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The Latest Breaking News from Prison

Emmerdale fans spot major flaw with Cain Dingle's prison storyline

Cain is currently on remand in prison for the murder of Al Chapman.

Leeds Live

Egypt ‘smelling weakness’ in Cleverly’s stance on jailed British activist, ex-ambassador warns

Warning comes as family receives note from jailed activist saying he has ended his hunger strike

The Independent UK

Bahamas official calls Fyre Festival founder Billy McFarland a ‘fugitive’ as he launches treasure hunt venture

McFarland just finished a five-year prison sentence for wire fraud

The Independent UK

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Deerbolt inmate squirted urine-filled Lynx bottle in prison officer's face for '20 boxes of vapes'

Daniel Best was serving a 40 month sentence at the Young Offenders' Institution when he carried out the offence

Chronicle Live

Feds to review security after inmate tried to shoot visitor

Officials will begin assessing security protocols at federal prison camps across the U.S. after an inmate obtained a gun and tried to shoot a visitor in the head at a prison camp in Arizona

The Independent UK

Prison guards surround and beat black man inside tiny cell in disturbing footage

The lawyer for Jarrett Hobbs, 41, has released disturbing footage of his client being assaulted multiple times in the neck and head at Camden County Jail in Georgia, US, by staff

Daily Mirror

Prison or £5k fine for anyone found inside burned out hotel that has become crime hotspot

The hotel closed down in 2013 but suffered further damage after a fire ripped through the building in 2016

Liverpool Echo

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Russian parliament displays art by Griner case figure Bout

A show of prison artwork by a Russian arms trader serving 25 years in the United States and the focus of speculation about a prisoner swap that could free WBNA star Brittney Griner has opened at the upper chamber of the Russian parliament

The Independent UK

Michigan school shooter Ethan Crumbley, 16, faces life in prison without parole for killing four classmates

Prosecutors say they’ll seek a life sentence with no chance for parole for a teenager who killed four fellow students at a Michigan school and pleaded guilty to murder and terrorism

The Independent UK

Syrian amnesties freed less than 6% of detainees, report reveals

Freeing of prisoners hailed as acts of benevolence by Assad regime still leave estimated 136,000 people in jail

The Guardian - UK

Hotel of horrors where woman attacked by 'demonic' cannibal killer sells for £270,000

The Sirhowy Arms Hotel in Bargoed, south Wales hit headlines in November 2014 when former prison inmate Matthew Williams killed Cerys Yemm and has now sold at auction

Daily Mirror

Aust ready for next UN prison inspection

Australia 'regrets' the suspension of a 12-day tour of detention facilities by a delegation of prison inspectors, it tells the UN.

AAP

Alaa Abd el-Fattah: Jailed British-Egyptian activist ends hunger strike

It comes one day after he broke a water strike

The Independent UK

Nigeria has too many prison inmates awaiting trial. Technology could achieve swifter justice

Nigeria’s prison population is more than 76,000, housed in 240 correctional centres. About 70% of these inmates are still awaiting trial. They have been arrested and charged, but not yet convicted or cleared.

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Evening Standard

Alaa Abd El-Fattah: Jailed British-Egyptian activist ‘breaks hunger strike’

The family said they received a note in his handwriting from prison saying ‘I’ve broken my strike’

The Guardian - UK

Alaa Abd el-Fattah has ended hunger strike, sister says

British-Egyptian political prisoner had been on a partial hunger strike of 100 calories or less a day for six months

The Independent UK

Imprisoned Egyptian activist calls off hunger strike

The family of imprisoned Egyptian activist Alaa Abdel-Fattah says they received a letter from him on Tuesday

The Independent UK

Jailed British-Egyptian activist Alaa Abd El-Fattah ‘breaks hunger strike’

His family said they received a note in his handwriting from prison saying ‘I’ve broken my strike’.

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Fortune

How is SBF coping with losing $16 billion and the possibility of prison? He’s playing video games and posting cryptic tweets

The disgraced founder of FTX was “surprisingly calm” in a recent interview.

Evening Standard

Sledgehammer killing of Wagner Group conscript ‘warning to defectors’ say western officials

Footage of former prisoner Yevgeny Nuzhin being hit with a sledgehammer was posted on a telegram account linked to the Wagner Group this week

The Independent UK

Stephen Lawrence killer ‘left scarred for life in prison attack’

David Norris’s face was reportedly slashed with makeshift knives from his ‘forehead to his chin’

Manchester Evening News

ITV Emmerdale fans remind Moira of her own past as she flees the village after admission to Cain

It has become clear to viewers of the ITV soap that the character is struggling with hiding the truth

France 24

Egyptian-British activist Alaa Abdel Fattah breaks hunger strike

The family of imprisoned Egyptian activist Alaa Abdel-Fattah said Tuesday they received a letter from him saying he has ended his hunger strike.

Daily Record

Cat killer slit pet's throat with razor after breaking its legs in 'fit of rage'

Adam Alkour had taken in six-year-old cat Darwin after her previous owners were no longer able to care for her.

The Guardian - US

‘I don’t have the funds’: a diabetic prisoner pleaded for insulin supplies before his death

Clifford Farrar collapsed after seeking care last year. His death exposes the health crisis in Washington state prisons

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