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Why did Russia and Ukraine agree prisoner of war swap?
Our international editor Lindsey Hilsum is in President Zelenskyy’s home town in Ukraine and our Washington Correspondent Siobhan Kennedy is at the UN General Assembly in New York.
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Five British prisoners captured in Ukraine released after Putin’s threats
Vladimir Putin went on Russian TV to call-up three hundred thousand reservists to fight in Ukraine.
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IS jihadist ’Beatle’ sentenced to life in prison
In the US state of Virginia the British Islamic State jihadist El Shafee Elsheikh has been sentenced to life in prison after he was found guilty earlier in the year for kidnapping and conspiracy to commit murder.
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Leeds university student sentenced to 34 years in prison in Saudi Arabia over Twitter account
A Leeds university student has been sentenced to 34 years in prison in Saudi Arabia, after she returned to her homeland for a holiday.
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Man unlawfully killed by violent offender who should have been in prison, coroner rules
A coroner’s inquest in Suffolk has ruled that a young man was unlawfully killed by a violent offender who was “at large” and should have been in prison.
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Will there be a US-Russia prisoner swap?
The US government is reported to have offered to free Viktor Bout, a notorious Russian arms dealer, in exchange for basketball star Brittney Griner and former US marine Paul Whelan, both of whom are being held by the Russian authorities.
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‘We want to see people in prison’, says Grenfell survivor
We spoke to Karim Mussilhy whose uncle died in the Grenfell Tower fire.
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Rehabilitation programmes can put lives back on track, says Prison Reform Trust director
We were joined by former prison governor and current director of the Prison Reform Trust, Peter Dawson.
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Inside Swinfen Hall Prison: The mum reaching out to violent criminals
They are young men, teenagers or barely into their twenties, already serving years in prison for serious violent offences, including murder.
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‘Horrendous, inhumane and degrading treatment’ – inquest hears about prisoner death
The governor of one of England’s most violent jails has described the treatment of a 35-year-old prisoner who suffered a drugs overdose and later died as “nothing short of inhumane and degrading”.
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Baby P’s mother set to be released from prison
The mother of Baby P, who died after months of abuse, could walk free from prison within weeks – after the Parole Board rejected a government challenge to keep her behind bars.
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Islamist gangs taking over prison wings, new report warns
A new report into extremism in prisons warns that Islamist gangs are taking over entire wings and have forced people to convert.
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Russia ‘fake news’ law could lead to 15 years in prison
The Russian parliament has passed a new law imposing jail terms of up to 15 years for spreading what they described as intentionally “fake” news about the military, which could discredit the armed forces.
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Syria: Kurdish forces say they have recaptured prison attacked by IS
Kurdish fighters say they have taken back control of a prison in Syria, which had earlier been captured by Islamic State militants.
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How chess is helping rehabilitate prisoners at HMP Wandsworth
43 teams from 31 countries competing in an online chess contest spanning the globe. The difference is all of the players are behind bars.