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
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
The former business associate of Tessa Jowell’s husband has been sentenced by an Iranian court to ten years in prison on espionage charges. Shahram Shirkhani spied for British intelligence services and allegedly passed on ‘sensitive information’, judiciary spokesman Gholamhossein Esmaili said. He is the former business associate of David Mills, The Times reported, the late … 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
Fifteen convicted terrorists in British jails have refused to take part in deradicalisation scheme since 2018 Mail on Sunday FOI found 15 convicted terrorists refused to participate Ten further inmates were left on a waiting list for the deradicalisation scheme The HII scheme was first piloted in 2010 and is set to be reviewed in … 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
At least 12 people have died of diabetes in Georgia jails and prisons where they were not given treatment that would have kept them healthy in the last decade. Their blood sugars spiked to many times the normal range, they were flippantly denied insulin, and their their symptoms were dismissed by guards and staffers that … Read more