The world's toughest jail is where a Brit was left to rot

John Henshaw, from Atherton in Greater Manchester, was backpacking through South America. Bolivian police seized him on trafficking charges for possessing a "tiny" amount of cannabis at La Paz Airport, his family says. He was back in Bolivia when he was seized and jailed for trafficking charges.

Prisoners are being released early because jails are overflowing. We know what better policies would look like – but politicians won't act. Why does reforming Britain's prison system seem so impossible? Simon Jenkins: We need to reform the brutal and broken British prison system. He asks: Why is it impossible to reform Britain's broken prison system?

Prisoners are being released early because jails are overflowing. We know what better policies would look like – but politicians won't act. Why does reforming Britain's prison system seem so impossible? Simon Jenkins: We need to reform the brutal and broken British prison system. He asks: Why is it impossible to reform Britain's broken prison system?