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With bursting jails and Europe’s longest sentences, the last thing the UK needs is more rightwing ‘reforms’

The justice select committee’s plea for public engagement on prisons policy is poignant – and probably likely to go unheard, says Guardian columnist Polly Toynbee

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Courts failing to follow ‘basic legal steps’ when jailing people before trial, report reveals

Thousands may have been jailed without proper legal justification, ‘deeply concerning’ new analysis reveals

The Independent UK

After parole from jail, Angel Cabrera dreams of a comeback on PGA Tour Champions — but will he be given a chance?

“(Cabrera) wants to play, he's learned his lesson, he wants to get on with his life."

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Kodi Suni shifted to Thavanur jail

Kodi Suni, a convict in T.P. Chandrasekharan murder case, shifted from Viyyur prison to Thavanur jail due to a clash. He had earlier requested to be moved to Kannur Central Jail.

The Hindu

Inquiry told of ‘slopping out’ and children being imprisoned with sex offenders

A witness known only as Jim told the Scottish Child Abuse Inquiry slopping out was a common practice in secure care for young people.

The Independent UK

Farmer arrested, 11 red sanders logs seized from him near Gudiyatham

Farmer, 47, arrested in Vellore for illegally chopping red sanders logs. Two accomplices fled. Forest team seized logs, sent to timber depot. Accomplices identified, special teams formed to nab them. Case registered under Wild Life (Protection) Act. Farmer lodged in Central Prison.

The Hindu

Brickbat: Sorry, I'm Late for an Appointment

In Putnam County, West Virginia, a former U.S. Postal Service carrier faces up to one year in federal prison and a $100,000 fine after pleading guilty to desertion of mail. Michael Burdette reportedly tossed a total of more than 200 pieces of mail into a service station dumpster on two…

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Hunt continues for armed escaped prisoner

Three helicopters were sent to the Banthad mountain range as police in four provinces hunt for escaped prisoner Chaowalit Thongduang following a clash on Wednesday.

Bangkok Post

Prison Officers Used A Spit Hood On An Aboriginal Teenager In Act Of ‘Psychological Torture’

Spit hoods pose significant risks of injury and death.

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Magistrates in England not following law on remand decisions, charity finds

Exclusive: Justice criticises poor quality decision-making and says it is adding to prison overcrowding

The Guardian - UK

News access sparks violence, protection in prisons

A well-meaning trial to permit prisoners to read the news has sparked violence and led some inmates to spend days on end in protection, MPs have been told.

AAP

Union Home Ministry seeks Aadhaar authentication of prisoners and jail visitors

The Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) has written to the States and Union Territories, asking them to utilise the Aadhaar authentication of prison inmates and their visitors

The Hindu

Colleen Eren: Why Donald Trump Signed the FIRST STEP Act

The author of Reform Nation explains how celebrity, philanthropy, and activism produced the most significant prison reform in decades.

Reason

Q&A: Former UN expert stresses Israel’s occupation of Gaza never ended

Al Jazeera speaks to former UN special rapporteur Michael Lynk about reality of Israel’s control over besieged enclave.

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The Independent UK

Russia reportedly is using Ukrainian POWs to fight in their homeland on Moscow's side

A Russian news agency is reporting that the country is preparing to send a battalion of Ukrainian prisoners of war to the front lines in their homeland to fight on Moscow’s side in the war

The Independent UK

Murder victim’s mother behind Helen’s Law found it hard receiving her MBE

Marie McCourt’s campaigning led to the Prisoners (Disclosure of Information About Victims) Act being enacted in 2021.

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Where is Medi Abalimba now? The con artist from The Football Fraudster

Where is Medi Abalimba now? Tuning in to The Football Fraudster has left many viewers asking what happened to the con artist.

The Independent UK

Russia seeks an 8-year prison term for an artist and musician who protested the war in Ukraine

Russian authorities are seeking an eight-year prison term for an artist and musician who was jailed after protesting the war in Ukraine

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‘Dehumanising’: Aboriginal teen subjected to spit hood at Victorian prison

Exclusive: Now 18-year-old, who remains in detention, says the treatment was ‘like psychological torture’

Evening Standard

Russian artist facing eight years in prison after supermarket protest against Ukraine war

Alexandra Skochilenko reportedly swapped price tags with pieces of paper calling for an end to the conflict

The Independent UK

Indonesia’ sentences another former minister to 15 years for graft over internet tower project

Indonesia’s anti-graft court on Wednesday sentenced a former Cabinet minister to 15 years in prison after finding him guilty of corruption over the construction of mobile phone transmission towers in remote parts of the country

Radio France Internationale

Activist Amira Bouraoui sentenced to 10 years in prison by Algerian court

An Algerian court on Tuesday sentenced French-Algerian activist Amira Bouraoui to 10 years in prison, in a case that sparked a diplomatic row between the two countries.

AAP

Inmate 'proud' after murdering child sex offender

Convicted sex offender Ashley Bropho was choked to death in his prison cell by a fellow inmate, who laughed about the killing and expressed pride in his crime.

AAP

CCTV gaps to remain at women's jail after guard's rapes

A prison where a former guard sexually abused female inmates needs hundreds more CCTV cameras, but there has been no commitment to address the security issue.

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A 41-Year-Old Aboriginal Man In WA Is The 80th Person To Die In Custody This Year

"Our mob are dying inside these prisons. No one has been found responsible."

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