France French man sentenced for murdering family members in hunt for gold Hubert Caouissin, 50, was sentenced to 30 years in prison for the quadruple murder of the Troadec family in 2017. 08/07/2021
brussels bureau Turkey and Russia have highest incarceration rate, says report A new report by the Council of Europe shows that the median age of inmates is 36 years, with 95% being men and only 5% women. 08/04/2021
Afghanistan Afghanistan: ISIS attack on Jalalabad prison leaves many casualties Officials said a suicide car bomb exploded and assailants attacked security forces and stormed the prison in Jalalabad, the capital of Nangarhar province. 03/08/2020
United Kingdom 'Bladed weapon' attack on prison officer treated as terrorism Two inmates used “improvised bladed weapons” in the assault at Whitemoor jail, a maximum-security facility 120 kilometres north of London. 10/01/2020
United Kingdom Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe begins new hunger strike Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe, the British woman jailed by Iran on spy charges, has begun a new hunger strike at Tehran’s Evin prison. 15/06/2019
World Which country in Europe has the highest imprisonment rate? The answer is revealed in new data released today about Europe's prisons. 02/04/2019
USA Ohio man punches lawyer in court after receiving 47-year sentence "All I remember is waking up on the floor underneath the table," the lawyer said. 21/02/2019
United Arab Emirates UAE considers clemency request for jailed Briton Matthew Hedges The United Arab Emirates is considering a request to grant clemency to British academic Matthew Hedges, who was sentenced to life in prison this week after being convicted of spying. 23/11/2018
brussels bureau Former drug addict writes her own future "If they had treated me from the beginning, I would never have returned to jail eight times." 14/06/2018
United Arab Emirates Indecency charges against Briton Jamie Harron dropped after intervention by the prime minister and ruler of Dubai The charges gainst a 27-year-old Scot, accused of indecency for allegedly touching a man's hip in a bar in Dubai have been dropped 23/10/2017
