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Prison windows and X-ray scanners not being fixed amid drug crisis – watchdog

Prison governors have reported not having enough money to fix broken security equipment.

Evening Standard

Man who tried to assassinate Trump facing potential life sentence

Prosecutors will ask that a man convicted of trying to assassinate Trump be given a life sentence

The Independent UK

Starmer urged to take charge of courts crisis with system ‘on brink of collapse’

Sir Brian Leveson, who was appointed by the government to conduct an independent review of the courts system, has urged the government to adopt his ideas in full

The Independent UK

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Apple TV's Cape Fear remake sees Amy Adams in over her head as Javier Bardem's ex-prisoner plots revenge in tension-filled first look

Amy Adams and Patrick Wilson are appropriately anxious in the first look at Apple's Cape Fear TV show

Total Film

Cost of locking up prisoners reaches eye-watering high

The cost of managing the nation's prison populations has exploded in the past decade as cells become fuller and more people reoffend.

AAP

He Lost His Family, His Youth and 20 Years of Life - The Court Finally Set Him Free

In early 2026, a clip began circulating widely on social media. It shows a man stepping out of prison and breaking down, unable to hold back his tears. For many viewers, it looked like another fleeting viral moment - raw, emotional, unsettling. But behind that moment is a story far…

Times Life

Ten bombshell Sarah Ferguson email exchange claims to emerge from latest Epstein files release

A series of shocking exchanges between the former Duchess of York and the paedophile financier have been revealed

Evening Standard

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Burglar who tried to smash his way into Anya Taylor-Joy’s bedroom jailed for 3 years

An armed robber who broke into a London home where Anya Taylor-Joy was staying has been sentenced to three years in prison

The Independent UK

Marwan Barghouti, ‘Palestine’s Mandela’, to publish book from prison

Unbroken: In Pursuit of Freedom for Palestine is a collection of writings by the Palestinian political leader, who has been held in Israeli prisons since 2002

The Guardian - UK

Campaigners challenge Scottish policy on transgender inmates in female prisons

For Women Scotland objects to use of individual risk assessments, saying it is contrary to supreme court ruling

The Guardian - UK

Women prisoners treated as ‘pawns for political gain’, court hears

A lawyer representing For Women Scotland accused the prison service of “institutional neglect of and contempt for women’s rights”.

Evening Standard

Government accused of treating women like ‘pawns’ over trans prisoner policy

For Women Scotland is challenging the Scottish Government’s approach to trans prisoners

The Independent UK

Sarah Ferguson ‘took daughters to visit Epstein’ days after he was released from prison for child sex crimes

New details of Jeffrey Epstein’s relationships with the royals continue to emerge after three million files were released by the US Department of Justice

The Independent UK

Oscar-nominated screenwriter Mehdi Mahmoudian arrested in Iran

Mehdi Mahmoudian worked on the script of Jafar Panahi's 'It Was Just An Accident', which won last year's Palme d'Or and is nominated for Best Screenplay and Best International Feature at this year’s Oscars.

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Former Bangladeshi Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina and her UK lawmaker niece sentenced in graft case

A special court in Bangladesh has sentenced former Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina to 10 years in prison, and her UK lawmaker niece, Tulip Siddiq to four, over corruption charges. Hasina is accused of misusing power to illegally secure plots of land in a government project to distribute to her family.

AAP

Notorious killer took own life in secure cell: coroner

A notorious killer of a mother and her two daughters used a prison issue item to take his own life in a secure unit, a coroner has found.

Evening Standard

Hearing on transgender prisoners to start in Edinburgh

The judicial review hearing begins at the Court of Session on Tuesday.

The Independent UK

Starmer under fire for not securing release of Jimmy Lai during China trip

Mr Lai, who has been detained for more than five years in Hong Kong, is “likely to die” in prison unless he is released soon, Lord Alton warned

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Elon Musk rides Epstein truth train — questions how client arrest counter ‘still zero’

"Ghislaine Maxwell is in prison for what exactly?"

The Independent UK

Misconduct complaint dismissed against judge who handled El Salvador prison deportation case

A federal appeals court judge has dismissed a misconduct complaint filed by the Justice Department against a judge who clashed with President Donald Trump’s administration over deportations to a notorious prison in El Salvador

The Guardian - US

The detention of five-year-old Liam Ramos was horrific. What has America become?

Do the people imprisoning kids like Liam Ramos have no children of their own? Do they have no decency, compassion or basic humanity?

The Times of India

Sheikh Hasina convicted again: Bangladesh court hands 10-year sentence in housing scam cases

A Bangladesh court has handed former Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina a 10-year prison sentence in two corruption cases concerning plot allocations. Her niece, British MP Tulip Siddiq, received a four-year sentence. The convictions stem from alleged irregularities in the Purbachal New Town project. Hasina, living in exile, faces multiple other…

The Guardian - UK

Co-writer of Oscar-nominated film It Was Just an Accident arrested in Iran

Mehdi Mahmoudian detained after signing statement condemning Iran’s supreme leader for recent bloodshed

The Independent UK

Misconduct complaint dismissed against judge who handled El Salvador prison deportation case

The Independent UK

Social media users who tout illegal routes into UK face up to five years in prison

Border security minister Alex Norris said his message to people smugglers is: ‘We are coming after you’ as the government launched its fresh social media crackdown

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