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‘I’m very worried’: Mother of jailed Egyptian activist on hunger strike wants action

Detained Egyptian activist Alaa Abdel Fattah’s decision to escalate a hunger strike in prison to a refusal to drink water has raised the stakes and shone a spotlight on human rights violations as Egypt hosts the COP27 climate summit. For his mother, the time has come for the world to…

France 24

Police issue urgent appeal to trace wanted man Kevin Rutter on run from prison

He has links to Wirral, mainly New Ferry and Moreton, and Liverpool

Liverpool Echo

UAE dismisses UK inquest finding of death of Brit in Dubai custody as 'speculation'

A UK coroner's court had ruled that "neglect" most likely led to the death of British businessman Lee Brown, who died after five days in custody at a police station in Dubai in 2011

Daily Mirror

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Channel 4 prison drama Screw starts filming new series in Glasgow

There'll be a few new faces joining the Channel 4 show in Series 2.

Daily Record

An intervention from Rishi Sunak today is all that stands between my brother and death

My brother Alaa Abd el-Fattah is on hunger strike in an Egyptian prison and is now refusing water. The prime minister is his last hope, says activist Sanaa Seif

The Guardian - UK

'Billy Whizz' gang netted over £1m from peddling Beano character branded drugs

Gang members were sentenced to a combined total of 40 years in prison for pushing nearly 50kg of amphetamine worth up to £500,000.

Daily Record

Prospect of writer’s death in Egyptian jail ‘terrifying’, says Crown star Khalid Abdalla

Khalid Abdalla calls for Rishi Sunak to take action against Alaa Abdel Fattah’s imprisonment at Cop27

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Police hunting for convicted thief wanted on recall to prison

Patrick Day was released from jail in May 2021

Manchester Evening News

Prospect of British-Egyptian writer’s death in jail ‘terrifying’, says Crown star

Alaa Abd El-Fattah has been on hunger strike in prison, eating only 100 daily calories for the past 200 days.

The Independent UK

Reentering society after decades in prison can be difficult. These programs attempt to help

BALTIMORE -- The week after being released from prison, Bakari Atiba hopped on a bus to go see his home detention case manager without any idea of how to navigate public transportation.

Tribune News Service

Just Stop Oil protesters on M25 deserve ‘Christmas in prison’, says Grant Shapps

‘I hope justice is served up to these people’, says business secretary

The Independent UK

Egypt has days to save jailed Brit citizen's life as world leaders decamp to COP27

Rishi Sunak said he would raise Alaa Abdel Fattah's imprisonment with the Egyptian government and reply again by the end of COP27, but human rights organisations and his family say it will be too late then

Daily Mirror

Philippine prisons chief charged in journalist's killing

Philippine authorities have filed murder complaints against the country’s top prisons official and an aide who they accused of masterminding the killing of a radio commentator

The Independent UK

Egypt has days to save jailed activist Alaa Abdel Fattah's life, Amnesty chief warns

Amnesty International's head on Sunday warned that the proceedings of COP27 in Egypt could be stained by the death of one of the country's leading rights activists from a hunger and water strike in prison if Egyptian authorities do not release him within days.

France 24

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Nottingham Post

Concern people in Nottingham are 'turning to crime to get shelter in prison' amid cost of living crisis

The number of inmates is anticipated to grow over winter

AAP

NSW approved UN jail visit before backflip

NSW reneged on an agreement to allow UN inspectors into its prisons the day the delegation landed in Australia, a federal official has told senators.

ABC News

Yatala prisoners protest move to higher security division by sparking blaze in cell

Two Adelaide prisoners who started a fire in their cell because they were unhappy about being moved to a higher security division, may have tampered with a power point to spark the blaze, the Department of Corrections says.

The Independent UK

Dog walker's killer sentenced to life in prison, no parole

A man convicted of using an AK-47 to kill a woman and wound her boyfriend as they walked their dog in Denver has been sentenced to life in prison

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Daily Mirror

Motorist who mowed down pedestrian outside Tesco spared prison due to being single mum

Aimee Palmer ploughed her Ford Fiesta into complete stranger Paramjit Malhi following a brief row with him whilst leaving the superstore in Birmingham

The Guardian - UK

I was in prison and saw how power can corrupt officers

Letters: Ruth Wyner recalls the inhumanity of incarceration, while John Coffin and GD Stewart and discuss the need for accountability and justice

The Independent UK

Amnesty: Egypt has days to save jailed activist’s life - OLD

The head of Amnesty International says that the proceedings of COP27 will be stained by the death of Egypt's leading rights activist on a hunger and water strike in prison if Egyptian authorities do not release him within days

The Guardian - UK

Eric Allison obituary

Career criminal who went on to become the Guardian’s prisons correspondent and a campaigner for penal reform

Chronicle Live

Former Durham prisoner turned writer brings his remarkable story to the stage with new play

Raising the bar - success story Ric Renton will star in November premiere at Live Theatre of his play One Off which recounts his experiences in HMP Durham

The Independent UK

Foreign Office ‘setting up PM to fail’ at Cop27 over writer jailed in Egypt

Sanaa Seif, the sister of political prisoner Alaa Abd El-Fattah, has spoken about a letter Rishi Sunak sent to their family.

Inverse

Star Wars theory finally answers 'Andor's most bizarre mystery

'Andor's Panopticon-like prison show just how heartless the Empire really is.

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