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Escape tunnel in Bllok/ Kolë Verri's testimony about prisoners' punishments
6+ hour, 8+ min ago (318+ words) August 16, 2026 07:10 Almost a month had passed since the discovery of the channel through which some prisoners of Camp No. 4 in Tirana had planned to escape. On July 17, 1954, the detainees were before the Supreme Military Court, which was to issue a…...
Europe Turns to Foreign Prisons as Sweden Sends Inmates to Estonia – Sri Lanka Guardian
1+ hour, 35+ min ago (716+ words) Sweden will pay more than €30 million a year to Estonia to house hundreds of prisoners, as overcrowded prison systems prompt other European countries to consider similar arrangements. The deal has attracted interest from other European countries struggling with overcrowded prisons,…...
Sri Lanka Records 1,664 Homicides Over Three Years
1+ hour, 7+ min ago (549+ words) Sri Lanka recorded 1,664 homicides between 2023 and 2025, with women accounting for 317 of the victims and children for 48, according to the annual performance report issued by the Sri Lanka Police for 2025. The report states that 573 homicides were recorded in 2023, followed by 555 in…...
The Tenth Conviction - How Many Recidivists Are in Latvia and Other Prison Statistics
5+ hour, 13+ min ago (344+ words) Inbox.lv The Tenth Conviction - How Many Recidivists Are in Latvia and Other Prison Statistics Of the convicted, 41% were serving their sentence for the first time, 14% for the second time, and 11% for the third time. Most of the convicted were…...
Could a new approach to women’s prisons help ease Scotland’s overcrowding crisis?
2+ hour, 17+ min ago (363+ words) The Lilias community custody unit is designed for women who require lower levels of supervision. Scotland’s overcrowded prison system is facing a deepening crisis, but a different approach to custody for women is showing early signs of cutting reoffending. At…...
23-year-old New Norfolk man found dead in Hobart Reception Prison cell
4+ hour, 33+ min ago (328+ words) A 23-year-old New Norfolk man has died overnight while being held at the Hobart Reception Prison. Tasmania Police Assistant Commissioner Doug Oosterloo said the man had been arrested on Saturday afternoon in New Norfolk in connection with a wounding incident…...
1,178 prison inmates escape over 6 years
5+ hour, 38+ min ago (87+ words) Hiru News 1,178 prison inmates escape over 6 years Twelve killed as Polish bus veers off Hungarian motorway German companies cut US investment to 3-year low, data show Iran says Qatar delaying probe into fate of Iranian pilots, Tasnim news agency Firefighters…...
Death in Tasmanian prison after reports man 'unresponsive' in cell
3+ hour, 41+ min ago (330+ words) Police say reception prison staff reported the incident around 11am on Sunday. (ABC News: Loretta Lohberger) A man was found unresponsive in his cell at the Hobart Reception Centre just before 11am on Sunday. Tasmania Police says efforts to resuscitate him were…...
The public is best served by a prison system that rehabil...
5+ hour, 27+ min ago (1387+ words) Summer sale – 50% off Sunday 16 August 2026 Rachel Sylvester’s article on the new “Scandi wings” at HMP Wandsworth offers a timely and hopeful reminder that prison reform is not about being soft on crime. It is about being smart on crime. (“‘Scandi…...
How Estonia is helping other countries free up prison space
8+ min ago (814+ words) Walking into Tartu prison in southern Estonia is a vision that Andy Burnham can only dream of at the moment: empty prison cells. But they won’t be for long. Outside the prison they’ve recently raised the Swedish flag, hired new…...