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New report claims 'jailing is failing' in the NT, as incarceration rates continue to rise

A new report from the Justice Reform Initiative is calling for money to be redirected from Northern Territory prisons into evidence-based alternatives as incarceration rates continue to rise.

ABC News

Bishop exposes dire conditions at Mountjoy Prison and says drugs 'literally catapulted' into grounds

Bishop Martin Hayes said that despite the best of intentions, the prison system is under pressure and 'struggling to achieve rehabilitation' of inmates.

Irish Mirror

Brothers 4 Life leader Bassam Hamzy allegedly used lawyer as go-between in drug ring, court told

Gang leader Bassam Hamzy is accused of using coded language about legal fees and barristers to hide a meth supply operation, all while he was in high-security prison.

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Rocket Fire From Gaza After Palestinian Hunger Striker Dies

Rockets were fired from the Gaza Strip Tuesday, an AFP journalist witnessed, following the death in Israeli custody of a leading figure in the Islamic Jihad group who was on hunger strike. The Israeli military in a statement said "sirens sounded in the area of kibbutz Saad" close to the…

Asharq Al-Awsat

The worst drivers jailed in Bristol in the past six months

We list the motorists put behind bars after a plethora of offences, including dangerous driving and causing injury by dangerous driving

Bristol Post

Palestinian hunger striker Khader Adnan dies in Israeli prison

Israeli prison authorities said Adnan was found unconscious in his cell after nearly three months on hunger strike.

Al Jazeera

Palestinian prisoner dies in Israel after long hunger strike

Israel's prison service says a Palestinian prisoner has died after a hunger strike of nearly three months

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'Too much money is spent on jails and policing': what Aboriginal communities told us about funding justice reinvestment to keep people out of prison

Justice reinvestment emerged in the United States more than 20 years ago as a way to reduce mass incarceration and its vast costs by addressing the social drivers of imprisonment.

The Conversation

Harvey Weinstein hires Bill Cosby’s lawyer for Los Angeles appeal

Disgraced film mogul, who is serving 23 years for rape and sexual assault in New York, was sentenced to 16 years in LA conviction

The Guardian - US

Family's plea for help as charity medic is held by Taliban in basement of secret prison

Kevin Cornwall has been held in Afghanistan since January

Wales Online

Family of man locked up in secret Taliban prison for four months beg for help

Kevin Cornwell, 53, has been held by the Taliban's intelligence agency since January 11. His family are worried for his health as he suffers from chronic kidney issues and requires hospital treatment

Daily Mirror

SC to hear on May 8 plea of slain IAS officer's wife against Anand Mohan's premature release

The Supreme Court on Monday agreed to hear on May 8 slain IAS officer G Krishnaiah's wife Uma Krishnaiah's plea challenging the premature release of Bihar politician Anand Mohan from prison. Read further on Dynamite News:

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Lebanon Develops Plan to Deport Syrian Prisoners

The Lebanese caretaker government of Prime Minister Najib Mikati has developed a plan to deport Syrian prisoners, despite faltering in developing political and legal mechanisms to return the displaced back to their home country. The ministerial committee tasked with following up on the return of the displaced tasked Justice Minister…

Asharq Al-Awsat

The last days of death row in California: ‘Your soul is tested here’

After decades locked alone in small cages in San Quentin, men sentenced to die brace for sweeping change

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Supreme Court to hear wife of slain IAS officer’s plea on May 8

The Supreme Court on May 1 agreed to hear on May 8 a petition filed by the widow of murdered Gopalganj District Magistrate and IAS officer G. Krishnaiah.

Glasgow Live

Barlinnie prison rammy as packages thrown over jail wall into exercise yard

Glasgow Sheriff Court heard that Robert Warnock was involved in the chaos as parcels fell into the exercise yard and prisoners tried to stop guards removing them.

Irish Mirror

Irish prison overcrowding leads to early release of inmates, including attempted murderers

The system is grappling with severe overcrowding with anywhere between 350 and 380 inmates being given early release from their sentence over the past two months.

ABC News

Lauren Cranston jailed for eight years for her role in major tax fraud scheme

The daughter of a former deputy commissioner at the Australian Tax Office is sentenced to a maximum of eight years in prison for her role in a $105 million tax fraud conspiracy.

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André Dao's brilliant debut novel explores his grandfather's ten-year detention without trial by the Vietnamese government

André Dao’s remarkable debut novel began as an investigation into his paternal grandfather’s ten-year detention without trial by the Vietnamese government, from 1978, three years after the war ended.

The National (Scotland)

Prisoner dies in custody at HMP Low Moss

A man has died in custody at HMP Low Moss.

Daily Mirror

Ban for terrorists stockpiling extremist texts with rule on max weight of books per cell

Ministers have announced the new rules after a prisoner was found to have amassed more than 200 books in an apparent bid to thwart staff searching for extremist material

Daily Mirror

You could be fined or JAILED for simple paperwork error during Coronation weekend

People organising street parties around the UK for the upcoming coronation of King Charles face a fine or prison time if they don't ask the council for permission

Glasgow Live

Death of 33-year-old inmate at Low Moss jail confirmed by prison service

The Scottish Prison Service says a Fatal Accident Inquiry into the death of Kieran McGinlay will be held after he passed away at the Bishopbriggs prison earlier this month.

The Independent UK

Convicted terrorists face tighter cell checks in bid to curb radicalisation

The measures are designed to stamp out a tactic seen in some wings whereby books are stockpiled with smaller pieces of radical text inside them.

Irish Mirror

Brian 'Tosser' Meehan's life behind bars from murder to golf and cushy new job

The 55-year-old, serving life for the murder of journalist Veronica Guerin, was given the role which is only for trusted inmates at Shelton Abbey open prison in Arklow, Co Wicklow.

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