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The UK’s prisons aren’t just overcrowded – they need to be better designed

The UK government has taken urgent action to address the prison capacity crisis, announcing early release for several thousand non-violent offenders.

The Conversation

Killer filmed himself torturing two Alaska Native women: ‘In my movies, everyone dies’

Brian Steven Smith was sentenced to 226 years in prison for the deaths of Kathleen Henry, 30, and Veronica Abouchuk, 52

The Independent UK

Wife of jailed Putin critic Vladimir Kara-Murza calls for West to step in now after prison hospital transfer

British-Russian dissident Vladimir Kara-Murza is desperate to return to his ‘punishment cell’ only a few metres long and wide, with his wife Evgenia deeply concerned about what will happen to him. Tom Watling speaks to her about facing days not knowing where or how he was before a lawyer was…

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Why overcrowded prisons are more dangerous than releasing prisoners early

Last week, the government made its first move to address the overcrowding crisis in UK prisons. The justice secretary, Shabana Mahmood, announced a plan to release some prisoners after they have served 40% of their custodial sentence, rather than the current 50%.

The Conversation

How to know if your drink has been spiked

Spiking carries a maximum 10-year prison sentence in the UK

Evening Standard

Former Boston Lawyer Sentenced To Prison For Rape

Former Boston lawyer sentenced to prison for rape after assaulting woman in her apartment. Victim shares impact of recurring nightmares. Man plans to appea...

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Feltham YOI found to be most violent prison in England and Wales

Inspectors find some children at institution refusing family visits in order to keep relatives away from danger

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Feltham Young Offenders Institution now the most violent prison in the country, chief inspector warns

At the high-profile jail with a population of just 84 children and young adults, 410 violent incidents were recorded in the last year

The Independent UK

He was known as one of People’s most eligible bachelors. Now he’s a convicted rapist

Zerola had previously been accused of other sexual assaults but wasn’t convicted in those cases

The Independent UK

Instagram influencer, who partied with Leonardo DiCaprio, jailed for sex trafficking and slavery

Kat Torres sentenced to eight years in prison for human trafficking and slavery of women

The Independent UK

The crisis in the prison service goes back to a 1952 act nodded through parliament

Letters: A fundamental review of jails | PR and voter turnout | Early-bird Guardian delivery | MPs on the buses – if they exist

The Guardian - UK

US journalist Masha Gessen is convicted in absentia in Russia for criticizing the military

U.S. journalist and author Masha Gessen was convicted in absentia by a Russian court of spreading false information about the military and sentenced to eight years in prison

The Independent UK

How to watch 'UnPrisoned' season 2 online — stream Hulu dramedy, release date

As Paige returns for more family and love life dramas, discover how to watch 'UnPrisoned' season 2 streams from anywhere in the world.

Tom’s Guide

An Ohio man held a woman hostage in a ‘torture chamber’ for weeks. Now he’ll be trapped in prison for 50 years

Shane Edward Hooper used a baseball bat and metal chain as ‘instruments of torture’

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Texas’ Plantation Prisons: Inside a 200-Year History of Forced Labor Shrouded in Secrecy

Punishments, injuries, and deaths—including from heat—on TDCJ farms are more hidden than they were in the years following convict leasing.

The Independent UK

Ethnic Greek politician jailed in Albania arrives in Athens en route to European Parliament opening

A jailed member of Albania’s ethnic Greek minority — recently elected to the European Parliament with Greece’s governing conservative party — has arrived in Athens en route to Strasbourg, after being granted a five-day leave from prison to attend parliament’s opening session

Evening Standard

Met police officer who 'offered to supply drugs at swingers parties' dies in prison

Warren Arter is understood to have died at the HMP Wandsworth despite efforts to revive him

The Independent UK

What to stream: Childish Gambino, Daisy Ridley, Natalie Portman, some gladiators and Kristen Stewart

This week’s new streaming entertainment releases include a final album under Donald Glover’s Childish Gambino moniker, Kerry Washington’s comedy “UnPrisoned” returning for a second season and daredevils who scale the world’s tallest buildings fall in love in “Skywalkers: A Love Story.”

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The Independent UK

Albanian authorities grant leave to jailed ethnic Greek ex-mayor for European Parliament opening

Albania’s prison department has granted a five-day leave to an ethnic Greek minority former mayor to attend the opening session of the new European Parliament in Strasbourg

The Independent UK

Sandra Hemme spent 43 years in prison before her conviction was overturned. Why is she still behind bars?

Sandra Hemme has served more time in prison than any other wrongly incarcerated American woman, her lawyers say

The Guardian - UK

Oxford brewery helps cut reoffending rates by training jail-leavers to make ale

Social movement is a potential tool in solving UK prison crisis by helping ex-convicts learn new skills and readjust

The Independent UK

Scientists, a journalist and even a bakery worker are among those convicted of treason in Russia

Over the past decade, Russia has seen a sharp increase in treason and espionage cases

The Independent UK

What to know about the growing number of treason and espionage cases in today's Russia under Putin

Treason cases were once rare in Russia, a handful each year

The Independent UK

Treason and espionage cases are rising in Russia since the war in Ukraine began

Treason cases were once rare in Russia, a handful each year

The Independent UK

From Lincoln to Trump, America’s dark history of presidential assassination attempts

Before Saturday’s attack on the former president Donald Trump at a Pennsylvania rally, there have been multiple instances of political violence targeting US political figures

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