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More than 70 Texas prisoners are 3 days into a hunger strike protesting harsh solitary confinement practices

Prisoners have refused food to protest practices that have kept more than 500 people in isolation for more than a decade.

The Texas Tribune

Late night drama at HMP Northumberland as two inmates climb onto roof of prison

Two inmates at HMP Northumberland were found on the roof of the prison with staff having to leap into action to deal with the incident

Chronicle Live

Ezra Miller: The Flash star avoids jail by pleading guilty to trespass

Star avoids three-month prison sentence over Vermont trespass by accepting plea deal

Evening Standard

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Nottingham family of protester 'tortured' in Iran calls for help amid death sentence

A family member, who lives in Nottingham, has spoken out of the ordeal after Mehdi was tortured in prison.

Nottingham Post

Man broke prison officer's jaw after being told to remove flip flops

Rory Payne was in jail for a previous firearms conviction

Liverpool Echo

‘Depraved’ builder who murdered two women is sentenced to at least 49 years in prison

East Sussex man killed Alexandra Morgan and Leah Ware, who he kept semi-captive in a shipping container

The Guardian - UK

The Mancunian Way: A reality for too many

There are thousands of homeless in Greater Manchester PLUS Filmed on the wings AND The return of DJ Burnham

Manchester Evening News

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More than £1m could be spent helping house ex-prisoners across Merseyside

A bid had been lodged with government for the vital funding

Liverpool Echo

‘Depraved’ double murderer took advantage of vulnerable victim, judge says

Mark Brown has been sentenced to 49 years in prison for murdering Leah Ware and Alexandra Morgan in 2021.

The Independent UK

Cocaine dealer rammed man's van after challenging him to fight at bingo hall

Sie Parsons kept some of his stash of cocaine in a safe buried in the garden

Wales Online

Bid to buy Charles Bronson £32k caravan as notorious prisoner waits for verdict on release

His son wants to make sure his dad has somewhere to live if he is freed from jail

Wales Online

Prison inmates shoot viral YouTube rap video on smuggled phone under noses of guards

The short music video filmed by the "mandem" at Forest Bank prison shows inmates rapping in their cells and on the wings and has over 178,000 views.

Daily Record

‘Abhorrent’ killer rapist jailed for life in oldest double jeopardy case

Jacqui Montgomery’s family described the decades Dennis McGrory spent out of prison as ‘soul-destroying’.

The Independent UK

Analysis-Russian mercenary boss courts Putin with Ukrainian battlefield success

In the twilight of the Soviet Union, Yevgeny Prigozhin was languishing in prison for theft. Now as the founder of Russia's most powerful mercenary group, he is vying for Vladimir Putin's favour by claiming a rare battlefield win in Ukraine.

Reuters

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Evening Standard

Lifestyle manager who broke woman’s leg in bizarre Shepherd’s Bush pub attack spared jail

A luxury lifestyle manager who broke a woman’s leg in a bizarre attack outside a west London pub must pay the victim £21,000 in compensation as he was handed a suspended prison sentence.

Reuters

Germany calls on Russia to allow Navalny to receive necessary medical aid

Russian authorities should provide "urgent medical assistance" to Russian opposition politician Alexei Navalny, whose condition is critical in view of inhumane prison conditions and solitary confinement, a German government spokesperson said on Friday.

Manchester Evening News

ITV Emmerdale fans predict major Caleb twist as they work out who he really is

It came as Cain was released from prison after viewers of the ITV soap saw Kyle Winchester taken away by social services

France 24

'A love story in hell': Two migrants find romance during Libya detention ordeal

Muhamad, a 25-year-old Somali migrant, fled terror in his country in a bid to reach Europe. He arrived in Libya in 2017 and was abducted by human traffickers. Tortured, insulted and harassed for several months, Muhamad met the love of his life, Amina, in a secret prison in Libya. The…

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California says it will dismantle death row. The move brings cheers and anger

The state's corrections department says it aims to move all condemned inmates to other state prisons and off death row by the end of the year.

Liverpool Echo

Liverpool prisoners shoot rap video in jail

L1 Manny and Mazza L20 filmed a music video and posted it to YouTube and TikTok

The Guardian - UK

Long-awaited trial of 24 aid workers accused of espionage starts in Lesbos

Trial of Sarah Mardini and fellow defendants lifts lid on ‘farcical’ treatment of humanitarians, say campaigners

The Guardian - UK

Jailed for life for stealing $14

David Coulson was imprisoned in California under draconian ‘tough on crime’ laws stemming from the 1990s. Now campaigners are calling for reform, reports Sam Levin

Tribune News Service

Prisoners were poisoned for days by carbon monoxide at federal prison in West Virginia, Baltimore law firm says

Carbon monoxide gas leaked into a West Virginia prison for days in August 2021, triggering alarms and, according to a federal lawsuit filed this month, poisoning people incarcerated in the facility.

Tribune News Service

Michigan man imprisoned in Russia released after 9 months

WASHINGTON — A Lansing, Michigan, man and Navy veteran who was detained by Russian authorities for nine months was released Thursday, according to his family's spokesperson.

Daily Mirror

Inmates record rap video inside UK prison - and guards are nowhere to be seen

The professionally produced music video shows two Forest Bank prisoners mouthing the words to their rap in their cells and on the wing, with officers nowhere to be seen

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