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Prisons Watchdog Opens Inquiry Into Ian Huntley’s Death After Alleged HMP Frankland Attack

Officials say he died on March 7 following the withdrawal of life support requested by his mother.

Swaleside Prison Put Under Special Measures After Inspectors Find Extreme Violence, Drugs and Gang Control

UK Re-Arrests Mistakenly Freed Inmate as Data Show Sharp Rise in Prison Release Errors

Reports: Dubai Detains Five Scottish Gang Figures in Raids Tied to Feud

Thaksin Begins Quarantine at Klong Prem After Court Orders One-Year Term

Mia O’Brien Gets 25 Years in Dubai Drug Case as Family’s Fundraiser Is Removed

Florida Moves Migrant Detainees to ‘Deportation Depot’ as Expansion at Everglades Site Is Paused

Investigations Under Way After Two Prisoners Die Days Apart at HMP Bronzefield

England and Wales Prisons Confront Record Violence, Self-Harm and Inmate Deaths

Pentonville Prison Placed in Special Measures After Urgent Notification

Record Violence in England and Wales Prisons Prompts Government Safety Reforms

Trump Administration Sends Hundreds of Alleged Gang Members to El Salvador’s Mega-Prison

Urgent Reforms Demanded for Rat-Infested Rochester Prison

HMP Wandsworth Officers Fired for Mocking Inmate's Suicide in WhatsApp Group

HMP Winchester Faces Emergency Measures Amid Dire Conditions

HMP Manchester Faces Crisis with Drugs, Violence, and Rats

Director of Overcrowded Mayotte Prison Resigns in Protest

HMP Rochester Faces Urgent Reforms After Years of Neglect

HMP Wandsworth Faces Severe Security and Living Condition Failures

Report Exposes Severe Failures at HMP Wandsworth