The Latest Breaking News from Prison

New report reveals shocking state of prisoner health. Here's what needs to be done

A new Australian Institute of Health and Welfare report on the health of people in Australian prisons makes for sobering reading.

The Conversation · Nov 14, 2023

Justice Chandru panel recommends new board to administer homes for children in conflict with law

Justice K. Chandru Committee recommends TN govt pull down existing CCL homes, create new ones that don't look like prisons. It also suggests setting up exclusive board to administer homes, bifurcating Directorate of Social Defence, and enacting legislation for setting up TN Board for Special Services for Children.

The Hindu · Nov 14, 2023

Mother whose baby died in prison calls for end to pregnant women being jailed

Aisha Cleary was born at HMP Bronzefield in Surrey in the early hours of September 27 2019, but died at 9.03am that morning.

The Independent UK · Nov 14, 2023

Russian convicted over Anna Politkovskaya’s murder pardoned after fighting in Ukraine

Sergei Khadzhikurbanov was given 20-year prison sentence in 2014 for role in killing investigative journalist

The Guardian - UK · Nov 14, 2023

Inimical witnesses can’t be dismissed as partisan: Supreme Court

The verdict came in a petition filed by a murder convict who sought the commutation of his death penalty to life imprisonment

The Hindu · Nov 14, 2023

Côte d'Ivoire's former prime minister Soro says he is willing to 'end his exile'

The former prime minister of Côte d'Ivoire, sentenced to life in prison for undermining national security, said on Monday that he has been in Niamey since Saturday and met with Niger coup leader Tiani. On Sunday. He also announced that he was ending his self-imposed exile, which began in 2019.

Radio France Internationale · Nov 14, 2023

‘Prosecution by persecution’: The Zimbabwean politician imprisoned 65 times

Human rights groups say Zimbabwean authorities are ‘weaponising the law to target opposition figures’ like Sikhala.

Al Jazeera · Nov 14, 2023

Serial rapist to be released with $800k NDIS support

A court has ordered a violent rapist who sexually assaulted and attempted to murder a five-year-old girl be released from prison with $800,000 in NDIS support.

AAP · Nov 14, 2023

Rapist officer’s tenure at NSW women’s prison extended by governor despite ‘serious allegations’ from inmates

Shari Martin says she was aware of complaints at Dillwynia correction centre about Wayne Astill, who was later convicted of raping inmates

The Guardian - AU · Nov 14, 2023

Karma by Boy George review – loud, vainglorious and very funny

Relentless rants, endless score-settling and a stint in prison – the singer’s (latest) memoir recounts a life lived at a higher frequency

The Guardian - UK · Nov 14, 2023