68 h. ago Former prisoners and hostages urge Starmer to secure release of Jimmy Lai

Call for UK PM to act urgently over pro-democracy campaigner who has spent 1,602 days in solitary confinementFormer prisoners and hostages wrongly held abroad have urged the UK prime minister to urgently secure the release of the pro-democracy campaigner Jimmy Lai before he dies in a Hong Kong jail.The 77-year-old media mogul, who is a British citizen, has been held in solitary confinement for 1,602 days and his family fears he might not survive another summer in Hong Kong, where temperatures can reach 40C (104F). Continue reading...

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2 d. ago A Texas man is seeking justice for his brother who died in police custody: ‘He was a good person’

Glenn Smallwood had schizoaffective disorder. Instead of a hospital, police took him to jail and strapped him to a chairTwo days before he died, a 33-year-old father and US army veteran named Glenn Smallwood Jr was talking about building a house. His younger brother, John, was remodeling a home in Lufkin, Texas, where both brothers lived, and Glenn asked whether he could help.“He was so happy about the idea of working with me and turning his life around,” John said. “He was thinking positively about his future. I think about this memory often.” Continue reading...

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9 d. ago Paedo who acted ‘like God’ abusing 19 kids in string of care homes dies in jail

John Allen owned a network of care homes in Wales where he abused children and the 83 year old has now died in HMP Bure where he was jailed for life for his depraved crimes

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3 w. ago Scots killer who brutally slit victim's throat and battered inmate with pool cue dies in jail

Kirk McIntyre, 56, died at HMP Shotts in North Lanarkshire on April 25.

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3 w. ago Drunk sex offender died after falling down stairs day after he got out of jail

At the time of Anthony Payne's death a warrant for his arrest was outstanding

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4 w. ago 'Pervert' killer who murdered pensioner then called Babestation dies in jail

Evil Gareth Dack was caged for a minimum of 33 years after he strangled 39-year-old Norma Bell before cutting up her clothing and calling Babestation sex chat lines while she lay on the floor.

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4 w. ago 'Pervert' Babestation killer who called sex lines as pensioner lay dying found dead in prison

Evil Gareth Dack was jailed for a minimum of 33 years after strangling 79-year-old Norma Bell before cutting up her clothing and calling Babestation sex chat lines while she lay on the floor

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