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Crime boss claims prison conditions are cruel, inhumane

Convicted murderer George Marrogi has argued his rights in custody have been breached because he was barred from having meaningful human contact for 16 months.

AAP

Colorado funeral home owner faces sentencing for abusing 189 bodies

A Colorado funeral home owner who stashed 189 decomposing bodies and gave families fake ashes is set to be sentenced Friday

The Independent UK

Suffolk strangler Steve Wright to be sentenced for murdering teenager Victoria Hall in 1999

Serial killer to be sentenced for his sixth murder - the first killing he has admitted

Evening Standard

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Judge rises to consider ‘complex’ arguments in trans prisoner legal challenge

Lady Ross said she would not be able to deliver any decision ‘very rapidly’.

Evening Standard

Violence is part and parcel of how prisons function

Letter: Jessica Pandian of Inquest says homicides within prisons are not individual acts but reveal how violence operates at an institutional level

The Guardian - UK

Blanket rule on trans women in men’s prisons would deny their identity, says Scottish government

SNP’s lawyer argues the ‘mental health and rehabilitation’ of prisoners is more important than their biological sex

The Guardian - UK

Melania Trump asked why Epstein’s convicted partner is getting ‘special treatment’ behind bars – she answers the only way she knows

Probably made her hubby proud.

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Ban on trans inmates in women’s jails would be ‘fundamental denial’, court told

For Women Scotland is challenging the current Scottish Prison Service policy of holding some trans women in the women’s prison estate.

Evening Standard

Venezuela plan to turn notorious prison into cultural centre scrubs past horrors, critics say

The move is among several measures the acting president has touted since Maduro’s capture – yet critics say it erases Venezuela’s long history of repression

The Guardian - US

Trump news at a glance: president hints at ‘softer touch’ on immigration as federal drawdown planned in Minnesota

Trump told NBC News the decision to pull 700 officers from state came from him, but that administration is ‘waiting for [Minnesota] to release prisoners’ – key US politics stories from 4 February 2026 at a glance

The Guardian - US

Father of toddler abused by nursery worker ‘frustrated’ by deportation

Polish national Roksana Lecka, sentenced to eight years in prison for child cruelty, will be deported on Thursday

The Guardian - UK

Hungarian court sentences German anti-fascist activist to 8 years for far-right rally assaults

A Hungarian court sentences a German anti-fascist activist to eight years in prison for assaults at a far-right rally in February 2023

The Independent UK

First and deputy First Ministers reject assertion they are ‘controlled’

Alliance MLA Stewart Dickson made the claim as he questioned them over the lack of agreement over the redevelopment at the former Maze prison site.

Evening Standard

Prisons unable to keep up with crisis of drones delivering drugs, report finds

Government and prison service said to be too slow to respond to the rapidly changing threats of illicit drugs entering jails

The Independent UK

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Evening Standard

Trans prisoner guidance could lead to ‘mixed sex provision’ – EHRC

The UK’s equalities watchdog says the guidance should be reconsidered.

The Independent UK

‘I will not give up’: Lucy Letby’s prison letters to her best friend

The serial killer nurse also spoke of missing her cats Tigger and Smudge and her daily walks around HMP Bronzefield

Evening Standard

No automatic breach of rights from trans women in female prisons, court told

The campaign group For Women Scotland is challenging the current policy on transgender prisoners.

The Independent UK

Free from 'sports prison,' Winter athletes get chance to enjoy Olympics without a COVID lockdown

The last time the Winter Olympians convened, the COVID-19 pandemic was still raging, forcing the Games inside sterilized bubbles

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The Independent UK

Prison security systems not being fixed amid drug crisis, report finds

A report has found that key security systems in Britain’s prisons are being left unrepaired

Evening Standard

Prison windows and X-ray scanners not being fixed amid drug crisis – watchdog

Prison governors have reported not having enough money to fix broken security equipment.

The Independent UK

Man who tried to assassinate Trump facing potential life sentence

Prosecutors will ask that a man convicted of trying to assassinate Trump be given a life sentence

The Independent UK

Starmer urged to take charge of courts crisis with system ‘on brink of collapse’

Sir Brian Leveson, who was appointed by the government to conduct an independent review of the courts system, has urged the government to adopt his ideas in full

Total Film

Apple TV's Cape Fear remake sees Amy Adams in over her head as Javier Bardem's ex-prisoner plots revenge in tension-filled first look

Amy Adams and Patrick Wilson are appropriately anxious in the first look at Apple's Cape Fear TV show

AAP

Cost of locking up prisoners reaches eye-watering high

The cost of managing the nation's prison populations has exploded in the past decade as cells become fuller and more people reoffend.

Times Life

He Lost His Family, His Youth and 20 Years of Life - The Court Finally Set Him Free

In early 2026, a clip began circulating widely on social media. It shows a man stepping out of prison and breaking down, unable to hold back his tears. For many viewers, it looked like another fleeting viral moment - raw, emotional, unsettling. But behind that moment is a story far…

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