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Magistrates have been asked to stop jailing criminals for several weeks in a bid to ease pressure on Britain’s overcrowded prisons. Daily Express :: News Feed
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Ukraine and Russia swap more than 100 prisoners
The Russian Defence Ministry said the 115 Russian soldiers had been captured in the Kursk region, where Ukrainian forces launched their surprise offensive into Russia two weeks ago. Ukraine said the 115 Ukrainian servicemen who were freed were conscripts. CBC | World News
Read More »Reading can help prisoners to ‘walk in someone else’s shoes’, says Mick Herron
Mick Herron steps into the daylight beyond the imposing main entrance of HMP Bullingdon in Oxfordshire and breathes deeply. The spy writing superstar had been addressing a reading workshop for some 35 inmates at the Category B prison, sharing the story behind his globally successful Slow Horses series, adapted for the television starring Gary Oldman as larger-than-life spymaster Jackson Lamb. ...
Read More »Incredible life of Winston Churchill’s favourite spy who saved Nazi prisoners
As wartime SOE agent Krystyna Skarbek is honoured with a photograph at the National Portrait Gallery in London as part of a new exhibition on female spies, her biographer Clare Mulley recounts this extraordinary woman’s story… and her unbelievably tragic end Daily Express :: Entertainment Feed
Read More »UK jail forced to close after radioactive gas found as prisoners evacuated
HMP Dartmoor has temporarily closed after high levels of radon were discovered. Daily Express :: News Feed
Read More »Thousands of prisoners to be released amid fears over breakdown of law and order
Prisoners will be released after they have served 40% of their sentence, meaning in many cases convicts will be let out months early. Daily Express :: News Feed
Read More »Ukraine to allow some prisoners to enter army, as Kyiv focuses on finding needed recruits
A decision by Ukraine’s government to allow some prisoners to join the fight against Russia is an indication that the state is willing to cast a wider net to fulfil its wartime personnel needs. CBC | World News
Read More »Urgent warning issued as prisoners can ‘dig through walls with plastic cutlery’
A report found that prisons across England and Wales are in ‘dire’ physical conditions. Daily Express :: News Feed
Read More »Ann Widdecombe lashes out against early release of prisoners: ‘It’s an incentive to crime’
Ann Widdecombe has warned that releasing offenders up to 70 days early to ease overcrowding is an “incentive to crime”. Daily Express :: News Feed
Read More »Great Escape prisoners of war ‘betrayed by English informants’
The Great Escape led to the arrest and execution of 50 Allied escapers on the direct order of Adolf Hitler Daily Express :: News Feed
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