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Saxony Targets Prison ‘Legal Highs’ With Mail Copies, New Scanners and a Draft Law

The ministry responds to a surge in synthetic cannabinoids smuggled on paper by copying inmate mail, deploying drug scanners, tabling legal changes.

Augsburg Prosecutors Indict Former JVA Gablingen Leaders Over Alleged Inmate Abuse

France to Open Four New High-Security Prison Quarters for Top Narcotraffickers

France’s Prison Population Climbs Again to 84,311, Exposing Deepening Overcrowding

Prison Officer, 23, Who Had Relationship With Inmate Given Suspended Sentence

Germany Assigns Convicted Neo-Nazi to Women’s Prison After Gender Self-ID as Law Faces Review

Rédoine Faïd Transferred by Helicopter From Vendin-le-Vieil to Condé‑sur‑Sarthe

Germany Places Convicted Neo-Nazi in Women’s Prison After Legal Gender Change

Muslim Chaplain Detained in Drug and Bribery Investigation at Munich’s Stadelheim Prison

France Transfers 17 Top Narcotics Traffickers to New Ultra-Secure Vendin-le-Vieil Prison

France Begins Legal Notification of 100 Top Narcotics Traffickers for Transfer to New High-Security Prison

Costa Rican Authorities Intercept Drug-Smuggling Cat at Pococí Prison

France Advances High-Security Prison Overhaul for Dangerous Narcotrafiquants

HMP Feltham Officer Suspended Over Alleged Relationship With Inmate

France to Open Two Ultra-Secure Prisons for Its Most Dangerous Narcotraffickers

French Prison Watchdog Challenges Mobile Phone Ban in Detention Centers

German Prison Faces Allegations of Human Rights Violations

Police Crack Down on Drug Trafficking Across Germany

Christmas Amnesty Grants Early Release to Hundreds of Prisoners in Germany

Scandal at JVA Gablingen: Allegations of Inmate Mistreatment Stir Controversy