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'Do not approach': Convicted killer who escaped prison spotted in Glasgow

A convicted killer who escaped from prison recently has been spotted on CCTV in Glasgow.

The National (Scotland)

Assaults on prison staff reach highest level in a decade

Some 10,605 assaults on staff in male and female jails were recorded in the period up to December 2024, at a rate of 122 per 1,000 prisoners.

Evening Standard

China jails most writers in the world for sixth year in a row

Iran named as one of the worst offenders for jailing mostly women writers protesting against suppression

The Independent UK

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Trump-appointed judge orders government to ‘facilitate’ return of another deported asylum seeker sent to El Salvador

The case of a 20-year-old Venezuelan man could tee up yet another legal battle as the administration fights to keep Kilmar Abrego Garcia imprisoned

The Independent UK

Use of pepper spray authorised at young offender institutions in England and Wales

Decision by Shabana Mahmood, the justice secretary, means Pava spray could be used on children as young as 15

The Guardian - UK

Pope Francis' final act of mercy: €200,000 donation to juvenile prison in Rome

The official responsible for charity and prison pastoral care in Rome has described how the pontiff gave a massive sum from his personal account.

Euronews

France to seize drug users’ phones in crackdown on prison attacks

France will start seizing drug users’ phones across the country as part of a crackdown on gangs blamed for a wave of prison attacks. The move expands a trial in Bayonne aimed at stopping deals made through encrypted messaging apps.

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More than 10,000 attacks on prison staff last year in grim new record

Number of assaults on prison staff last year up 15 per cent on the year before

The Independent UK

Raymond McCourt: Convicted murderer flees open prison as public warned not to approach

Raymond McCourt, 59, was reported missing from HMP Castle Huntly near Dundee on Tuesday

The Independent UK

Brickbat: Come at the King

Paul Chambers, an American academic, faces up to 15 years in prison for insulting Thailand's monarchy under the country's strict… The post Brickbat: Come at the King appeared first on Reason.com.

Reason

Murderer who strangled 79-year-old widow, then called sex chat lines, dies in prison

Gareth Dack was labelled ‘perverted and disgusting’ for the brutal murder

The Independent UK

Teenage Suspect In Attack On Rabbi Sentenced To 16 Months In Prison

A teenager who attacked a rabbi in a central French city was sentenced to 16 months in prison by the juvenile court on Wednesday, after a long day of hearings in which he denied responsibility.

International Business Times

He fought to stop the forest being felled. The price was 30 years in prison for a murder he says he did not commit

The UN has called the detention of Pablo López Alavez ‘arbitrary’, while human rights organisations say his sentence is part of a systematic and alarming pattern of criminalisation of Mexico’s environmental activists

The Guardian - UK

Alabama to execute man who asked for his death sentence to stop ‘wasting everybody’s time’

The prisoner will join approximately one in ten people on death row in America who ask for their own executions

The Independent UK

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The Conversation

Provocative, progressive and fearless: why Beatrice Faust’s views still resonate in Australia

Beatrice Faust is best remembered as the founder, early in 1972, of the Women’s Electoral Lobby (WEL). Women’s Liberation was already well under way. Betty Friedan had published The Feminine Mystique in 1962, arguing that many women found life as a full-time housewife and mother unfulfilling. With prevailing social assumptions…

The Guardian - UK

Police launch manhunt after convicted murderer flees open prison in Scotland

Raymond McCourt, 59, was reported missing from HMP Castle Huntly in Dundee at 5.30pm on Tuesday

Evening Standard

Police hunt convicted killer missing from Scottish prison

Raymond McCourt, 59, was reported missing from HMP Castle Huntly.

Latin Times

Democratic Lawmakers Who Traveled to El Salvador Say They Didn't Get Proof of Life for Deported Venezuelan Makeup Artist

Four House Democrats who traveled to El Salvador have requested proof of life for Andry José Hernández Romero, a 19-year-old Venezuelan asylum seeker deportee who is supposed to be detained at the CECOT maximum security prison.

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Inside Australia’s Most Chilling Prison Feud Between Two Women Too Dangerous to Cross Paths

Two of Australia’s most infamous female inmates are caught in a terrifying feud so intense, prison officials have slapped them with a strict non-association order.

Latin Times

Man Told Young Girl 'This Is What Big Girls' Do Before Showing Her Porn, Assaulting Her: Judge

A British man who showed his young victim pornography before sexually assaulting her has been convicted and sentenced to 16 years in prison for his crimes.

The Guardian - US

Families of detainees in El Salvador and Venezuela decry Bukele’s prisoner swap offer

Salvadorian president denounced as ‘tyrannical’ as he floats trading 252 prisoners with fellow authoritarian regime

The Independent UK

Paddleboard guide who led 4 people to their deaths on Welsh river imprisoned for 10 years

A former Welsh police officer who led four people to their deaths in the worst paddleboarding tragedy in the U.K. has been sentenced to 10.5 years in prison

The National (Scotland)

Scottish private prison faces prosecution after inmate’s Covid-19 death

Scotland’s top law officer has instructed the criminal prosecution of a private prison over allegations of failing to manage the medical care of…

The Independent UK

Family welcome prosecution of private prison where inmate died of Covid-19

Calum Inglis, 34, was found dead in his cell at HMP Addiewell in West Lothian on October 24, 2021.

The Independent UK

Oscar winner Mark Rylance joins fight to stop music festivals turning London park into ‘prison camp’

Local campaigners argue summer festivals are causing long-term damage to Brockwell Park as they launch legal action against Lambeth Council

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