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NSW maximum security prisoners recycle 80 tonnes of waste, donate proceeds to charity

Inmates at the NSW prison are raising vital funds for charity through the initiative.

ABC News · Jan 15, 2023

Toffypops are top tucker in Ireland's prison shops with Lyons and Barry the favorite teas

Survey discovers that inmates shell out more than €8million a year on some of life's little luxuries

Dublin Live · Jan 15, 2023

Suspected terrorist who praised Guy Fawkes for trying to blow up Parliament dies

Benjamin Hyland, from Leeds, was found hanged in prison two days after appearing in court charged with a string of offences including having explosives and a firearm

Daily Mirror · Jan 14, 2023

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FRANCE 24 animated documentary highlights plight of migrants in Libya

FRANCE 24 and the InfoMigrants website bring you an exclusive animated documentary on the story of Muhamad and Amina, two migrants who met while being detained in a secret prison in Libya. The couple survived their ordeal, fell in love and later managed to escape to Europe. But thousands of…

France 24 · Jan 14, 2023

Minnesota man's murder conviction vacated in wife's death

A Minnesota man who spent nearly 25 years in prison in connection with his wife’s death has been freed after officials vacated his murder conviction

The Independent UK · Jan 14, 2023

Strangeways prison guards were 'drunken bullies' who wore National Front badges, ex-inmates claim

A new documentary has alleged a culture of boozing, violence and racism among some guards during the 1970s and 80s

Manchester Evening News · Jan 14, 2023

Youth jail where kids carry knives has highest staff sickness rates in England

MoJ Figures show 18.5% of officers were off sick on September 20 in one youth jail where youth inmates carry weapons because they say staff can't keep them safe

Daily Mirror · Jan 14, 2023

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'This was an animal out to attack me - my lucky escape from Greater Manchester's worst rapist'

"He was not a nervous person, but someone who was thinking this is my prey."

Manchester Evening News · Jan 14, 2023

Queensland prisoners stuck on a ‘merry-go-round’ of hepatitis C transmission

State government is failing to deliver harm reduction programs needed to eliminate the virus, advocates say

The Guardian - AU · Jan 14, 2023

New jail data reveals most popular tuck shop items from vapes to chocolate and tea brand

Data from the system shows inmates spend an average of €675,997 every month in prison tuck shops on products including soft drinks, chocolate, toiletries and even games consoles

Daily Mirror · Jan 14, 2023

Lags meditating in prison labyrinth to 'calm anxieties' and 'enhance creativity'

The four-week course, Labyrinth: A Journey to You at HMP Bristol lets cons 'centre their spirit' and 'contemplate' their wellbeing as well as 'calming anxieties' and 'enhancing creativity'

Daily Mirror · Jan 14, 2023

Fears grow for Alexei Navalny as Germany says he ‘needs urgent medical help’

Alexei Navalny seen via video link from prison

Evening Standard · Jan 14, 2023

Cop who killed brain-damaged man in wheelchair after suspected shoplifting walks free

The charges against former police officer Ryan Remington have been dropped after he shot Richard Lee Richards nine times outside a Walmart in Arizona, US in 2021

Daily Mirror · Jan 14, 2023

Polish scientist released from prison in Iran, foreign ministry says

Polish scientist Maciej Walczak has been released from prison in Iran and has returned to Poland, the Polish foreign ministry said on Saturday.

Reuters · Jan 14, 2023

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Dynamite News · Jan 14, 2023

Bihar: Child Prisoners Stab Security Personnel To Death In Chapra Juvenile Prison, Probe Underway

The inmates of a juvenile prison in Chapra allegedly stabbed a police security personnel to death on Saturday. Read on for details:

Chicago Sun-Times · Jan 14, 2023

Pardon requests for exonerated people don’t belong on back burner

We hope Gov. J.B. Pritzker doesn’t get so distracted by other requests, not based on wrongful convictions, that innocence-based pardons remain overlooked.

Glasgow Live · Jan 14, 2023

Family of Glasgow child killer's victim fight to find out why monster is back behind bars

Adam Stein was jailed for life after he raped and murdered six-year-old Collette Gallacher in a Northamptonshire town in 1986. He returned to prison at the end of last year.

Irish Mirror · Jan 14, 2023

Life inside Irish prisons as 'spending habits' data shows most popular tuck shop buys

Data from the system shows inmates spend an average of €675,997 every month in prison tuck shops on products including soft drinks, chocolate, toiletries and even games consoles.

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Asharq Al-Awsat · Jan 14, 2023

Ireland, France Coordinate to Free Dual National Jailed in Iran

Authorities in Dublin are working closely with France to free Bernard Phelan, an Irish-French national, who was jailed in Iran in October, Ireland’s foreign ministry confirmed on Friday. Phelan, a Paris-based tourism consultant, is being held in Vakilabad Prison in Mashhad city on multiple charges, including disseminating anti-regime propaganda and…

The Independent UK · Jan 14, 2023

Prosecutors seek life term for man who abused college women

Prosecutors are seeking a life prison term for an ex-convict who extorted and forced into labor or prostitution some women he met at his daughter's on-campus housing at Sarah Lawrence College

The Texas Tribune · Jan 13, 2023

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.

Chronicle Live · Jan 13, 2023

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

Evening Standard · Jan 13, 2023

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

Nottingham Post · Jan 13, 2023

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.

Liverpool Echo · Jan 13, 2023

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

Rory Payne was in jail for a previous firearms conviction

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