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Prison Service to assess need for protective vests after officers attacked

This comes after Hashem Abedi injured three officers with hot oil and homemade blades at HMP Frankland

The Guardian - UK

Gender ruling ‘could lead to trans prisoners getting seriously hurt’

The Supreme Court ruled on Wednesday that the definition of a woman in equality law is based on biological sex.

Evening Standard

Protective gear review for prison guards after Manchester bomb plotter attack

The Justice Secretary announced a snap review by the Prison Service to report back in the coming months.

Evening Standard

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Texas man convicted of two random murders could be tied to other shootings

Kevin Sheffield, 23, killed two people in the spring of 2022 and is serving a 50-year prison sentence

The Independent UK

Salvadoran President Plans To Double Size Of Infamous Mega-Prison Holding Hundreds Of U.S. Deportees: Report

El Salvador President Nayib Bukele is reportedly planning to double the capacity of the country's massive Terrorism Confinement Center

Latin Times

Gender ruling could ‘gravely affect very vulnerable prisoners’ – solicitor

As of March 31 last year, 10 prisoners were known to have a gender recognition certificate.

The Independent UK

How will UK judgment on legal definition of womanhood affect policy?

From the NHS, to sporting bodies and prisons, organisations will have to respond to supreme court ruling

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Myanmar junta releases almost 4,900 prisoners in traditional near year amnesty

Myanmar has been under military rule since February 2021, when its army ousted civilian leader Aung San Suu Kyi's elected government.

Euronews

Faith and festivity: The best Easter images from around the world in 2025

From chimpanzees finding treat-filled eggs to the Pope visiting inmates in a Rome prison, here are this year’s best Easter moments in pictures

Evening Standard

Your 9-to-5 Just Got Way More Interesting With These 50 Fun Finds

Monday morning energy hits different when your workspace looks less like a corporate prison and more like a personality-packed command center.

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Menendez brothers resentencing: Judge again delays bid for shorter sentence and possible parole

The Menendez brothers are behind bars for the 1989 murder of their parents

The Independent UK

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Reason

The murders at White House Farm: should Jeremy Bamber still be in prison?

Convicted in 1986 of killing five members of his family, he has always maintained his innocence. This week, new evidence could get him another day in court

The Guardian - UK

Killer died from head injury in prison, tests show as murder probe continues

John Mansfield, who was jailed for life in 2007 for murder, was found dead at HMP Whitemoor near March, Cambridgeshire, on Sunday.

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The Independent UK

Myanmar frees almost 5,000 prisoners in new year’s amnesty but no sign of Aung San Suu Kyi

Thousands released in holiday amnesty as Myanmar reels from civil war and a devastating earthquake

The Independent UK

AP PHOTOS: A look at the huge prison in El Salvador linked to US deportations

President Donald Trump’ s administration has acknowledged mistakenly deporting a Maryland man with protected legal status to a notorious El Salvador prison, but is arguing against returning him to the United States because of his alleged gang ties and the U.S. government’s lack of power over the Central American nation.

The Independent UK

‘Drug-dealing scum’ behind string of French prison attacks, claims minister

At least nine prison facilities and other affiliated institutions have been attacked

Al Jazeera

A nation behind bars: Why has Israel imprisoned 10,000 Palestinians?

For every Palestinian Israel freed in the ceasefire deal, it has apprehended 15 more.

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Radio France Internationale

France demands release of Russian journalists jailed after covering Navalny case

France has urged Russia to immediately release four journalists sentenced to long prison terms for their association with the late opposition leader Alexei Navalny.

The Independent UK

A California judge is set to decide whether the Menendez brothers deserve reduced sentences

A Los Angeles judge is set to listen to arguments this week over whether Erik and Lyle Menendez should receive reduced sentences

The Independent UK

El Salvador president vows to double size of prison holding US deportees

Donald Trump urged that the prison, which can hold up to 40,000 inmates, be expanded after he threatened to send American citizens who have broken the law

The Independent UK

Myanmar frees around 4,900 prisoners to mark traditional new year

The head of Myanmar’s military government has granted amnesty to around 4,900 prisoners to mark the country's traditional new year, but it wasn’t immediately clear how many were political detainees locked up for opposing army rule

International Business Times

El Salvador Becoming 'Black Hole' For US Deportees, Critics Fear

Rights groups are increasingly worried that El Salvador's notorious CECOT prison is becoming a "black hole" for the United States to rid itself of expelled migrants or other unwanted people with no legal consequences.

The Conversation

Federal judge finds ‘probable cause’ to hold Trump administration in contempt – a legal scholar explains what this means

A battle between the Trump administration and federal courts over the deportation of more than 100 immigrants to a prison in El Salvador intensified on April 16, 2025. U.S. District Court Judge James Boasberg released an opinion saying that he had “probable cause” to hold members of the administration in…

The Independent UK

White House enlists grieving Maryland mother in effort to blunt criticism for defying court order on mistaken deportation

Rachel Morin’s mother appeared in the White House briefing room to give an emotional account of her daughter’s brutal murder, as the Trump administration tries to change the narrative surrounding its deportation policies

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