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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)

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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.

Evening Standard

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

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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

The Independent UK

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

Evening Standard

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.

The Independent 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

The Guardian - UK

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.

Evening Standard

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

The Guardian - UK

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.

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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.

The Guardian - UK

Iranian women could face death penalty for defying new morality laws

Execution, long jail terms and big fines for ‘promoting’ nudity, unveiling or improper dressing come into force

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The Guardian - AU

Labor to pay $2.3bn to controversial US prison operator subsidiary to run onshore detention

Exclusive: Secure Journeys, a local subsidiary of Management & Training Corporation, will begin operating the centres from early 2025

The Independent UK

‘Human dart’ sentenced to prison for viral leaping attack at Nevada judge

A man who was captured on courtroom video attacking a judge in Las Vegas has been sentenced to at least 26 years in prison

AAP

'Finally got him': man guilty of wife's 2007 murder

Emotion filled a court room as a violent and abusive estranged husband was convicted of Cindy Crossthwaite's murder after more than 17 years.

Evening Standard

Government sets target for 14,000 prison cell spaces by 2031

The Ministry of Justice set out the plans on Wednesday.

The Independent UK

Prisons set to run out of space within seven years, says justice minister

The Ministry of Justice has announced plans for four new prisons, but Shabana Mahmood said it is ‘still not enough’

The Independent UK

Trump lawyers, aide hit with ten new felony charges in Wisconsin fake electors case

Each charge carries a possible maximum penalty of six years in prison and a $10,000 fine.

The Independent UK

Philadelphia man exonerated for murder after 24 years to return to prison for separate killing

Shaurn Thomas, 50, was convicted of slaying a businessman in 1992 and later sentenced to life in prison. He was exonerated in 2017 and the city paid him $4.1m

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