detainees are kept on lockdown, and lawyers can barely reach their clients.

The Guardian - UK

The Guardian view on young offenders: amid rising violence, they need support to change

Editorial: Unsustainable levels of conflict across the prison estate require a stronger response than pepper spray

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AAP

High Court appeal on cards for war crimes whistleblower

A man jailed for leaking classified information that exposed allegations of Australian soldiers committing war crimes will make a last-ditch attempt at freedom.

International Business Times

Mexicans Face Wall Of Impunity In Search For Justice

From parents whose children were murdered or are missing to a man imprisoned for two decades with no sentence -- many Mexicans seeking justice feel they face a wall of corruption and impunity.

The Independent UK

French artist imprisoned in Azerbaijan due to graffiti is freed after 14 months

Authorities in France say that a French street artist who had been sentenced to three years in jail in Azerbaijan for painting a graffiti in the metro has been pardoned and freed

The Independent UK

Australian woman says she was deported after visiting her US army officer husband at Hawaii base

Nicolle Saroukos, 25, of Sydney, says she was held in federal prison overnight before she was deported

The Independent UK

Escape of ex-police chief known as 'Devil in the Ozarks' has Arkansas residents on edge

Authorities are searching Arkansas' rugged Ozark Mountains for a former police chief and convicted killer who escaped from prison on Sunday

The Guardian - UK

Young offenders at Midlands prison ‘dehumanised’ by violence, say mothers

Families share incidents of sons being slashed and afraid to leave their cells at HMP Swinfen Hall

Euronews

French court sentences ex-surgeon to 20 years in prison in country's largest sex abuse trial

Joel Le Scouarnec received the maximum sentence for multiple rapes and sexual assaults on minors.

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