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Man, 25, charged with helping Daniel Khalife after Wandsworth prison escape

Imran Chowdhury allegedly assisted Daniel Khalife after he escaped from HMP Wandsworth

The Independent UK

Daniel Khalife: Man charged with assisting former soldier after he escaped from Wandsworth prison

Imran Chowdury is accused of helping Daniel Khalife in his break-out from HMP Wandsworth

Evening Standard

Man charged with assisting escaped prisoner Daniel Khalife

Imran Chowdhury has been charged with assisting former soldier Khalife after he escaped from HMP Wandsworth in September 2023, police said.

The Independent UK

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Prisoner who took MoJ to court says he remains in isolation 20 months later

Kevan Thakrar still awaits judgment after case alleging unlawful solitary confinement was heard in April 2023

The Guardian - UK

Fears of unrest as PM considers open prisons for more offenders

Unions concerned about potential rise in violence, drug abuse and the threat of riots at low-security facilities in England and Wales

The Guardian - UK

Crowds cheer as Myanmar releases thousands of prisoners to mark Independence Day

Released prisoners are welcomed by family members and colleagues after they left Insein Prison on Saturday (4 January) in Yangon, Myanmar.

The Independent UK

Los Angeles DA Reviews Menendez Brothers' Bid For Freedom

Menendez brothers seek freedom after 35 years in prison for killing parents, citing new evidence of abuse. District Attorney meeting and resentencing proce...

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Colorado Supermax Prison About to Turn 30: Inside the Prison that Holds El Chapo & the World's Most Prominent Criminals

The ADX Florence is a supermax prison in the state of Colorado that holds the world's most dangerous and famous criminals.

Latin Times

Foreigners among 6,000 prisoners to be freed under Myanmar junta’s annual amnesty

There was no indication that Aung San Suu Kyi, Myanmar’s ousted civilian leader, was among those pardoned

The Independent UK

Myanmar releases thousands of prisoners to mark Independence Day

Myanmar’s military government has released more than 6,000 prisoners and has reduced other inmates’ sentences as part of a mass amnesty to mark the 77th anniversary of independence from Britain

The Independent UK

Myanmar junta to free about 6,000 prisoners in annual amnesty, including 180 foreigners

It was not clear whether Aung San Suu Kyi, who has been held virtually incommunicado since 2021 coup, would be among those released

The Guardian - AU

Judge sets date for Trump hush-money sentencing but rules out prison term

President-elect will be sentenced for his 34 felony convictions on 10 January, Judge Juan Merchan rules

The Guardian - US

Merchan: Trump will be sentenced

Judge Juan Merchan suggested a sentence of no prison time or fines to wrap the president-elect's hush money case

Salon

Mother and son given lengthy prison terms for their roles in the killings of 8 Ohio family members

Two family members convicted in the killings of eight members of an Ohio family have received lengthy prison terms for their roles in the 2016 shootings

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After holiday pause, South Carolina begins scheduling executions again

South Carolina’s Supreme Court set a Jan. 31 date for the state’s next execution after allowing a pause for the Christmas holidays

Al Jazeera

Who is Tommy Robinson and why is Elon Musk throwing his weight behind him?

Musk posted on X calling for jailed right-wing UK activist Robinson to be released.

The Independent UK

Iranian suspect detained in Italy in US drone case praying for Italian reporter detained in Tehran

The fate of an Italian journalist detained in Tehran and an Iranian engineer imprisoned in Italy on a U.S. warrant have grown even more intertwined

The Independent UK

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

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International Business Times

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.

The Independent UK

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

International Business Times UK

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.

The Guardian - 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 Independent 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.

International Business Times UK

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.

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