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‘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”.

The Conversation

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.

Reason

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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

The Guardian - UK

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.

AAP

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.

International Business Times

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

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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 Independent 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

The Guardian - UK

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.

Euronews

Tommy Robinson released from prison after sentence reduced

The 42-year-old activist, real name Stephen Yaxley-Lennon, was filmed outside HMP Woodhill on Tuesday.

The Independent UK

Bearded Tommy Robinson released from prison after contempt of court sentence reduced

The far-Right activist, real name Stephen Yaxley-Lennon, was filmed outside HMP Woodhill in Milton Keynes on Tuesday

Evening Standard

Takeaways from AP report on Ukrainian POWs dying in Russian prisons

More than 200 Ukrainian POWs have died in Russian prisons since Moscow’s full-scale invasion three years ago

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The Independent UK

More than 200 Ukrainian POWs have died in Russian prisons. This is one soldier's story

More than 200 Ukrainian POWs have died in Russian prisons since Moscow's full-scale invasion three years ago

The Independent UK

Huge increase in prison officers investigated for relationships with inmates

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The Guardian - UK

Four former Volkswagen managers convicted of fraud in ‘dieselgate’ trial

Braunschweig court gives two former executives prison sentences for roles in emissions test-cheating scandal

The Independent UK

Surge in prison officers investigated over inappropriate relationships with inmates amid jails’ staffing crisis

Exclusive: Experts warn ‘teenagers with no work experience’ are being recruited into dangerous prisons after figures uncovered a dramatic surge in alleged inappropriate relationships

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21YO Woman Jailed In “Hideous” Dubai Prison Without Shower Was Warned Before Moving To UAE

"She hasn't had a shower in over a month."

The Independent UK

Ex-police chief behind bars for murder and rape makes prison escape in disguise

Surveillance footage shows Grant Hardin disguised in a ‘makeshift outfit’ as he fled the North Central Unit

PC Gamer

Oblivion Remastered player gets flung in jail for 20 million days just for some petty crime

The guards take theft seriously.

The Independent UK

German court convicts 4 ex-Volkswagen managers of fraud in emissions scandal

A German court has convicted four former Volkswagen managers of fraud and gave two of them prison sentences for their part in the manipulation of emissions controls

Latin Times

George Santos Says He Has Given Up On Seeking a Pardon From Trump And Will Go To Prison: 'I've Accepted My Fate'

Disgraced former congressman George Santos says he has given up on seeking a presidential pardon from Trump and has accepted he will spend seven years in prison

The Independent UK

Iran summons French diplomat over praise of Palme d'Or-winning film

Iran has summoned France’s representative in protest after the French foreign minister praised a prize-winning Iranian film as “a gesture of resistance against the Iranian regime’s oppression.”

AAP

Plans to build prison work camp at farming college

A territory government hopes to turn part of a university agricultural college into a prison farm work camp to help ease pressure on overcrowded jails.

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