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Prisoner bailed on suspicion of murder of fellow inmate

Nottinghamshire Police said the 20-year-old serving prisoner had been arrested after the death of his 49-year-old fellow inmate at HMP Five Wells.

Evening Standard

No pardons for prison torturers, says Syrian rebel leader

Abu Mohammed al-Jolani says HTS group will ask countries to hand over Assad regime officials who flee

The Guardian - UK

Fights at Tennessee prison kill 1 inmate and injure 5 others

A Tennessee inmate has died and five others were injured after fights erupted at a privately run state prison

The Independent UK

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Homeland Security Agents Forced Ex-Prisoner to Sell Seized Drugs as Side Hustle: FBI

Two Department of Homeland Security agents in Utah have been arrested for allegedly forcing a confidential informant to sell bath salts.

Latin Times

Syrians flock to morgues looking for loved ones who perished in Assad's prisons

Many bodies have been found in Syrian detention centers and prisons since President Bashar al-Assad's government fell

The Independent UK

Venezuelan Prison Gang Tren De Aragua Spreads To North Dakota

Venezuelan prison gang Tren de Aragua expands to North Dakota, with members arrested for theft and hacking activities in the U.S.

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‘To cough was to risk death’: the artist who mapped Syria’s Sednaya prison with testimonies from its survivors

As an artist and audio investigator, I interviewed people who had been imprisoned in a building where sound and vision were weaponised. So what should happen to this monstrous place now it has been liberated?

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Serving prisoner admits part in Kinahan gang arms cache plot

Peter Keating entered his pleas by video link from Belmarsh prison in south London.

Evening Standard

Babies are being used to smuggle drugs in to prisons, experts warn

MPs were warned of deaths in prisons

The Independent UK

Drugs brought in to prisons in children’s nappies, MPs told

Prisons minister Lord Timpson said the use of drugs in jails needs to be seen as a public health problem.

Evening Standard

Ecocide bill to jail major polluters to be presented to Scottish Government

A new law will be presented to Holyrood next year, which could result in major polluters facing up to 20 years in prison...

The National (Scotland)

Minister calls for drugs in prisons to be treated as public health issue

Contraband is brought in to prisons in ‘children’s nappies’ and through the use of ‘drone drops’ by organised criminal gangs, MPs heard.

Evening Standard

Man arrested on suspicion of murder after ‘sudden death’ in prison

Police launched a murder investigation following the death of a 49-year-old man at HMP Five Wells in Northamptonshire.

Evening Standard

What do we know about the prison population in England and Wales?

Nearly nine in 10 prisoners in England and Wales are British.

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The Independent UK

Labour admits fast-track prison plans would overrule local authorities due to ‘national importance’

Labour’s plans for fast-tracking prison building would involve overruling the objections of local authorities, justice secretary Shabana Mahmood appeared to accept.

The Independent UK

British teenager Marcus Fakana jailed in Dubai over holiday romance with girl

Londoner jailed in UAE despite family’s plea to Dubai ruler for leniency

Evening Standard

Londoner, 18, sentenced to a year in Dubai prison over 'holiday romance' with 17-year-old girl

Marcus Fakana has been held in Dubai since September

The Independent UK

Prisons will run out of room despite building plans, says Justice Secretary

Shabana Mahmood has announced more measures in a bid to grip the overcrowding crisis.

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The Guardian - UK

Shabana Mahmood suggests ministers will override objections to new prisons

Justice secretary says lack of cells ‘is of more concern’ than people’s worries about jails being built near their homes

Evening Standard

Prisons will still run out of room despite building plans – Justice Secretary

Shabana Mahmood has announced more measures in a bid to grip the overcrowding crisis.

The Guardian - UK

UK politics: Streeting says he ‘knows what it’s like to feel you have to bury a secret’ amid puberty blockers ban – as it happened

The health secretary says the emergency ban on the sale and supply of puberty blockers to under-18s will be made indefinite

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How to watch 'Richard Ramirez: The Night Stalker Tapes' online — stream from anywhere

Watch "Richard Ramirez: The Night Stalker Tapes" online from anywhere for the true crime story of an evil killer and sex offender who died in prison in 2013.

Evening Standard

'Accept new prison' near you to tackle jail crisis, Justice Secretary Shabana Mahmood tells local residents

Punishments for offenders, such as home curfew, could be increasingly used to stop so many of them going to jail

The Independent UK

A Lebanese man who spent 32 years in Syrian prisons is welcomed home

Suheil Hamwi spent 32 years in a Syrian prison, and now, after an offensive by insurgents that toppled the government of Bashar Assad, he’s finally returned to his home to Lebanon

AAP

Humanity lost in dealing with prisoners, inquest told

Corrections staff have lost sight of humanity when dealing with prisoners, their boss has told an inquest into an Indigenous man's death in custody.

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