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HMP Wandsworth prisoner ‘would still be alive’ without failings, watchdog rules

Staff repeatedly missed opportunities to help Rajwinder Singh, 36, who took his own life, a report has found

Evening Standard

Former inmate found guilty of ‘revenge’ killing of prison officer

Lenny Scott, 33, was shot by Elias Morgan, 35, in Skelmersdale, Lancashire, on February 8 last year.

Evening Standard

German Neo-Nazi Heads For Women's Jail After Gender Change

A fierce debate has erupted in Germany around a neo-Nazi who is set to begin a jail term in a women's prison on Friday after legally changing gender.

International Business Times

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France to shut part of Marseille youth detention after abuse report

French justice minister Gérald Darmanin on Friday confirmed that part of La Valentine juvenile detention centre in Marseille will be shut after prison watchdogs reported poor conditions for dozens of young inmates.

Radio France Internationale

Superyacht worker apologises for ex-girlfriend's kidnap

A superyacht worker who kidnapped his ex-girlfriend and threatened her with a knife blade is fighting to avoid a prison term for his offending.

AAP

Families Lose Hope For Salvadorans Held In Gang Crackdown

Ana Mercedes Garcia has barely slept since her son was taken away three years ago, one of tens of thousands of men to have disappeared inside El Salvador's grim prisons since 2022.

International Business Times

Released prisoners ‘not being given a fair opportunity to restart their lives’

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Talk about hard labor - a US prisoner complains he has to rely on floppy disks for appeal documents, and there's a bizarre reason why

Floppy disk restrictions in US prisons expose inmates to delays, data loss, and disadvantages.

TechRadar

Former Cartel Leader Sentenced To Over a Decade In Prison For Role In Drug-Trafficking Operations

Former cartel leader Salvador Garcia-Garcia, known as "Ardilla," has been sentenced to more than a decade in prison for his role in the organization's drug-trafficking operations

Latin Times

Indeterminate and long-term prisoners are dogged by stigma and ‘set up to fail’ on release, report warns

Exclusive: Prisoners have revealed their struggle to find housing and employment while living under an ‘overwhelming’ threat of recall

The Independent UK

GPS tagging of criminals led to drop in reoffending rate, study suggests

A pilot study found the rate of reoffending among men leaving prison who were forced to wear a tag fell by seven percentage points.

Evening Standard

British ‘Beatle’ terrorist’s bid to transfer to UK prison ‘should be rejected’

El Shafee Elsheikh, known as ‘Ringo’ is serving eight life sentences in a US jail for his involvement in a hostage-taking scheme.

Evening Standard

'ISIS Beatle' terrorist whose gang filmed killing of hostages makes bid to return to the UK

El Shafee Elsheikh has applied to move from his Colorado prison to a British jail under the International Prison Transfer Program

Evening Standard

IS terrorist 'Jihadi Ringo' requests transfer to UK prison, sparking outrage

IS terrorist El Shafee Elsheikh, known as "Jihadi Ringo", is currently serving eight consecutive life sentences in the US. The families of the victims oppose the move.

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The Guardian - UK

Prisoners must get the chance to rehabilitate themselves in jail

Letter: Former prison governor John Podmore says real opportunities for change need to be created for those incarcerated or Labour’s prison reform will just be a sticking plaster

PC Gamer

How to escape prison in Metal Gear Solid Delta: Snake Eater

Break out of Groznyj Grad fortress using a few different tricks.

International Business Times UK

Chris Watts Letters: Killer Who Murdered His Family Quotes Bible Verses and Says He's a 'New Man'

Killer Chris Watts, jailed for murdering his pregnant wife and two daughters, says he's a 'new man' in prison letters filled with Bible verses.

Evening Standard

Prison officer jailed for inappropriate relationship with inmate

Aimee Duke, 26, admitted two offences after she was caught sending messages to a prisoner.

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The Independent UK

Prison officer jailed for inappropriate behaviour told inmate: ‘I want us to be together 100%’

Aimee Duke, 26, admitted two offences after she was caught sending messages to a prisoner

The Independent UK

Tourist could face prison after filming ‘disrespectful’ Instagram dance video under Turkish flag

Merjem shared a video of herself doing acrobatics around a flagpole at Uçhisar Castle in Cappadocia on her Instagram account “blittem”

The Independent UK

A royal pardon frees a Thai woman serving a 43-year prison term for defaming the monarchy

A woman in Thailand, sentenced to a prison term of more than four decades on a charge of royal defamation, has been released by a royal pardon after serving just under one-fifth of her term

The Guardian - UK

Man arrested on suspicion of murder of 84-year-old in County Down

Suspect detained after Sean Small, who had recently served prison sentence for sex offences, found dead in Newcastle

The Independent UK

Prisoner trapped on abolished indefinite jail term took his own life after government refused to resentence him

Keith Gadd, 60, died in prison 13 years over his original tariff with no family left to contact

Evening Standard

Family of British man detained in India without trial urge UK Government to act

Christian Michel, 63, has been held in an Indian prison for seven years, the maximum sentence for the alleged crime he was extradited for.

International Business Times

Thai Woman Jailed For 43 Years For Lese-majeste Freed

A Thai woman who received one of the kingdom's longest ever royal insult sentences was freed from prison on Wednesday under a mass pardon marking the king's birthday.

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