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Prison system was days from ‘total meltdown’ three times under last Tory government, review finds

Labour’s justice secretary Shabana Mahmood says the report ‘lays bare the disgraceful way the last Conservative government ran our prisons’

The Independent UK

Imran Khan’s party turns to UN as former Pakistan prime minister marks 2 years in prison

As Imran Khan endures growing isolation and Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf faces a sweeping state crackdown, it is unclear how long the jailed leader’s resilience and popularity alone can sustain a party under siege, Maroosha Muzaffar reports

The Independent UK

Justice department charged over violent prison incident

Charges have been laid against a justice department over a jail incident in which inmates and a youth worker were assaulted after a guard's keys were stolen.

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Erik Menendez returns to prison after hospital stay: report

Brothers Erik and Lyle Menendez have parole board hearings scheduled for later this month over their 50-year prison sentences for the 1989 murders of their parents in Beverly Hills

The Independent UK

Prison system was days from collapse three times under Sunak, review finds

Emergency measures bailed out jails at last minute as No 10 refused to cut prisoner numbers until ‘cliff edge’ reached, former watchdog reports

The Guardian - UK

MTG urges Donald Trump to commute George Santos’ prison sentence

Santos was sentenced to 87 months in prison for wire fraud and identity theft after scandal-plagued tenure in Congress

The Independent UK

Judge denies Diddy’s release from jail before October sentencing

The former music mogul is set to be sentenced on October 3 and could face up to 10 years in prison for each charge

The Independent UK

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Justice chaos under the Tories: Sunak risked prison 'meltdown' by blocking early release of inmates

Justice officials were ignored and accused of ‘crying wolf’ as the criminal justice system reached breaking point, damning review finds

Evening Standard

Arkansas man sentenced to life without parole for 2024 mass shooting at grocery store

An Arkansas man who shot and killed four people at a grocery store has been sentenced to life in prison without parole

The Independent UK

Mother of Baby P to face public parole hearing in October

Tracey Connelly was jailed in 2009 for causing or allowing the death of her 17-month-old son Peter.

Evening Standard

Former New York prison guard sentenced to 15 years for beating death of inmate

A former corrections officer has been sentenced to 15 years in prison for his role in the death of an inmate at a New York prison

The Independent UK

Ghislaine Maxwell not welcome in Texas ‘Club Fed’ prison camp, says inmate: ‘Human trafficking is a violent crime’

Presence of Jeffrey Epstein’s accomplice and former girlfriend has angered fellow inmates at Texas prison camp

The Independent UK

Four relatives of a baby abandoned in a Tennessee yard were found dead. After a manhunt, cops have arrested a suspect

Tennessee cops found the bodies of James Matthew Wilson, Adrianna Williams, Braydon Williams and Cortney Rose in Lake County

The Independent UK

Reform UK announces expert on ghosts and UFOs as latest defection to party

Rupert Matthews has written books about ghost sightings, cryptozoology and other paranormal subjects

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The Guardian - UK

Call to crack down on ‘hooch’ and medicine in prisons after Dorset death

Coroner asks ministers to reduce inmates’ access to illicitly brewed alcohol and medication after prisoner died

Evening Standard

Reform UK gets first police and crime commissioner after Tory defection

Rupert Matthews has joined Nigel Farage’s party as he says the ‘dark heart of wokeness’ needs removing from the justice system.

The Guardian - US

‘We have to clear our names’: Venezuelan makeup artist who survived Ice detention tries to rebuild his life

Andry José Hernández Romero was one of 251 men flown from Texas to the Cecot prison in El Salvador. Now he’s seeking justice

Evening Standard

Reform UK’s new justice adviser calls for bolstered ‘rehabilitation’ in prisons

Vanessa Frake warned the current justice system is ‘warehousing prisoners’ and ‘turning out better criminals into society’.

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The Conversation

Contemporary crime fiction has moved beyond conventional genre tropes – just don’t call it ‘literary’

A young man is released from prison and finds work in a cemetery. A family embarks on a beach holiday in New Zealand. In each scenario, there’s not a detective in sight, amateur or professional – although there are a few bodies to contend with.

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Ghislaine Maxwell Has Been Moved To The Same Prison As Jen Shah & Elizabeth Holmes

Maxwell was moved to the minimum-security prison to continue serving her 20-year sentence.

The Independent UK

Senior judge says he would apologise to IPP prisoners he jailed

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Senior judges reveal regret at handing out ‘unfair’ indefinite jail terms and call for scandal to be ‘put right’

Exclusive: ‘I have been a part of the system that is wrong. I feel that I ought to be part of the system to put it right,’ says one judge who backs proposals to help those trapped under the ‘unfair’ sentence

The Independent UK

Ministers must summon the courage to right an ‘obvious injustice’

THE INDEPENDENT VIEW: Editorial: Judges who passed indefinite sentences join The Independent’s campaign to re-sentence those prisoners who have been unfairly trapped by the long-abolished IPP law

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Diddy’s Lawyer Reveals One Of The ‘Horrible Things’ The Rapper Has Had To Deal With While In Prison

What's it really like for Diddy behind bars?

The Independent UK

Welcome to the nation’s ‘super deportation center,’ inspired by Amazon and FedEx but ‘with human beings’

IN FOCUS: Since before the Trump administration, the ICE field office in New Orleans was taking inspiration from corporate giants, Alex Woodward and Alicja Hagopian report

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