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HMP Wandsworth holding more extra prisoners than any other jail despite recent high-profile problems

Despite evidence that brutalised jail inmates reoffend, there seems little drive to make the system more humane

But rapists would be forced to serve their full sentence in prison under promised reforms, Alex Chalk has said.

Eighty-nine per cent of compoundable criminal cases were resolved amicably at a jail adalat organised by the District Legal Services Authority (DLSA), in collaboration with the Department of Prisons, here on Saturday.

Five-member GMC-Rajamahendravaram committee recommends 'cool environment' for former CM N. Chandrababu Naidu due to health condition. Panel headed by Dr. Shiva Kumar, with Dr. Markandeyulu, Dr. Sunita, Dr. Mahindra and Dr. Himaja. Deputy Inspector General (Prisons-Coastal Andhra) M. Ravi Kumar says prison authorities submitted recommendations to court and higher authorities.…

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TDP member Yanamala Ramakrishnudu holds CM Jagan responsible if any harm done to ex-CM Naidu in Rajahmundry Central Prison.

YSRCP leader Sajjala Ramakrishna Reddy states TDP's claims of Naidu's weight loss, dehydration, etc. are false.

Use of portable buildings and more doubling up in cells could be part of package to be announced next week

Chief Minister Jagan Mohan Reddy and his government will be held responsible should there be any risk to the life of the former Chief Minister in Rajamahendravaram Central Prison, says Atchannaidu. TDP demands shifting of Naidu to AIIMS for better treatment. The TDP wrote a letter to Prime Minister Narendra…

Amanda Knox, now 36, was convicted and then acquitted of the 2007 murder of British student Meredith Kercher in Italy