Marijuana
In a shocking incident, two prisoners have been booked for attempting to incite a riot in the Coimbatore Central Prison after they were caught by the jail staff with a hidden weapon. The accused duo, S Gowtham and D Praveen Raj, were remanded in the prison for their involvement in
Deportation
A child sex offender was mistakenly released from HMP Chelmsford and spent 90 minutes asking prison staff for directions before being sent to a train station, a witness said. Hadush Kebatu, 41, was staying at the Bell Hotel in Epping, Essex, when he committed a string of sex offenses, including
Immigration detention centers
A potentially catastrophic security breach has been averted, but not before a major manhunt was conducted by specialist officers across multiple police forces and railway services. Hadush Kebatu, a 38-year-old Ethiopian national and convicted sex offender, was accidentally released from HMP Chelmsford on Friday morning. The man, who was meant
Prisons
The family of Allan Marshall, a 30-year-old who died in custody after being brutally restrained by prison officers, has expressed outrage over the Scottish Prison Service's decision to halt the roll-out of "pain-free" restraint techniques across all jails. Allan's aunt, Sharon MacFadyen, said that
Prisons
A disturbing incident involving a wrongly released migrant sex offender has led to a police manhunt across London. Hadush Kebatu, 38, was supposed to be deported but was released from HMP Chelmsford by mistake. After being directed to catch a train to London, Kebatu was seen by a delivery driver,
Life imprisonment
Basim Khandakji, a 42-year-old Palestinian detainee, was released after serving 21 years of three life sentences in an Israeli prison. His experience and allegations of systematic abuse by Israeli prison authorities have sparked international outrage, with numerous organizations and the United Nations calling for investigations and reforms. Khandakji claims that
Prisons
Hadush Kebatu, a high-profile sex offender and asylum seeker, was released in error from HMP Chelmsford on Friday, sparking a manhunt in the London area. Kebatu was jailed for 12 months and given a five-year sexual harm prevention order, and was subject to a deportation order upon completion of his
Musicians
A 48-year-old man, identified as Ian David Karslake Watkins, a former member of the band Lostprophets, died after being stabbed in the neck while in prison. Watkins, who was serving a 29-year sentence for child sexual offenses, was pronounced dead at HMP Wakefield on October 11. The cause of death
Prisoners
Ian Watkins, the disgraced Lostprophets singer, was considered a "dead man walking" among fellow prisoners at HMP Wakefield, the UK's largest maximum-security prison. Watkins' horrific crimes, including the attempted rape and sexual assault of victims as young as 10 months old, made him a target
Prisoners
Ian Watkins, the disgraced Lostprophets singer, was considered a "dead man walking" among fellow prisoners at HMP Wakefield, the UK's largest maximum-security prison. Watkins' horrific crimes, including the attempted rape and sexual assault of victims as young as 10 months old, made him a target
Murder
Governor Kathy Hochul is navigating a contentious legislative landscape as she attempts to modify an omnibus bill aimed at bolstering oversight of New York's corrections system. The bill, which would expand the Commission on Correction and increase transparency, has sparked concerns among advocates who fear that the governor&
Murder
Charles Crawford, 59, is set to be executed Wednesday evening for the kidnapping, rape, and murder of 20-year-old Kristy Ray in 1993. Crawford has been on death row for over three decades, with his lawyers appealing to the U.S. Supreme Court to overturn his death sentence. The case has
