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Vanished without a trace: Inside the desperate search for US citizens disappeared in Syria

SPECIAL REPORT: Bel Trew joins those searching Damascus and other sites across the country for journalist Austin Tice and other American citizens who went missing under the brutal regime of Bashar al-Assad

The Independent UK

The Horror Of Saydnaya Jail, Symbol Of Assad Excesses

Saydnaya prison north of the Syrian capital Damascus has become a symbol of the inhumane abuses of the Assad clan, especially since the country's civil war erupted in 2011.

International Business Times

Father who set himself alight on indefinite jail term refused hospital care as family loses hope

Exclusive: IPP prisoner Thomas White, who has developed paranoid schizophrenia and psychosis after serving almost 13 years for stealing a phone, will not be transferred to hospital

The Independent UK

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Inmates Slit Man's Throat With Tuna Can Lid in Revenge for Brutal Murder of 10-Year-Old Daughter

Urfan Sharif, jailed for murdering his Sara, 10, was attacked in prison. Two inmates assaulted him in his cell on New Year's Day at HMP Belmarsh.

International Business Times UK

Police investigate reports of prison attack on Sara Sharif’s father

Urfan Sharif said to have received neck and face injuries in Belmarsh where he is serving life for daughter’s murder

The Guardian - UK

Families of Sicilian mafia victims fear return of freed mobsters

Most of the bosses, released from prison on furlough or for good behaviour, have never disavowed Cosa Nostra

The Guardian - UK

Father of Sara Sharif ‘attacked in prison’

Urfan Sharif was allegedly ambushed by two inmates at HMP Belmarsh armed with the jagged lid of a tuna tin, according to reports.

The Independent UK

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Elon Musk Says Labour Minister Jess Phillips Should Face Prison Over Grooming Gang Inquiry Block

Tesla CEO Elon Musk has said that Jess Phillips, a Labour Home Office minister, deserves to be in prison after it was reported that she blocked requests for a public inquiry into sexual grooming gangs in Oldham.

International Business Times UK

Weak Allegations of Shaken Baby Syndrome Keep Tearing Families Apart

Nick Flannery faces 12 years in prison for allegedly shaking his 2-month-old son. Child protective services are ignoring the other possible causes of his son's medical problem.

Reason

Former Prisoner Recalls Life-Changing Meeting With "Amazing" Princess Kate: "Saw Me as an Equal"

Francesca Fattore shared the "one thing that surprised" her about the Princess of Wales in a new interview.

Marie Claire

Paddy Hill obituary

One of the Birmingham Six wrongly convicted for the 1974 pub bombings in the city who spent 17 years in jail

The Guardian - UK

Why Tennessee is keeping its new execution manual a secret

A Tennessee correction spokesperson said that protocol is not a public record

The Independent UK

Notorious Rapist Who Held Daughter Prisoner for Years in Home Dungeon Demands House with Basement Upon Release

Austrian rapist Josef Fritzl is demanding a house with a basement ahead of a possible parole release after imprisoning his daughter in a cellar for 24 years.

Latin Times

Italy presses Iran for immediate release of journalist held in Tehran

Foreign ministry summons ambassador as Cecilia Sala reportedly tells family she sleeps on floor of prison cell

The Guardian - UK

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Govt amends prison manuals rules to address caste-based discimination

This reform follows the landmark Supreme Court judgment dated October 3, 2024, in the case Sukanya Shantha vs Union of India and others. Read further on Dynamite News:

The Guardian - UK

Dining across the divide: ‘He’s keen on punishing people for their crimes. It’s not something I believe in’

Can a former police officer and a medical student come to any agreement on prisons?

The Guardian - UK

Aleksey Bugaev: Russian footballer’s spiralling story ends with death in Ukraine

Once one of the most talented defenders in Russia, Bugaev opted to fight in war rather than serve long prison sentence

Radio France Internationale

Overcrowding in French prisons puts justice system under scrutiny

Overcrowding in French prisons is wosening each month, with new government figures revealing that facilities are housing nearly 81,000 inmates in spaces designed for about 62,000 people – forcing thousands to sleep on floor mattresses.

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Home destroyed, emergency declared in fire-hit state

Firefighters are continuing to battle a blaze that has destroyed a home and is threatening other properties as another emergency looms in a fire-hit state.

The Independent UK

New Orleans New Year's Day ramming is the latest attack to use a vehicle as a deadly weapon

Police say a person who drove a pickup truck at high speed into a crowd of people celebrating the new year in New Orleans was hell-bent on creating carnage

The Independent UK

Father-of-two on the run over indefinite prison sentence appeals to justice secretary to intervene

Matthew Booth has been recalled to prison multiple times for a crime he commited when he was 15, due to his IPP sentence

The Guardian - UK

Prisons in England and Wales record rapid rise in drones delivering drugs

Exclusive: tenfold increase in drone incidents since 2020 leads MPs to call for urgent action over security concerns

The Guardian - UK

Critic wrongly jailed by former president of Philippines hopes to return to politics

Leila de Lima enraged Rodrigo Duterte when she began investigating killings carried out during his ‘war on drugs’

The Independent UK

‘My brother died because of a false allegation’: Publican took his own life after indefinite jail term recall

Exclusive: Despite nine years successfully rebuilding his life, IPP prisoner Haydar Jefferies was hauled back to jail over a false allegation, his family says, before he took his own life amid a string of prison failures

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Missing You episode 2 recap: who else is being held prisoner at the farmhouse of horrors?

Missing You episode 2 reveals Rishi's fate, while Kat meets Brandon who throws her world upside down with a shocking new lead.

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