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Iran Denies Trump – Denies American Woman Released From Iranian Jails
The judicial authorities of Iran deny the release of an American woman, which was announced on Wednesday by Donald Trump. And they argue that the US president is “lying”. Iran’s judicial authorities said no US citizens had been released from Iranian prisons. Nor was he released as part of a prisoner swap deal, as reported by Iranian state media. And they refute Donald Trump. “Contrary to Trump’s…
July 9, 1907: The city rents an abandoned church for a temporarily jail.
Les gardiens des prisons de la torture en Ukraine : des vies ordinaires après l'horreur
Dans un système carcéral secret mis en place par la Russie dans les territoires ukrainiens occupés, des civils ont subi des sévices d’une brutalité inouïe. Une enquête du Cintese révèle l’identité de trois hommes accusés de torture et de violences sexuelles, qui mènent aujourd’hui une existence banale en Russie ou dans les zones annexées. Pour les survivants, dévoiler leurs noms est une première…
Hot takes on prisons, solitary confinement and the death penalty:
I don't support the death penalty except in some extreme cases (such as being a serial killer or pedophile). I think that all prisons should be entirely reformed to focus on rehabilitation instead of punishment. I earnestly believe that even serial killers and pedophiles, the worst kind of people out there, could be rehabilitated over time if they genuinely want to be and are given the proper help they need.
That being said, there are supermax prisons out there which hold people in solitary confinement for life. This is basically torture. Having been admitted to a couple mental hospitals in America (which are very lacking in actual mental healthcare), I know what it's like to be confined to a small space with nothing to do but stare at a wall for several hours at a time. It's very stressful. Your thoughts begin to consume you with no outlet for them. And that was only a few hours. I couldn't imagine doing that for the rest of my life.
I think that, if someone refuses or simply cannot be rehabilitated and they impose so much danger to others that the only reasonable solution is a lifetime in solitary, then at that point, it's better to end their misery rather than give them a lifetime full of torture.
Chair of prisons and detention watchdog concerned about intimidating effect as wide-ranging and damning review published
Staff at an immigration detention centre wore England flags pinned to their uniforms while guarding migrants, a report from the prisons and detention watchdog has revealed.
Their use by staff at one of the Home Office’s short-term holding facilities to detain migrants is revealed in the Independent Monitoring Boards’ national annual report, published on Wednesday, which is based on 127 annual reports about different prisons, young offender institutions and immigration detention centres.
The report from the interim IMB chair, Jane Leech, raises concerns about the wearing of St George’s Cross flags, which have become closely associated with far right and anti-migrant activists and groups including Raise the Colours.
“The board felt this risked perceptions of bias or even intimidation among detained people, especially in the light of recent immigration protests in which flag displays were prominent. At a minimum the board concluded it raised concerns about professional standards and workplace culture,” it said.
The report is damning about the state of prisons, immigration detention centres and young offender institutions, finding that there is a “consistent and deeply troubling picture” relating to prisons where “longstanding failures are not being resolved but are instead being compounded”.
The verdict on immigration detention centres is also critical, raising concerns about harm without accountability, use of force and failed safeguards. It finds “a troubling picture of systemic failings across immigration detention that continue year after year, exposing detained people to avoidable harm while falling short of the minimum standards that are meant to be upheld in detention.”
The report provides the first overview from a watchdog about what is happening with the Home Office’s controversial one-in-one-out scheme to forcibly return some small boat arrivals back to France, in exchange for a similar number being brought legally from France to the UK.
Of particular concern to the IMB is the unlawful detention of children for this scheme. According to the terms of the one-in-one-out agreement lone children must not be part of it. At Gatwick immigration removal centre 12% of those detained for one-in-one-out were age disputed with 20% of that group later found to be children “indicating serious safeguarding gaps”. IMB found the figure to be “a strikingly high rate”.
The criteria for who the Home Office selects from small boats to return to France is kept secret and is currently part of a high court challenge. Board members said they were told selection was “random by design in order to undermine smuggler operations.”
Access to healthcare was also criticised with an example cited of a detainee having to wait one month to get treatment for a broken finger, while another waited three hours for a medical response after a suspected stroke. At Gatwick immigration removal centre detainees were told they could not receive hospital treatment unless they agreed to be handcuffed, a practice the board considered to be “coercive”.
In the prison estate illicit drug use continued to be the biggest destabilising force. At HMP High Down 13 medical emergencies were recorded in one day, largely due to drugs.
Spider infestations were so serious at HMP Bullingdon that three prisoners were hospitalised with spider bites, with one so seriously affected he was told by medics that he might lose his leg.
At Feltham Young Offenders Institution 50 weapons were found among 100 boys in August 2025. Some boys in the centre self-isolated due to fear of others boys and at times it was so cold some boys slept in coats.
Leech said: “The evidence available to us strongly suggests that many of these longstanding issues are not only unresolved but are becoming more acute.
“This is not a moment for complacency. It is a moment that requires honesty about the deterioration of conditions, and confidence in the evidence. The Home Office must exercise stronger oversight and clearer accountability in how detention is used in practice.”
Of the prisons findings, she said: “This report raises unavoidable questions about effectiveness and accountability.
A Home Office spokesperson said: “We do not accept this report’s findings. We accept nothing but the highest standards of safety, welfare provision and staff behaviour for those in our care.
“This government inherited an under-resourced detention estate from the previous government. Since taking office, we have made significant improvements, including increased staffing levels and refurbishment of our facilities to improve conditions and safeguards.”
The minister for prisons, probation and reducing reoffending, James Timpson, said: “We have seen positive improvements across the estate thanks to strong leadership but we know more needs to be done.
“Whether it’s keeping the public safe by creating 3,000 more prison places, investing over half a billion in vital maintenance and security, or recruiting hundreds more officers, we are pulling every lever to turn the tide.
“To meet the challenge, our landmark sentencing reforms, alongside £4bn for 14,000 new prison places by 2031, will ease pressure, and we are tackling violence and drugs behind bars with over £40m invested in physical security to clamp down on contraband.”
Trinidad and Tobago extends state of emergency as threats hatched in prison persist AP News http://dlvr.it/TT2GRF
I hope you're not going to let the poll determine 100% of the content you post. A lot of us do love the hard labor/chain gang stuff and I think you do too.
I very much enjoy the chain gang role play and we put a lot of effort into creating authentic experiences.
The color images in this post represent our Adopt A Highway campaign at FCJ which is pure public exposure work. The state will not allow us to use leg irons for safety reasons but the experience is 100% authentic.
The downside of this is that 4 guys signed up last week. One was a no show. That is 25% of the work force not there.
And when I post chain gang related content, the "likes" plummet! Finally even questions drop off.
So I am faced with a dilemma of what to focus on!
