Increased police investigations into far-right extremism have now seen the prison population swell to them making up a fifth of terrorists currently behind bars. New figures from the Home Office show of the 209 terrorism offenders behind bars, 42 of them are classified as holding extreme rightwing views. It is a growth of 18 per … Read more
Prison officer Liz Cunico can handle all the wolf whistles from sexually frustrated and disrespectful male inmates – they just better not touch her dog Alice. The 27-year-old and her kelpie-border collie cross are part of a new breed in the K9 unit of the New South Wales prison system’s Security Operations Group. Ms Cunico … Read more
Six American oil executives held for three years in Venezuela have been found guilty of corruption charges and sentenced to between eight and 13 years in prison. Washington has repeatedly asked Caracas to release the so-called Citgo 6, who are employees of Houston-based Citgo refining company, owned by Venezuela’s state oil company PDVSA. They had been … Read more
It’s time to get ruff! Jails take on extra sniffer dogs that can root out drugs and even mobile phones in crackdown on inmates Prisons minister Lucy Frazer announced investment as part of £100m package The 176 additional dogs will increase the overall number in jails to more than 800 Dogs capable of detecting drugs and … Read more
Vietnam has jailed four people for helping to smuggle 39 of the country’s citizens to the UK – where they suffocated to death in the back of a lorry. Nguyen Quoc Thanh, 26, Nguyen Thi Thuy Hoa, 36, Tran Dinh Truong, 35, and Nguyen Xuan Trieu, 24, were sentenced to a total of 51 years in prison … Read more
Belarus today jailed two prominent activists for ten days as the country’s exiled opposition leader declared a ‘peaceful revolution’ is underway. Olga Kovalkova and Siarhei Dyleuski were brought before separate courts and jailed as protests continued against the 26-year rule of President Alexander Lukashenko. Kolvakova is the main representative still in Belarus of opposition candidate … Read more
Court jails young Russians for ‘plotting to overthrow Putin’: Activists are sentenced to up to seven years in a penal colony in case which has sparked protests and accusations police have overstepped their powers Ruslan Kostylenkov, Pyotr Karamzin and Vyacheslav Kryukov were sentenced In 2018 authorities detained 10 people, accusing them of belonging to the New Greatness … Read more
Cases of the novel coronavirus in American prisons and jails have doubled over the last month. There are more than 68,000 inmates confirmed to have contracted COVID-19, the disease caused by the virus, reported The New York Times. According to the newspaper, the five largest-known clusters across the country are in correctional institutions, prison complexes … Read more
Two prisoners escape open jails EACH WEEK including murderers and rapists – and more than 630 have absconded in the past five years, figures show Inmates transferred to Category D ‘open’ prisons to test readiness for release Some vanished after being allowed out to work or to attend classes or see family Escapees since 2015 … Read more
Jay-Z and Meek Mill send 100k masks to prisons that are ‘sitting ducks’ amid COVID-19 pandemic By Deirdre Simonds For Dailymail.com Published: 19:37 BST, 4 April 2020 | Updated: 20:09 BST, 4 April 2020 Rappers Jay-Z and Meek Mill announced they were forming a criminal justice reform organization last year. Now, to protect staff and … Read more