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Jack Zarrop, 23, was the 13th and youngest to take his life at the Category B jail since 2018

Advocates argue that a difficult childhood and religious devotion should lead to a commutation or delay of execution.

The Government’s plans to create 20,000 extra prison places by the mid 2020s are reportedly delayed due to planning disagreements.

Exclusive: Healthcare and prison officers ignored ‘multiple warnings’ about prisoner’s condition amid a ‘woeful’ lack of understanding around his seizures, lawyers claim

Man arrested for hurling petrol bomb at uncle's house in Ranipet over property dispute. 33-yr-old C. Murali, a wage labourer, had long-standing dispute with uncle N. Krishnan over two-acre ancestral property. Argument ensued, Murali hurled bomb at house, no one injured. Police filed case, Murali arrested, lodged in Vellore prison.…

Jury finds failures in police custody and in prison contributed to death of Jack Zarrop, 23, at Wormwood Scrubs in 2021

Killer parents will have their parental rights taken away under new plans set to be announced imminently

I’m from Russia but I now live in Europe and can’t go back to Russia. That’s because a few weeks ago a Russian court sentenced me to eight and a half years in prison for talking on Instagram, Twitter and in interviews about the war crimes in Ukraine the Russian…

The 21-year-old has endured ‘degrading, painful and humiliating’ treatment, says charity