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Hundreds of children packed in El Salvador's overcrowded prisons -rights group

Human Rights Watch (HRW) accused Salvadoran authorities on Friday of "mass due process violations" in the detention of tens of thousands of people, including hundreds of children, in over-crowded prisons, citing leaked government data.

Reuters

Mum’s warning after Scots predator who raped three girls is released from prison

Liam Hanratty attacked three girls – aged 11, 13 and 16 – after grooming them online.

Daily Record

Nearly one in 10 Scots prisoners have links to organised crime including 23 gangland bosses

The population of gang members in Scottish prisons has risen in the last decade with many key figured jailed.

Daily Record

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Texas death row inmates sue over solitary confinement

A group of Texas death row inmates have filed a federal lawsuit against the state’s prison system over its policy of mandatory and indefinite solitary confinement for all prisoners who are awaiting execution

The Independent UK

Texas death row prisoners spend decades in solitary confinement. A lawsuit wants to end that “cruel” treatment.

Men sentenced to death in Texas are held in isolation until their execution dates, with little human contact, medical care or legal help, according to a lawsuit filed to improve treatment of the condemned.

The Texas Tribune

Inmate, 25, found dead at Castlerea Prison named - as he is believed to have passed away in his sleep

Donegal man Keith Boyle was found dead in his bed at Castlerea Prison in Co Roscommon on Thursday morning

Irish Mirror

Katie Piper launches behind bars documentary after unveiling hidden prison career

Broadcaster Katie Piper is to explore life behind bars for women and babies in a moving documentary, after revealing she's been working as a volunteer in women's prisons

Daily Mirror

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Sayfullo Saipov found guilty of murder and terrorism charges for Halloween massacre on NYC bike path

NEW YORK — Sayfullo Saipov dreamed of martyrdom and being greeted by 72 maidens in the afterlife — he’s getting a prison sentence instead.

Tribune News Service

Trans rapist Isla Bryson to not be imprisoned at all-female jail the correct decision – Sturgeon

A transgender woman convicted of raping two women will not be imprisoned in Scotland’s only all-female jail, Nicola Sturgeon has said.The Scottish First Minister addressed the issue as the row continued over where Isla Bryson, 31, from Clydebank, should be imprisoned after being found guilty of two rapes carried out…

Evening Standard

Why Scotland’s gender reform bill is sparking concern over trans prisoner policies

Analysts warn of legal challenges if bill makes inmates’ access to gender recognition certificates easier – though jail allocation is decided case by case

The Guardian - UK

Baltimore man pleads guilty to killing 2 people in consecutive days in 2021, gets life in prison

BALTIMORE — A Baltimore man on Wednesday admitted fatally shooting a man and a woman on consecutive days in May 2021, and was sentenced to life in prison.

Tribune News Service

West Sydney prison guards on strike again

Parklea Correctional Centre officers are striking for a second consecutive month for 48 hours as they continue to push for better pay and safer work conditions.

AAP

Meetings with Lindh prompt move to revoke convict's release

A northern Virginia man convicted nearly a decade ago of supporting the Islamic State group as a teenager has now been accused of violating his terms of release by meeting with convicted a Taliban supporter

The Independent UK

Wrongfully imprisoned Hawaiian man freed after over 20 years behind bars

Albert ‘Ian’ Schweitzer was convicted for the 1991 murder of Dana Ireland, a white female tourist

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France urges release of 7 nationals imprisoned in Iran

France has called for the “immediate release” of seven French nationals detained in Iran

Newsroom.co.nz

Man gets 14 months in prison for threatening Ardern

David Ruck was held on remand for months after a judge determined he was likely to continue sending death threats if released.

Daily Record

Nicola Sturgeon says Stirling women’s prison won’t be home to transgender double rapist

A double rapist who now identifies as a woman won’t serve her sentence at Stirling’s Cornton Vale women’s prison despite being sent there this week. First Minister Nicola Sturgeon confirmed yesterday (Thursday) that Isla Bryson, who is due to be sen

Evening Standard

GMB presenter who was racially assaulted says ‘more robust penalties’ needed after attacker avoids prison

Noel Phillips, the US Correspondent for ITV’s Good Morning Britain, says his life was ‘turned upside down’ after racist attack in London in September

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The Independent UK

Thai activist sentenced to 28 years for online posts on king

A court in Thailand has sentenced a 27-year-old political activist to 28 years in prison for posting messages on Facebook that it said defamed the country’s monarchy

The Independent UK

‘Deplorable’ ex-tax office worker jailed for defrauding £52,348 of debtors’ cash

Nicola Barnes was sentenced to two years and four months in prison, HM Revenue and Customs said.

Asharq Al-Awsat

Paris: Franco-Irish Citizen Held in Iran Must be Freed Immediately

Bernard Phelan, a Franco-Irish citizen detained in Iran, must be released immediately and provided access to urgent medical care, the Foreign Ministry in Paris said on Thursday. "The denial of medical access by Iranian authorities is unacceptable", Foreign Ministry spokesperson Anne-Claire Legendre told journalists, adding France was very concerned about…

Irish Mirror

On-the-run murderers who escaped prison caught after nationwide manhunt

A cross-border appeal was launched earlier this week for help in locating the two prisoners who were 'unlawfully at large'

The National (Scotland)

Trans rapist will not be jailed in Scotland's women's prison, Sturgeon confirms

Nicola Sturgeon confirmed the Scottish Prison Service decision during FMQs

The Independent UK

Trans woman rapist Isla Bryson moved to male prison

She has been convicted of raping two women when she was a man.

The Independent UK

Transgender rapist will not serve sentence at all-female prison – Sturgeon

Nicola Sturgeon confirmed the decision at First Minister’s Questions at Holyrood.

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