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UK to Deport Foreign Prisoners After Serving 30% Under New Overcrowding Plan

Extending eligibility to 48 months before sentence completion aims to free hundreds of cells at an annual saving of £54,000 per inmate.

German prisons to raise prisoner wages after constitutional court ruling

Schleswig-Holstein Advances Plans to Expand Prisons as Justice System Struggles

Australia's Tough New Bail Laws Drive Surge in Prison Spending and Remand Populations

France Intensifies Efforts as Kohler and Paris Mark Three Years of Detention in Iran

Maharashtra Introduces Statewide Compensation Policy for Custodial Deaths

New York Prisons Begin Early Inmate Releases to Address Severe Staffing Shortages

UK Introduces Crime Bill to Strengthen Policing and Community Safety

France Proposes High-Security Prisons for Top Narcotraffickers

Justice Minister Orders End to Recreational Activities in French Prisons

France to Open First High-Security Prison for Narcotraffickers in July

Myanmar Releases Over 6,000 Prisoners in Independence Day Amnesty

Turkey Allows Pro-Kurdish Politicians to Meet Imprisoned PKK Leader Abdullah Öcalan

U.S. Government Pays $116 Million to Survivors of Abuse at California Women’s Prison

Scotland Proposes Early Release for Short-Term Prisoners to Address Overcrowding

Baden-Württemberg Prisons Introduce Meerkat Mascot to Support Family Visits

Former Singapore Minister S Iswaran Begins 12-Month Jail Term for Corruption

Early Release Prisoners Not Fitted with Required Electronic Tags

UK Government Proposes Doubling Magistrates' Sentencing Powers

UK Government Considers Leasing Prison Cells in Estonia Amid Record Overcrowding