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HMP Dartmoor has temporarily closed after high levels of radon were discovered. Daily Express :: News Feed
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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
Read More »‘Mortgage prisoners’ struggling to pay for food take legal action against TSB
Mr and Mrs Belson of Swindon are two mortgage prisoners whose interest rate has more than doubled since December 2021. Daily Express :: Finance Feed
Read More »Zelensky says Russia is ‘playing with the lives’ of Ukrainian prisoners after plane crash
Volodymyr Zelensky has called for an international inquiry after a plane crash in Russia Daily Express :: News Feed
Read More »Sheet music written by Auschwitz prisoners collected dust for decades. This British composer restored it
After eight years spent recovering the documents, Leo Geyer finally brought one of the pieces to an audience. He hopes the music helps people better understand Holocaust history. CBC | World News
Read More »Sierra Leone armoury attacked by ‘renegades,’ prisoners broken out
After a period of sustained gunfire and clashes between “renegade soldiers” and police, Sierra Leone says calm has been restored and the soldiers pushed back to the outskirts of the capital, Freetown. There was a nationwide curfew and a closure of the border with neighbouring Guinea. CBC | World News
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