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'We don't have the budget to feed all the inmates': A rise in deaths in DR Congo prisons

Overcrowding, lack of food, disease ... In September alone, 14 inmates died in the main prison in Goma, the capital of North Kivu in the Democratic Republic of Congo. Images of inmates crammed into tents and photos of bodies being removed leaked onto social networks in mid-October. Our Observers told…

France 24

‘This is a prison’: men tell of distressing conditions on Bibby Stockholm

Asylum seekers share fears about Dorset barge becoming even more crowded, saying they already ‘despair and wish for death’

The Guardian - UK

Convicted prisoner escapes from fuel station in Coimbatore

COIMBATORE: A convicted prisoner, who was working at the fuel station run by the Prisons Department on Bharathiyar Road in Coimbatore city, managed to escape around 5.30 am. The city police have formed two teams to trace him.

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Convict prisoner escapes from fuel station in Coimbatore

COIMBATORE: A convict prisoner, who was working at the fuel station run by the Prisons Department on Bharathiyar Road in Coimbatore city, managed to escape around 5.30 am. The city police have formed two teams to trace him.

The Times of India

The women trapped in prison with abusive guards: ‘They hold my life in their hands’

As California prosecutes a prison guard on nearly 100 charges, survivors behind bars say officer abuse is so widespread it feels inescapable

The Guardian - US

TV tonight: Jimmy McGovern’s Bafta-winning prison drama Time

Tamara Lawrance and Bella Ramsey also play inmates in Jimmy McGovern’s hit drama. Plus, Inside Iran: The Fight for Freedom is a vital watch. Here’s what to watch this evening

The Guardian - UK

PM confirms Assange was raised with President Biden

Anthony Albanese says America needs to end its prosecution of Julian Assange, as the Wikileaks founder remains in a UK prison, fighting extradition to the US.

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Former NYC jail guards avoid prison time for 8-minute delay in helping inmate who attempted suicide

Two former New York City jail guards won’t serve any prison time in connection with a teenage inmate’s suicide attempt in 2019

The Independent UK

Prosecutor refiles case accusing Missouri woman accused of killing her friend

A Missouri prosecutor has dropped and refiled the murder case against Pamela Hupp, a killing that inspired a TV miniseries

The Independent UK

Suspect in attack on Kristin Smart’s killer previously murdered his serial killer cellmate

California officials say an inmate accused of attacking Paul Flores this summer, shortly after Flores reported to prison to serve his conviction for murdering college student Kristin Smart, strangled his own serial killer cellmate two years ago

The Independent UK

Revealed: one in three jailed pregnant women in England and Wales still to face trial

New data on prisons has added to calls by campaigners to end custodial sentences for expectant mothers

The Guardian - UK

Billion-dollar prisons: why the US is pouring money into new construction

Studies show incarceration does not improve public safety but ‘tough-on-crime’ Republicans are driving investment in prisons

The Guardian - US

Time series two: Bella Ramsey is incredible in this world-beating drama

Jodie Whittaker, Tamara Lawrance and Ramsey star as Jimmy McGovern’s Bafta-winner moves to a female prison. This gripping show is as good as TV gets

The Guardian - UK

A law that extends prison time for major weapons charges hasn’t cut back gun violence as promised. Should it continue?

Lawmakers in Springfield will decide whether to keep the law on the books for another year. It could be gut-check time for those who voted for criminal justice reform.

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The Independent UK

Inmate suspected in prison attack on Kristin Smart's killer previously murdered 'I-5 Strangler'

The Independent UK

Retired Colombian army officer gets life sentence in 2021 assassination of Haiti's president

A federal judge in Miami has sentenced a retired Colombian army officer to life in prison for his role in plotting to kill Haiti’s President Jovenel Moïse in 2021

Evening Standard

Speeding hit and run driver who killed cyclist in Newham has 'lenient' jail term doubled

Appeal judges doubled Syed Ahmed's prison sentence to eight years

The Independent UK

Prison nurse and inmate lover among 16 jailed for ‘flooding’ jail with drugs

Affair was at heart of what’s believed to be UK’s biggest-ever prison drugs conspiracy

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The Hindu

Yanamala sees threat to Chandrababu Naidu’s life in Rajamahendravaram Central Prison

Yanamala Ramakrishnudu sees threat to Chandrababu Naidu’s life in Rajamahendravaram Central Prison. YSRCP government’s style of functioning lends credence to the suspicion, says the TDP Polit Bureau member. People of the State are able to see through the politics of vendetta unleashed by the YSRCP against the Opposition leaders, he…

The Independent UK

Torture gang poured boiling water on kidnap victim’s groin in horrifying eight-hour ordeal

All nine members of the gang have received a total prison sentence total 116 years

The Independent UK

Husband jailed for life for murder of university lecturer wife in knife attack

Ertan Ersoy has been sentenced to life in prison with a minimum term of 25 years.

The Independent UK

Daughter of divisive former Thai Prime Minister Thaksin named head of political party linked to him

Thailand’s ruling party has selected as its leader the daughter of Thaksin Shinawatra, the country’s divisive former prime minister, highlighting the family’s continuing influence more than two decades after Thaksin entered politics

Chicago Sun-Times

Client of crooked Bridgeport bank got out of $4 million owed by going bankrupt, then got millions more in loans

A month after Edward H. Gobbo got out of bankruptcy, Washington Federal Bank for Savings CEO John F. Gembara starting giving him loans of millions, records show. When the bank went bust, Gobbo or his immediate family owed more than $3.8 million on 27 residential loans, some of them years…

Evening Standard

Time Season 2 on BBC One review: at its best, it shows the true terror is here on the outside

The series is at its best when showing that it’s the outside world where the true terror lies

The Texas Tribune

Texas’ top criminal court halts William Speer’s execution hours before he was scheduled to die

Speer has been on death row for decades after strangling another inmate at a Texas prison. The victim’s sister and faith leaders have both called on the parole board to halt the execution.

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