Nawal Al-MaghafiSenior international investigations correspondent, Yemen Liam weir / BBC One of the sites had several shipping containers with little ventilation, where detainees said up to 60 men were held The BBC has been given access to detention facilities on former United Arab Emirates military bases in Yemen, confirming long-standing allegations of a network of […]
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Two Palestine Action hunger strikers in UK prisons admitted to hospital | Israel-Palestine conflict News
London, United Kingdom – Two Palestine Action-affiliated remand prisoners on hunger strike have been taken to hospital, according to a family member and a friend, adding to fears that the young Britons refusing food in protest could die at any moment. Twenty-eight-year-old Kamran Ahmed, who is being held at Pentonville prison in London, was hospitalised […]
WATCH: Drones dropping contraband into prisons fuel scams targeting Americans
Phones delivered by drones are fueling a scam targeting women in healthcare in Iowa and other states, according to records obtained by ABC News. Source link
Mistakenly released prisoner Billy Smith turns himself in | Prisons and probation
A fraudster mistakenly released from prison this week has handed himself back in as a hunt continues for a convicted sex offender who was also accidentally freed. While David Lammy, the justice secretary, insisted the government would clampdown on clerical errors, William Smith was filmed waving to cameras and hugging his partner before he walked […]
Ministers warned against scapegoating prison staff over mistaken release of Hadush Kebatu | Prisons and probation
Ministers have been warned against scapegoating prison staff as they struggle to contain the political fallout of the mistaken release of an asylum seeker who sexually assaulted a teenage girl. As David Lammy, the justice secretary, announced an inquiry and blamed “human error” for the accidental freeing of Hadush Kebatu from HMP Chelmsford on Friday, […]