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Ministers announce huge expansion of electronic tagging in England and Wales | Prisons and probation
Tens of thousands of criminals will be released from prisons in England and Wales wearing tags that track their location…
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‘Second chance’: why minister wants to jail fewer women in England and Wales | Prisons and probation
P.At was previously in trouble with the police when he was 16 and was kicked out of the care system…
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London’s Burning actor John Alford, 54, dies in prison | Prisons and probation
Actor John Alford died in prison, two months after being imprisoned for sexually assaulting two teenage girls. Alford, 54, was…
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Unsafe levels of cancer-causing radon gas detected at 16 UK prisons
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Australia
ACT faces rising violence, disparity in prisons | The Canberra Times
Bageshri Savyasachi is a Police Reporter. Canberra Times. He reports on crime, justice and public safety in the nation’s capital.…
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‘Supermax-style units’ for most dangerous criminals to be introduced in England and Wales | Prisons and probation
The most dangerous extremist prisoners in England and Wales will be held in “supermax-style units” similar to those used in…
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IAN WILLIAMS: In China’s most brutal purge since Chairman Mao, a string of senior generals have vanished into black hole prisons – so is Xi Jinping locking away anyone who’ll oppose his plans to invade Taiwan?
China stands out in the grand theater of state visits, and Keir Starmer has naively taken on everything from the…
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BBC sees UAE-run secret prisons
Naval Al-MaghafiSenior international investigative correspondent, Yemen Liam weir / BBC One area contained several poorly ventilated shipping containers that held…
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USA
Guatemalan inmates riot at three prisons, taking 46 people hostage
By Sofia Menchu GUATEMALA CITY, Jan 17 (Reuters) – Inmates at three prisons in Guatemala rioted on Saturday and took…
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UK government drops plans to publish photos and names of offenders under community orders | Prisons and probation
Ministers have abandoned controversial plans to photograph, name and shame criminals ordered to complete unpaid community work in Labour’s latest…
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