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Surge in number of women being jailed as overcrowding crisis grips prisons

‘Banging a mum up for theft from shops, such as stealing nappies or Calpol for a child, is not the answer,’ campaigner says

The Independent UK

Two-thirds of prisons officially overcrowded in England and Wales

HMP Wandsworth holding more extra prisoners than any other jail despite recent high-profile problems

The Guardian - UK

Britain’s filthy, violent prisons shame us all. Here’s why we should care

Despite evidence that brutalised jail inmates reoffend, there seems little drive to make the system more humane

The Guardian - UK

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Low-level criminals to swap prison for community service, says Chalk

But rapists would be forced to serve their full sentence in prison under promised reforms, Alex Chalk has said.

The Independent UK

District panchayat president goes for reconciliation in mobile phone theft case

Eighty-nine per cent of compoundable criminal cases were resolved amicably at a jail adalat organised by the District Legal Services Authority (DLSA), in collaboration with the Department of Prisons, here on Saturday.

The Hindu

Panel recommends ‘cool environment’ for Naidu in jail

Five-member GMC-Rajamahendravaram committee recommends 'cool environment' for former CM N. Chandrababu Naidu due to health condition. Panel headed by Dr. Shiva Kumar, with Dr. Markandeyulu, Dr. Sunita, Dr. Mahindra and Dr. Himaja. Deputy Inspector General (Prisons-Coastal Andhra) M. Ravi Kumar says prison authorities submitted recommendations to court and higher authorities.…

The Hindu

Roxane Gay: ‘I’m trying to move further left because that’s the only way that we’re gonna achieve change’

The author and cultural commentator on racism, prison reform, weight loss drugs, violence and her idols

The Guardian - UK

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Shift Naidu to hospital for better treatment: Yanamala

TDP member Yanamala Ramakrishnudu holds CM Jagan responsible if any harm done to ex-CM Naidu in Rajahmundry Central Prison.

The Hindu

TDP enacting new srama: Sajjala Ramakrishna Reddy

YSRCP leader Sajjala Ramakrishna Reddy states TDP's claims of Naidu's weight loss, dehydration, etc. are false.

The Hindu

Prisons plan could add 1,000 places in England and Wales amid overcrowding

Use of portable buildings and more doubling up in cells could be part of package to be announced next week

The Guardian - UK

TDP demands shifting of Naidu to AIIMS for better treatment

Chief Minister Jagan Mohan Reddy and his government will be held responsible should there be any risk to the life of the former Chief Minister in Rajamahendravaram Central Prison, says Atchannaidu. TDP demands shifting of Naidu to AIIMS for better treatment. The TDP wrote a letter to Prime Minister Narendra…

The Hindu

Amanda Knox exonerated of slander conviction in Meredith Kercher’s murder

Amanda Knox, now 36, was convicted and then acquitted of the 2007 murder of British student Meredith Kercher in Italy

The Independent UK

Overdoses double at prison where inmates say it’s ‘easy’ to get drugs

Exclusive: More than 100 overdoses at HMP Forest Bank in Salford, where drugs ‘fuel debt and violence’

The Independent UK

Rishi Sunak was warned by own watchdog three years ago that prisons would run out of space in 2023

Exclusive: National Audit Office said government’s failure to invest and longer sentences were driving shortfall

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The Hindu

Chandrababu Naidu has gained weight and there is no change in his medication, says Prisons DIG

Chandrababu Naidu has gained weight and there is no change in his medication, says Prisons DIG. A decision has been taken to release a daily health bulletin from October 14, says DIG Ravi Kiran. Air conditioner cannot be provided as per the prison manual, he makes it clear.

The Independent UK

Trial delay for former soldier Daniel Khalife after alleged prison escape

The 22-year-old was due to stand trial in November but a judge has said that date is now ‘wholly unrealistic’.

The Guardian - UK

‘Being in my 20s feels disgusting!’ Bella Ramsey on fame, fear and ‘daddy’ Pedro Pascal

Game of Thrones and The Last of Us shot Bella Ramsey into the A-list before they were even out of their teens. Ahead of prison drama Time, they talk football, rapping and why fame is ‘silly’

The Hindu

Former Chief Inspector of Industries gets seven years RI on graft charges

Special Court in Tiruchi convicts S. Elangovan, former Chief Inspector of Industries, to 7 yrs RI for demanding & obtaining ₹2 lakh bribe from Sterlite Copper Industries in Thoothukudi in 2008. DVAC arrested Elangovan while receiving bribe & filed charge sheet in 2009. Judge R. Karthikeyan convicts & sentences him…

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Evening Standard

How overcrowded are the UK’s prisons?

Prison overcrowding is reportedly at an all-time high in the UK

The Independent UK

Russian authorities raid the homes of lawyers for imprisoned opposition leader Alexei Navalny

Allies of imprisoned opposition leader Alexei Navalny say Russian authorities have searched the homes of three lawyers representing him, with one of them detained

The Independent UK

Just 557 prison spaces left and ‘criminals to be spared jail’ as population hits record high

Prison governors say it is ‘inevitable’ spaces will run out as male population rises by 400 in a fortnight

Newcastle Herald

'Disgusting': child sex offender used group chat called 'Family'

A convicted child sex offender has avoided prison after he engaged in a "disgusting" group chat titled 'Family' on an LGBTQI+ dating app.

The Guardian - UK

Sewage in rivers, crumbling schools – what next? No room in prisons for rapists and burglars

Even as our jails run out of places, Tories push the myth that longer sentences make us safer, says the Guardian columnist Gaby Hinsliff

The Independent UK

French police probe ‘poisoning’ of TV journalist who denounced Putin’s war live on air

Marina Ovsyannikova was sentenced in absentia to eight and a half years in prison in Russia

The Canberra Times

Inmates and visitors allegedly smuggled contraband into jail

Police allegedly found opioids being smuggled in a pair of shoes.

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