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Only a few hundred spaces left in adult male prisons in England and Wales, governors’ chief will warn

‘Right-wing lurch’ by government ‘has resulted in populist rhetoric on prisons’, governor’s chair to say

The Independent UK

Federal Prison Censors Reason Issue About How Federal Prison Employed Serial Rapists

The issue was rejected because it "jeopardizes the good order and security of the institution."

Reason

He had always believed in the justice system – then he spent 22 years in prison for a murder he didn’t commit

Joey Watkins was wrongly convicted of murder in 2001. Twenty-two years later, he tells Andrea Blanco how the criminal justice system failed him – and how he is now on a path to rebuilding his life

The Independent UK

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Prison places in England and Wales are ‘bust’, says governors’ union chief

Andrea Albutt to use conference speech to berate ministers for ‘rightwing lurch’ that has resulted in jails being full

The Guardian - UK

Brickbat: What's Their Beef?

An Indonesian court has sentenced Lina Lutfiawati, known on social media as Lina Mukherjee, to two years in prison under that nation's blasphemy law, for "spreading information aimed at inciting hatred against religious individuals and specific groups." Lutfiawati, a Muslim, was convicted after sharing a video on TikTok in which…

Reason

High Court dismisses Chandrababu Naidu’s bail petitions in scam cases

N. Chandrababu Naidu's anticipatory bail pleas in Amaravati IRR & FiberNet scam cases dismissed by AP HC; prisoner transit warrants to be heard by Vijayawada ACB Court on Oct 9.

The Hindu

Madras High Court judge recuses himself from hearing Rajiv Gandhi assassination convict’s plea to deport him to Sri Lanka

Justice Sunder Mohan recused himself from hearing a writ petition filed by former PM Rajiv Gandhi's assassination case convict, Santhan, seeking deportation to Sri Lanka. The case was directed to a Bench led by Justice D. Krishnakumar. Santhan, a Sri Lankan national, has been detained in a special camp since…

The Hindu

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David Walliams ‘locked in Italian prison cell for seven hours’ during Venice trip

‘Little Britain’ star told onlookers at Henley Literary Festival 2023 that he was recently apprehended at an airport in Venice

The Independent UK

A 7th man accused of killing an Ecuador presidential candidate is slain in prison

The killing of the seven suspects happened a little more than a week before Ecuador holds a presidential runoff election and as officials struggle to explain how this was possible.

WEKU

‘I Can’t Breathe’: Woman In Spit Hood Begged For Puffer Before She Was Left To Die In Prison

In the five minutes before the woman collapsed, she asked for a puffer 6 times and said she couldn't breathe four times.

Pedestrian.tv

Teacher, administrative officer of private school in Coimbatore held for molesting students

Police arrest PE teacher, admin officer of Coimbatore school for molesting girl students. Duo accused of touching students with wrong intentions, giving punishments to those who resisted. Police registered case under Protection of Children from Sexual Offences Act. Court remanded them in judicial custody, sent to Coimbatore Central Prison.

The Hindu

Defining Issues: Don't cherry pick changes to the Sentencing Act

Proponents of harsher sentences for criminals claim those who offend have their rights put ahead of the rights of their victims.

Newsroom.co.nz

Why are so many Palestinian prisoners in Israeli jails?

One in five Palestinians spends time in Israel jails. Hamas says it wants to exchange captured Israelis for them.

Al Jazeera

Alleged childcare paedophile Ashley Paul Griffith attacked in Queensland jail

Gold Coast man, 45, reportedly had hot water thrown in his face by fellow prisoner on Friday and was taken to hospital for assessment

The Guardian - AU

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The Conversation

Iranian Nobel Peace Prize winner Narges Mohammadi, in prison for speaking up against human rights violations, has been a voice for women for almost two decades

“Woman, Life, Freedom,” the slogan adopted by Iranians to protest the unjust death of Mahsa Amini in 2022, is, according to the Norwegian Nobel Committee, the most suitable way to describe the work of the 2023 Nobel Peace Prize laureate, Narges Mohammadi.

The Guardian - AU

‘I just wasn’t being honest’: a true crime author confronts the NT justice system and himself

When journalist Dan Box began looking into a murder case, his goal was to win a Walkley. But a friendship and a tragedy put him at the centre of the story

The Independent UK

A seventh man accused in killing of an Ecuador presidential candidate is slain inside prison

Ecuadorian authorities say a seventh man accused in the assassination of a presidential candidate in August has been killed inside a prison

Zenger

Imprisoned Iranian Human Rights Defender Narges Mohammadi Awarded Nobel Peace Prize

Jailed Iranian activist Narges Mohammadi wins Nobel Peace Prize for fight against oppression of women in Iran.

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The Independent UK

Six suspects in assassination of Ecuador candidate are found dead in prison cell

Alleged assassins found dead in notorious Litoral Penitentiary in Guayaquil

The Independent UK

David Walliams says he was ‘locked in Italian prison cell for seven hours’ during recent trip to Venice

‘Little Britain’ star told onlookers at Henley Literary Festival 2023 that he was recently apprehended at an airport in Venice

The Guardian - UK

Iranian intellectual calls on opposition to unite as he is again sent to prison

Majid Tavakoli, taken from his family in handcuffs, urges dissidents to ‘frankly analyse’ why opposition to the regime has successively failed

The Conversation

Nobel peace prize 2023: award for Iranian women's rights protester highlights fight against declining democracy around the world

One hundred days after Iranians first protested the killing of 22-year-old Kurdish woman, Mahsa Amini for wearing her hijab incorrectly, Narges Mohammadi sat down in her prison cell to write a letter to the country’s women. She promised: “We shall not back down until the moment of victory, meaning the…

The Guardian - UK

Conviction of man for Lin and Megan Russell murders reviewed after Levi Bellfield confession

Exclusive: Levi Bellfield has twice confessed to 1996 murders despite Michael Stone spending 26 years in prison for the crime

Al Jazeera

Colombians held over Ecuador presidential candidate’s murder slain in jail

Ecuador’s president pledges to get to bottom of killings in prison of six Colombian suspects in high-profile murder.

The Independent UK

A Texas killer says a prison fire damaged injection drugs. He wants a judge to stop his execution

Attorneys for a condemned Texas killer say drugs he is to be injected with next week were exposed to heat from a fire and have asked a federal judge to stop his execution

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