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Prisons struggle to keep staff as officers leave for Border Force and police

Many opt for ‘less stressful’ jobs at ports and airports, while senior officers say young staff quit as they don’t like to be without phones

The Guardian - UK

Grand Slammers review – can prisoners help turn things round for dejected England rugby legends?

ITV’s new series is supposedly an inspirational sports show about prison inmates being trained by England’s 2003 champions. But it can’t keep its focus off the celebs

The Guardian - UK

US man who spent nearly 30 years in prison found innocent of rape and kidnapping

DNA evidence cleared Gerardo Cabanillas’ name after he served nearly three decades behind bars

Evening Standard

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Prisons ‘out of control’ as drug testing regime millions over budget and targets missed

Exclusive: Government accused of presiding over ‘out of control prison system’

The Independent UK

Soldier Travis King faced disciplinary action in the US so he fled to North Korea. Now he’s back in US custody

Leaving prison in South Korea, King was set to be returned to Fort Bliss, Texas – but he had other plans. Gustaf Kilander and Alisha Rahaman Sarkar reports

The Independent UK

Parole has been denied again for a woman serving 15 years in prison for fatally stabbing her abuser

A South Carolina woman who killed her abuser six years ago with a kitchen knife will remain behind bars

The Independent UK

Criminal gangs in UK sending recruits to train as prison officers, union warns

Exclusive: POA says corrupt officers are then used for sole purpose of smuggling in drugs and phones

The Guardian - UK

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I have 30 years’ experience as a prison officer and feel the fear every single day

Prisoners are bigger due to steroids. Spice turns inmates into zombies. And with social media they might know where we live

The Guardian - UK

‘Cartel wife’ Valerie Gaytan, whose husband helped bring down El Chapo, warns of ‘fast life’

On her husband Margarito Flores Jr.’s “Surviving El Chapo” podcast, she says she was relieved she got three and a half years in prison for money-laundering, not the five years prosecutors wanted. Still, “it is scary.”

Chicago Sun-Times

Defining issues: Fear factor drives tough-on-crime policies

National's policy to fund an extra 300 police officers has been met with ridicule by Labour, which says the opposition is simply copying them. But experts say the ridicule should be aimed at both parties for attempting to arrest their way out of crime, writes Emma Hatton

Newsroom.co.nz

Former Tennessee lawmaker Brian Kelsey can stay out of prison while challenging sentencing

A federal judge has ruled that a former Tennessee state senator can stay out of prison as he challenges his 21-month sentence for violating federal campaign finance laws

The Independent UK

Record number of trials adjourned over failure to bring suspects from prison to court

Exclusive: Defendants stuck in custody vans miles from court while victims, witnesses, lawyers and police spend wasted hours awaiting them at ‘untold’ cost

The Independent UK

Young inexperienced prison officers at risk of ‘grooming’ from most dangerous criminals

Exclusive: Nearly a third of prison officers at category A, high-security jails have fewer than three years of experience

The Independent UK

NIA questions two accused in custody

NIA questions 2 of 13 accused in Coimbatore car blast case. Idris & Azarudeen, 12th & 13th accused, granted 8-day custody. NIA took them to various locations for questioning & evidence collection. Idris was friend of alleged mastermind Mubeen, Azarudeen met Mubeen in Kerala prison.

The Hindu

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Al Jazeera

Pakistan ex-PM Imran Khan moved to another jail after custody extended

Opposition leader moved to prison near capital after his judicial remand in ‘cipher’ case is extended until October 10.

The Independent UK

Will Donald Trump go to prison?

Ex-president Donald Trump faces 91 felony counts across four prosecutions as he runs for 2024 election

The Independent UK

What did Ron DeSantis do in Guantanamo?

Former prisoner has told The Independent that Florida governor watched him be force-fed to such a degree that he was ‘bleeding and throwing up’

WEKU

The Rezaians were wrongfully imprisoned 9 years ago. For Yeganeh, the pain is fresh

Journalist Yeganeh Rezaian speaks about her time being imprisoned in Iran with her husband, Jason Rezaian, in 2014 and how that experienced has shaped the rest of her life.

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The Guardian - UK

UK inmates broadcast prison life online from contraband phones

Videos on TikTok, YouTube and Instagram show prisoners interviewing peers, cooking and doing stunts

AAP

Woman bribed guard to smuggle drugs to jailed partner

A judge has told a woman who admitted bribing a prison officer to smuggle drugs she would be going to jail herself had she not co-operated with authorities.

AAP

Fake nurse jailed for jabbing without qualifications

A woman who falsely pretended to be a nurse has become the first person in Australia to serve prison time for impersonating a registered practitioner.

Chicago Sun-Times

Chicago man gets 10 days imprisonment, 9 months’ probation for role in U.S. Capitol riot

Athanasios Zoyganeles pleaded guilty last year to misdemeanor parading, demonstrating or picketing in a Capitol building.

The Independent UK

California man who spent 28 years in prison is found innocent of 1995 rape, robbery and kidnapping

A man who spent nearly 30 years in prison for kidnapping, robbery and rape has been exonerated and freed

WEKU

Russian appeals court upholds opposition leader Alexei Navalny's 19-year prison term

Navalny, a fierce critic of Russian President Vladimir Putin, says the charges against him are politically motivated.

The Independent UK

Serial killer who walked free for four decades after murders dies in prison

John Arthur Getreu convicted of murdering three young women

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