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A British prisoner who spent 23 months in prison committed suicide after 17 years in prison

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A senior coroner has condemned the ‘inhuman’ and ‘indefensible’ treatment of a man who committed suicide, which saw him given an indefinite prison sentence for 17 years. Tom Osborne, the senior coroner for Milton Keynes, said Scott Rider had given up all hope of being released before taking his own life at HMP Woodhill in … Read more

How Salford dad Baz survived ten years in India’s toughest prisons

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Barry Hulse -Credit:notension_bazhulse/Instagram When Barry Hulse walked into barracks number eight of the maximum security Arthur Road Jail in Mumbai, his thoughts wavered. While awaiting trial for drug smuggling, he was locked up with hardcore addicts, terrorists and some of India’s most ruthless gangsters. It was a far cry from his life as a father … Read more