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Skill development scam case: Security cover for Chandrababu Naidu inside Rajahmundry Central Prison will be tightened further, says Superintendent

The Department of Prisons of Andhra Pradesh has decided to tighten the security cover for TDP national president and former Chief Minister N. Chandrababu Naidu in the wake of concerns by his family members over the possible threat to his life in the Rajahmundry Central Prison, the authorities have said.

The Hindu

TDP activists stage relay fast in support of Naidu in Tirupati

Telugu Desam Party (TDP) leaders and activists staged relay hunger strikes across Tirupati district on September 13 (Wednesday) in support of their party’s national president N. Chandrababu Naidu who is lodged in the Rajahmundry Central Prison in connection with the alleged skill development corporation scam.

The Hindu

‘It Will Take the Breath Out of You’: Prisoners Describe Extreme Nighttime Heat in Texas Units

TDCJ will allocate $85 million to provide air conditioning to more units. In the meantime, is heat killing people in Texas prisons?

Texas Observer

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Opposition submits list of 16 domain experts to be called by panel examining new criminal laws

Opposition submits list of 16 experts to Parliamentary Standing Committee on Home Affairs examining Bills to replace criminal laws; panel to consider Supreme Court/High Court judges, legal scholars, prison officials, reform activists, ethnic/religious leaders, cyber crime experts.

The Hindu

Police watchdog to investigate handling of Andrew Malkinson case

IOPC to examine whether officers may have committed offences over case of man imprisoned after wrongful rape conviction

The Guardian - UK

Skill development case: Pawan Kalyan to meet Chandrababu Naidu in Rajahmundry prison on September 14

The Krishna district police had not given JSP president Pawan Kalyan the permission to meet TDP chief Chandrababu Naidu at the time of his arrest on September 10.

The Hindu

Pennsylvania police pose with captured Danelo Cavalcante after he led them on two-week chase

Officers who were involved in the two-week manhunt for the escaped fugitive Danelo Cavalcante celebrated their victory with a group shot

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Prison escape, multiple sightings and a stolen rifle: Timeline of the Danelo Cavalcante manhunt and capture

Chester County residents grew increasingly frustrated as police scrambled to keep up with the ‘dangerous’ killer’s moves, writes Andrea Blanco

The Independent UK

Pennsylvania fugitive Danelo Cavalcante is captured hiding under logs in shed two weeks after prison escape

Cavalcante eluded hundreds of law officers for 14 days following his escape on 31 August

The Independent UK

Sunak failing to protect UK from China and ‘presiding over prison mayhem’, says Starmer

Labour leader dubs PM ‘inaction man’ over China, prisons and schools policy during PMQs

The Independent UK

Scottish prison population exceeds 8000 for first time in decade

THE chief inspector for Scottish prisons has warned the number of people in custody is projected to soar in the next year, with overcrowding being a…

The National (Scotland)

Schoolgirl relives moment XL bully dog savaged her before turning on others

‘The owner should be in prison because he never did anything, he just let the dog bite everyone’

The Independent UK

Iran’s ‘gender apartheid’ bill could jail women for 10 years for not wearing hijab

Shops that serve unveiled women could be shut under draft law UN human rights body says suppresses women into ‘total submission’

The Guardian - UK

The Bachelorette star Charlie Newling dies as car plunges off cliff, one year after death threat conviction

Reality TV star had recieved a 13-month prison sentence after sending threatening texts about his stepfather

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Iran identifies 5 prisoners it wants from US in swap for Iranian-Americans and billions in assets

Iran has identified the five prisoners it hopes to see freed in the United States in exchange for five Iranian-Americans now held in Tehran and billions in assets once held by South Korea

The Hindu

Rajahmundry Central Prison a mute witness to Indian freedom struggle

Now, the prison spreads over 196 acres of which 37 acres are fortified with all the buildings and blocks comprising cells as per the records of the Andhra Pradesh State Prisons Department.

WEKU

What it takes to search for a fugitive

The manhunt for convicted murderer Danelo Cavalcante, who escaped from a prison near Philadelphia last month, is nearing the two-week mark. So how do authorities find him?

Al Jazeera

Bahrain prisoners suspend weeks-long mass hunger strike

Suspension of the strike comes before the crown prince’s visit to the US, and as Bahrain vows to improve conditions.

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The Independent UK

Supporters of Native activist Leonard Peltier hold White House rally, urging Biden to grant clemency

Hundreds of activists and Indigenous leaders rallied outside the White House in support of imprisoned Native activist Leonard Peltier

The Independent UK

Dog the Bounty Hunter may join search for Danelo Cavalcante

Duane ‘Dog’ Chapman is said to have been keeping up with developments in the search for Cavalcante since his escape

The Independent UK

Fears prisons could be run by gangs as thousands of guards quit

Thousands of experienced officers have quit the service, leaving prisons vulnerable to increased violence and control by gangs

Roll Call

Congress poised to spend less on federal prison infrastructure - Roll Call

Congress is poised to spend less next fiscal year on federal prison infrastructure, even as a watchdog reported that there is a dire need.

The Independent UK

Hundreds of Bahrain prisoners suspend hunger strike as crown prince to visit United States

Hundreds of prisoners have suspended their monthlong hunger strike in Bahrain just ahead of a visit of the island nation’s crown prince to the United States

Evening Standard

Who are the prisoners in the US-Iran swap deal, and what has been agreed?

The US is allowing Iran access – with strings – to $6bn that has been frozen under international banking sanctions and now the prisoners have been flown out of the country

The Conversation

Daniel Khalife: escapes are just one symptom of a failing prison system

Following the recapture of escaped terror suspect Daniel Khalife, there will no doubt be an inquiry into the prison system and how an inmate managed to apparently strap himself to a van and be driven out under the noses of prison security. But whether another inquiry prompted by a prison…

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