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Conservatives slam SNP over prisons row (The Scotsman)
Tories today angrily rounded on the SNP in a row over prison overcrowding.
Tories slam SNP over prisons row (ic Lanarkshire)
Tories angrily rounded on the SNP in a row over prison overcrowding. The Nationalists claimed a Tory quest for spare buildings to house prisoners had unearthed a children's development centre, among other locations.
All News... 'Lifer' prisoner found hanged in cell (The Kent Messenger)
An inmate has been found dead in one of Sheppey’s prisons. David English, 21, was serving life in HMP Swaleside for possession of a firearm with intent.
Conservative prison policy in tatters (SNP)
The SNP has revealed that the Scottish Conservative Party's prisons policy is in tatters after claims by Tory leader Annabel Goldie and her Justice spokesman that unused NHS properties could be converted into prisons were shown to rely on converting a children’s centre in the middle of Broughty Ferry or a building in the middle of Pitlochry.
Labour's prison suicides a "shaming indictment" (Politics.co.uk )
Overcrowding in prisons has contributed to the "alarmingly high" levels of suicides in England and Wales over the last ten years, it has been claimed.
Turkey rehabilitates poet Hikmet (BBC News)
Turkey is to restore the citizenship of one of its most illustrious writers, the late Nazim Hikmet.
Barack Obama's new CIA boss signals end of waterboarding and rendition (Daily Telegraph)
Obama's appointment breaks with the controversial intelligence practices of George W Bush.
Obama picks former Clinton aide Panetta for CIA (Reuters )
President-elect Barack Obama has chosen former White House chief of staff Leon Panetta to lead the CIA, which has been widely criticized for harsh interrogation of terrorism suspects, Democratic officials said on Monday.
Antigua murder: British doctors assess Ben Mullany's chances of survival (Daily Telegraph)
British surgeons are assessing whether holidaymaker Ben Mullany stands any chance of survival after an attack on the island of Antigua which left his wife dead and him with critical head injuries.
Obama Chooses New US Spy Boss (SkyNews )
President-elect Barack Obama has chosen former White House chief of staff Leon Panetta to lead the CIA.