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Emma Johnson "fell in love" with inmate Marcus Solomon at HMP Sudbury and began selling mobile phones via him in the jail in a racket that saw her earn thousands of pounds

GUANTÁNAMO BAY, Cuba: A prisoner accused of plotting al-Qaida’s bombing of the USS Cole warship in 2000 told federal interrogators years later that he was waterboarded by the CIA, an interpreter testified Thursday. But that detail was omitted from the official account of the interrogations that prosecutors want to use…

Michael Surtees had previously appeared on the Channel 4 documentary 'Prison' during a stint at HMP Durham

Since the 2021 coup, Myanmar’s death penalty moratorium has been a myth. The junta has routinely targeted civilians for extra-judicial killing, including using army snipers to callously pick off peaceful protesters. There have been killings of prisoners too, with many of the dead reportedly exhibiting signs of torture on their…

This week's visit to Benin by French President Emmanuel Macron was marked by the release of 30 opposition figures, imprisoned during the April 2021 election campaign. Macron's host, President Patrice Talon, comfortably won that election, from which the vast majority of opposition candidates were barred.

Arms trafficker Viktor Bout reportedly in line for exchange with the WNBA star facing drug charges

The Kremlin has warned that a possible prisoner swap with the United States involving American basketball star Brittney Griner needs to be negotiated quietly without fanfare

Brynley Fussell, a serial escaper, had 77 convictions having ended up in borstal aged just 10. He led a colourful life and has now died aged 91

A Russian arms trafficker who was arrested in Thailand and is serving a 25-year jail term in the United States knows nothing about a possible exchange with two US prisoners in Russia, his wife said.