Jeffrey Archer reflects on mistakes and prison in final interview before death Jeffrey Archer reflected on what prison taught him in his final interview, which aired just days before his death. The Independent UK · Oct 5
Conservative plans to slash aid budget would ‘irreparably damage’ UK’s global credibility, charities say Party’s pledge to reduce aid budget from £9bn a year to £1bn to fund new prison places branded as ‘posturing’ The Guardian - UK · Oct 5
Emma Coronel Says Her Daughters See and Talk to 'El Chapo' Despite His Supermax Prison Restrictions Emma Coronel has revealed that the twin daughters she shares with Joaquín "El Chapo" Guzmán remain close to their father and are able to see and speak with him, despite years of extraordinary restrictions on the imprisoned drug lord's communications with the outside world. Latin Times · Oct 5
Receiver Will Run Arizona Prison Health Care October 19 After Monitors Flagged Deaths That May Have Been Preventable A court-appointed receiver takes over Arizona prison health care Oct. 19 after Justice Kagan denied the state's bid to delay the order. Medical Daily · Oct 5
Who was Dennis Hastert? How the death of the longest-serving Republican House speaker highlights dark history of child abuse and a powerful political career Dennis Hastert, the longest-serving Republican House speaker, died at 84 due to natural causes. He served from 1999 to 2007 and represented Illinois in Congress for two decades. Hastert’s political rise was later marred by revelations of his sexual abuse of teenage boys he coached. He was sentenced to 15… The Economic Times · Oct 5
HSBC Banker Banned From the City of London After Racking Up £5,900 in Unpaid Fares Former HSBC executive Joseph Molloy was barred by the FCA after a fraud conviction over 'doughnutting' that avoided £5,911 in train fares. International Business Times UK · Oct 5
Lockerbie bombing trial date set as US judge warns against further delay Abu Agila Masud faces a maximum penalty of life in prison if convicted over the deadliest terrorist attack in UK history. Evening Standard · Oct 5
Dennis Hastert, Longest-Serving GOP House Speaker, Dies at 84 After Federal Prison in Hush-Money Case Dennis Hastert, the longest-serving Republican speaker in US history, has died aged 84. His political career was later overshadowed by a federal conviction and sexual abuse allegations International Business Times UK · Oct 5
Former House Speaker Dennis Hastert, who went to prison, dies at 84 IN FULL The Independent UK · Oct 5
Dennis Hastert, longtime Republican House speaker who went to prison, dies at age 84 Dennis Hastert, who served as House speaker longer than any other Republican but later was sent to prison in a hush-money case, has died The Independent UK · Oct 5
Alleged crime gang leader Daniel Kinahan appears before court in Dublin The 49-year-old appeared by videolink from Portlaoise Prison. Evening Standard · Oct 5
AI Video of Manslaughter Victim 'Forgiving' His Killer Gets Man's Prison Sentence Thrown Out An Arizona appeals court vacated Gabriel Paul Horcasitas's 10.5-year sentence, ruling that an AI-generated video depicting the victim's imagined forgiveness violated due process at sentencing. International Business Times UK · Oct 5
An immigrant deported by the US and held in an African prison for more than a year has been released A Laos citizen deported by the United States to Eswatini in Africa under the Trump administration’s immigration crackdown has been released after spending more than a year in a maximum security prison The Independent UK · Oct 4
Christa Pike remains ‘critically ill’ on ventilator as lawyers unsure she’ll recover from botched execution Christa Pike, 50, has remained in hospital on a ventilator since her execution failed The Independent UK · Oct 4
The Guardian - UK · Oct 4 UK justice secretary unable to say how many early release prisoners have been tagged Alex Norris says ‘too soon’ to say how many released this week from jails in England and Wales have monitoring devices
The Guardian - UK · Oct 4 A cargo ship, 20 crew, and a huge stash of cocaine: the seafarer imprisoned for smuggling – on no evidence After Turkish police found drugs on board the Phoenician M, the ship’s chief mate, Ali Albokhari, was sentenced to 30 years in prison. His wife is still fighting to free him
The Independent UK · Oct 4 ‘I’ve finally got my son back – but my cruel IPP sentence means he could be taken away again at any time’ JAILED WITHOUT HOPE: FIGHTING FOR JUSTICE: Exclusive: Rachel* had spent nearly two decades living under the shadow of an indefinite jail term when she became a mother to Joshua* and turned her life around, but their world was torn apart by a sudden recall, writes Amy-Clare Martin
The Independent UK · Oct 4 Kemi Badenoch positions herself as modern-day Thatcher and vows to revive Tories The Tory leader dismissed suggestions that her focus on cutting benefits and building more prisons signalled a return of the ‘nasty party’
Evening Standard · Oct 4 Kemi Badenoch says Tories will be party of ‘common sense’ as party conference begins The Tory leader dismissed suggestions that her focus on cutting benefits and building more prisons signalled a return of the ‘nasty party’
The Canberra Times · Oct 3 'Huge concern': alarm bells over prisoners entering community without crucial checks It comes after a double murderer applied to the program last year.
France 24 · Oct 3 Tennessee prison chief who oversaw botched Christa Pike execution resigns The head of Tennessee's prison system has resigned in the first major shake-up since the stunning failed execution of convicted murderer Christa Pike, who is in critical condition after surviving two lethal injections. Tennessee Governor Bill Lee, who previously denied Pike clemency, has halted further executions through the rest of…
The Guardian - US · Oct 3 Tennessee’s top prison official resigning after botched execution of Christa Pike Frank Strada leaving position as state launches independent investigation into what went wrong
The Economic Times · Oct 3 Greg Lui DOJ charges: California tech CEO linked to $300 million Nvidia GPU scheme allegedly routed through Malaysia and Singapore to China Greg Lui was charged by the Department of Justice for allegedly exporting restricted computer servers to China. The indictment includes conspiracy to violate export control laws and money laundering. Lui and associates misrepresented shipments through Malaysia and Singapore to bypass regulations. It is claimed that over $300 million of advanced…
The Independent UK · Oct 3 Prison chief to resign after shock botched execution of Christa Pike Doctors were working to save Pike's life and clear the drug pentobarbital from her system
The Guardian - US · Oct 3 Outgoing prison chief in Christa Pike case oversaw five ‘botched’ executions, lawyers say Frank Strada will leave role next month after uproar over execution attempt, which sent Pike to hospital in critical condition