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Dr Ian Bownes obituary

Psychiatrist tasked with assessing the mental state of Irish republican prisoners in the Maze during the 1980s

The Guardian - UK · Apr 1, 2025

‘Hands-on’ prison governor denies wrongdoing with convict

Kerri Pegg, 42, denies misconduct and possession of criminal property

Evening Standard · Apr 1, 2025

‘He is not a gang member’: outrage as US deports makeup artist to El Salvador prison for crown tattoos

Andry José Hernández Romero sent to an El Salvador prison after claim ‘crown’ tattoos proved he was a gang member

The Guardian - UK · Apr 1, 2025

‘It will never happen again’: former bikie-turned-golf pro Ryan Peake bears the scars of a chequered past

Australian golfer continues to carry a troubled history and a prison sentence with him even as a New Zealand Open title sends him onto the world stage

The Guardian - AU · Apr 1, 2025

Vance Defends Deporting Maryland Father to El Salvador Prison Despite Trump Admin Admitting 'Error'

JD Vance defended the deportation of a Maryland father to a Salvadoran prison, despite the Trump administration admitting it was an "error."

Latin Times · Apr 1, 2025

ICE Calls Sending American Citizen With 5-Year-Old Son to El Salvador Prison 'Administrative Error'

ICE admitted to sending a Maryland man with protected legal status to El Salvador's infamous CECOT prison. The Trump administration is saying it can't order he be returned

Latin Times · Apr 1, 2025

Labour’s populist pantomime over sentencing rules plays into the hands of the right

Forcing the abandonment of commonsense, evidence-based guidelines is a new low for a party that once prided itself on justice reform, says Janey Starling of campaign group Level Up

The Guardian - UK · Apr 1, 2025

A Jesuit priest prefers prison over a fine to draw attention to climate change

A Jesuit priest says he will rather go to prison than pay a fine of 500 euros or $541 for participating in a climate activists’ street blockade in the southern German city of Nuremberg

The Independent UK · Apr 1, 2025

Palestinian doctors ‘tortured into confessions’ in harrowing claims of abuse against Israel’s soldiers

SPECIAL REPORT: Dr Khaled Al-Serr, a surgeon at Al-Nasser Hospital in southern Gaza, claims he was brutally beaten and other inmates told him they had been raped in Sde Teiman military detention centre, southern Israel. Chief International Correspondent Bel Trew reports

The Independent UK · Apr 1, 2025

Trump administration admits man was deported to El Salvador mega prison due to 'error'

Kilmar Armando Abrego Garcia had legal protection from being deported to his home country of El Salvador, from which his lawyers say he fled aged 16.

Euronews · Apr 1, 2025