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Shift Naidu to hospital for better treatment: Yanamala

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

The Hindu

TDP enacting new srama: Sajjala Ramakrishna Reddy

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

The Hindu

Prisons plan could add 1,000 places in England and Wales amid overcrowding

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

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TDP demands shifting of Naidu to AIIMS for better treatment

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…

The Hindu

Amanda Knox exonerated of slander conviction in Meredith Kercher’s murder

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

The Independent UK

Overdoses double at prison where inmates say it’s ‘easy’ to get drugs

Exclusive: More than 100 overdoses at HMP Forest Bank in Salford, where drugs ‘fuel debt and violence’

The Independent UK

Rishi Sunak was warned by own watchdog three years ago that prisons would run out of space in 2023

Exclusive: National Audit Office said government’s failure to invest and longer sentences were driving shortfall

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Chandrababu Naidu has gained weight and there is no change in his medication, says Prisons DIG

Chandrababu Naidu has gained weight and there is no change in his medication, says Prisons DIG. A decision has been taken to release a daily health bulletin from October 14, says DIG Ravi Kiran. Air conditioner cannot be provided as per the prison manual, he makes it clear.

The Hindu

Trial delay for former soldier Daniel Khalife after alleged prison escape

The 22-year-old was due to stand trial in November but a judge has said that date is now ‘wholly unrealistic’.

The Independent UK

‘Being in my 20s feels disgusting!’ Bella Ramsey on fame, fear and ‘daddy’ Pedro Pascal

Game of Thrones and The Last of Us shot Bella Ramsey into the A-list before they were even out of their teens. Ahead of prison drama Time, they talk football, rapping and why fame is ‘silly’

The Guardian - UK

Former Chief Inspector of Industries gets seven years RI on graft charges

Special Court in Tiruchi convicts S. Elangovan, former Chief Inspector of Industries, to 7 yrs RI for demanding & obtaining ₹2 lakh bribe from Sterlite Copper Industries in Thoothukudi in 2008. DVAC arrested Elangovan while receiving bribe & filed charge sheet in 2009. Judge R. Karthikeyan convicts & sentences him…

The Hindu

How overcrowded are the UK’s prisons?

Prison overcrowding is reportedly at an all-time high in the UK

Evening Standard

Russian authorities raid the homes of lawyers for imprisoned opposition leader Alexei Navalny

Allies of imprisoned opposition leader Alexei Navalny say Russian authorities have searched the homes of three lawyers representing him, with one of them detained

The Independent UK

Just 557 prison spaces left and ‘criminals to be spared jail’ as population hits record high

Prison governors say it is ‘inevitable’ spaces will run out as male population rises by 400 in a fortnight

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'Disgusting': child sex offender used group chat called 'Family'

A convicted child sex offender has avoided prison after he engaged in a "disgusting" group chat titled 'Family' on an LGBTQI+ dating app.

The Guardian - UK

Sewage in rivers, crumbling schools – what next? No room in prisons for rapists and burglars

Even as our jails run out of places, Tories push the myth that longer sentences make us safer, says the Guardian columnist Gaby Hinsliff

The Independent UK

French police probe ‘poisoning’ of TV journalist who denounced Putin’s war live on air

Marina Ovsyannikova was sentenced in absentia to eight and a half years in prison in Russia

The Canberra Times

Inmates and visitors allegedly smuggled contraband into jail

Police allegedly found opioids being smuggled in a pair of shoes.

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The Independent UK

El Salvador is gradually filling its new mega prison with alleged gang members

With tattoo-covered faces, wearing white shirts and shorts, gang members captured during El Salvador’s state of exception are gradually filling the country’s new mega prison

The Independent UK

Colombian serial killer who confessed to murdering more than 190 children dies in hospital

Authorities in Colombia say a prolific serial killer who confessed to murdering more than 190 children during the 1990s has died in a hospital where he was imprisoned

The Independent UK

‘Inevitable’ prison spaces will run out as judges ‘delay sentencings’ to avoid overwhelming system

Exclusive: Ministers playing ‘game of brinksmanship’ with prison places, governors association warns

The Guardian - UK

Women’s groups criticise move to delay sentencing in England and Wales

Government accused of letting down victims as full prisons mean convicted criminals will spend longer on bail

Chicago Sun-Times

Mom of slain Chicago Police Officer Ella French faces man charged in fatal shooting: “My faith tells me to forgive, I’m not ready for that.’

Elizabeth French spoke during a hearing where 25-year-old Eric Morgan pleaded guilty to aggravated unlawful use of a weapon, battery with a deadly weapon and obstruction of justice. He was sentenced to 7 years.

Newsroom.co.nz

Future generations deserve more than prisons

Dumping untold thousands of people into prison is much easier than solving any of our social problems. But it won’t work, argues Emilie Rākete.

Evening Standard

OPINION - The Tories are polling badly for exactly the reasons you think

All international crises have a local angle. For Britain and the 9/11 terrorist attacks, it is the infamous ‘good day to bury bad news‘ affair. This was when Jo Moore, a political advisor to the transport secretary, Stephen Byers, suggested within an hour of the second plane flying into the…

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