Pakistan jails sisters of Imran Khan before protest seeking his release Police crack down on family and political supporters of former PM who say authorities are ‘slowly killing’ him in prison The Guardian - UK · Sep 21
Questions for Justice Minister Naomi Long accused of ‘misleading Assembly’ Ms Long said her statement concerning missing killer Gary Anderson was based on information available to her at the time. Evening Standard · Sep 21
Questions for Justice Minister Naomi Long over statement to Assembly Ms Long is set to address an allegation she gave information to the Assembly last week that was ‘not fully accurate’. Evening Standard · Sep 21
Southport killer appears in court after alleged assaults on prison staff IN FULL The Independent UK · Sep 21
Epstein reckoning on campaign trail In key races from Arizona to North Carolina, Democrats are hammering Republicans for their votes on Epstein files Salon · Sep 21
Southport killer ‘threw boiling water mixed with sugar at prison officer’ Axel Rudakubana is alleged to have thrown it through a hatch on his cell door at Belmarsh. Evening Standard · Sep 21
Long wants to personally apologise as murderer Gary Anderson remains at large Justice Minister Naomi Long says she wants to apologise in person to the family of Anderson’s victim Karol Kelly. Evening Standard · Sep 21
Delphi killer challenges 130-year sentence over confessions and Odin murder theory A man serving 130 years in prison for killing two teen girls in Indiana is asking an appeals court to overturn his convictions The Independent UK · Sep 21
Southport killer threw boiling water mixed with sugar at Belmarsh prison officer, court hears Axel Rudakubana was jailed last year and has since been transferred to Broadmoor psychiatric hospital The Independent UK · Sep 21
‘People had naive expectations’: How MeToo has changed in China On Friday, MeToo journalist Sophia Huang Xueqin was released from prison. She returns to a landscape changed by censorship, and a new generation of feminists The Guardian - AU · Sep 21
Southport killer to appear in court charged with assaults on prison staff Axel Rudakubana will appear at Westminster Magistrates’ Court via videolink on Monday. Evening Standard · Sep 21
Pizza dough and TV prison dramas: how Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe survived jail in Iran Former charity worker tells Big Brue festival in Somerset of the strange comforts that helped her during imprisonment The Guardian - UK · Sep 20
Nobel laureate Narges Mohammadi says Iranians are paying the price for war Iran's most prominent human rights activist says Iranians are suffering seven months into the war and paying the price for the conflict The Independent UK · Sep 19
You could lose benefits or face prison for crimes committed by your children, minister warns parents System ‘should hold parents to account’ for ensuring they help keep communities safe The Independent UK · Sep 19
The Guardian - US · Sep 19 Girl orphaned by Super Bowl reporter’s drugging and a deadly Kansas crash is ‘extreme victim’, granddad says Parents of Eleanor, 3, both died within a year. Her dad’s killer was just convicted. Now a man faces trial in her mother’s car crash death
The Independent UK · Sep 19 ‘Caged like an animal, it could only end one way’: New prisons crisis as segregation deaths soar Exclusive: Matthew Osborne, 39, received just three minutes of human contact in three days and was driven to take his own life after 54 days in isolation, his family says
The Independent UK · Sep 18 Investigation launched after beheaded sea lion is found along San Francisco shore Tampering with the carcass of a dead marine mammal is a federal crime carrying penalties of up to $36,000 in fines and a year in prison
The Times of India · Sep 18 UN report finds widespread sexual violence in Ukraine war, 89% of cases linked to Russia A UN report documented widespread sexual violence by Russian forces in Ukraine. These violations included gang rape and genital mutilation against civilians and prisoners. Ukrainian authorities were responsible for a smaller number of similar human rights abuses. Most victims of sexual violence in detention were men, according to the UN…
The Economic Times · Sep 18 Oregon serial-killing case: Jesse Calhoun was released from prison early after fighting wildfires in 2020. He is now accused of killing 6 women Jesse Calhoun faces a new manslaughter charge in Oregon. He is already accused of murdering five other women. Calhoun was released early from prison in 2020. Investigators linked him to several deaths after his parole. The investigation into potential additional victims remains open.
The Guardian - US · Sep 18 Survivors recount panic and struggle to breathe in Nigerian prison cell where 37 died Police fire teargas as protests break out in city of Minna after deaths of suspected illegal goldminers, many of whom were children
The Independent UK · Sep 18 That’s So Raven star found with stolen firearm sentenced to federal prison The former child actor was found with a fully loaded .40 caliber handgun, complete with a 15-round magazine
The Independent UK · Sep 18 ‘My life was torn apart by a secret stalker – I’m scared he’ll come back after early release’ Kirsty Pellant was forced to leave her career and rebuild her life after a stalker made her out to be a sex worker online. She is now campaigning for the law to be changed ahead of his early release from prison
The Guardian - UK · Sep 18 Iron review – a real-life mother and daughter add extra dimension to prison drama Rona Munro’s understated untangling of a fractured relationship is revived with Christine and Lois Mackie
The Independent UK · Sep 18 Malaysia's king allows former leader Najib to serve rest of his graft sentence under house arrest Malaysia’s king has granted former Prime Minister Najib Razak a rare royal clemency, allowing him to serve the rest of his prison term under house arrest
The Guardian - US · Sep 17 US court sentences ex-Syrian official who ran notorious ‘punishment wing’ to 60 years Samir Ousman al-Sheikh, part of Bashar al-Assad’s regime, was in charge of Adra prison where prisoners were tortured