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Paul Watson: unshaken by prison and still fighting for whales

Despite enduring five months of imprisonment in 2024, environmental activist Paul Watson remains more determined than ever to combat illegal whaling. Recently granted honorary citizenship by the city of Paris, he eagerly anticipates sharing his message at the UN Ocean Summit in Nice this June.

Radio France Internationale

Scottish prisons to begin release of hundreds of prisoners to tackle overpopulation

SHORT-TERM Scottish prisoners in their hundreds will be given early releases in a bid to tackle overcrowding.

The National (Scotland)

Indigenous Activist Leonard Peltier Released After Decades In Prison

Leonard Peltier, an Indigenous activist, is set to be released after Biden commuted his sentence, sparking mixed reactions.

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Leonard Peltier to be released from prison following sentence commutation in FBI killings

Indigenous activist Leonard Peltier is set to be released from a Florida prison Tuesday

The Independent UK

Notorious crime gang Brothers 4 Life 'no longer active'

Former crime boss Bassam Hamzy is due to be sentenced for directing the sale of methamphetamine while being held in a maximum-security prison for murder.

AAP

UK’s prison overcrowding crisis fuelled by ‘tough on crime’ talk, Labour’s new tsar finds

David Gauke, former Conservative justice secretary, has said longer jail terms have been a ‘knee-jerk’ policy response to show government action

The Independent UK

Prisons crisis: Posturing 'tough on crime' politicians to blame for justice system collapse

David Gauke’s major review of criminal sentencing blames posturing ‘tough on crime’ politicians for the prisons crisis

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Prison system crisis due to overreliance on long sentences, says Gauke review

Successive governments’ ‘penal populism’ has driven England and Wales justice system to brink of collapse, report finds

The Guardian - UK

Political drive to look ‘tough on crime’ behind prison capacity crisis – report

The Independent Sentencing Review said longer jail terms have been a ‘knee jerk’ policy response which has led to an overwhelmed system.

The Independent UK

American Citizen Freed From Russian Prison After Being Detained Over Cannabis-Laced Marmalade

The marmalade had reportedly been prescribed to the man to treat seizures

Latin Times

Should you be allowed to sue a judge? The High Court says no

Judges in Australian courtrooms have a lot of power. They can decide on someone’s guilt and the punishment for it, including lengthy prison time.

The Conversation

British PM Vows To Help Mother On Hunger Strike

British PM Keir Starmer supports release of imprisoned activist Alaa Abd el-Fattah in Egypt. Mother on hunger strike. Call for broader human rights action.

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Uganda drops military trial as opposition leader’s health falters

Kizza Besigye has grown ‘critically ill’ during hunger strike against imprisonment, his lawyer says.

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Man sentenced to life in prison for rape and murder of Danielle McLaughlin

The family of the Donegal woman travelled to India for the verdict.

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Jimmy Mizen’s killer posts new TiKTok rap clips despite prison recall as social media firms urged to ban him

Jake Fahri, 35, served 14 years in jail for the murder of schoolboy Jimmy Mizen in 2008

The Independent UK

An Indian court sentences a man to life in prison for raping and murdering an Irish backpacker

A court in India’s western Goa state has sentenced a 31-year-old man to life in prison for raping and murdering an Irish woman at a popular tourist resort nearly eight years ago

Evening Standard

US President Donald Trump ‘would back legal action’ against Prince Harry over US visa

Anyone caught lying on a visa application can face up to five years in prison or deportation

International Business Times

'Very Personal': Hundreds Flock To Navalny Grave On Death Anniversary

Standing in the freezing cold at Moscow's Borisovsky Cemetery, 63-year-old Anna looked at the hundreds of people flocking to the grave of a man whose name the Kremlin has warned not to utter in public -- Alexei Navalny -- and could not hold back the tears.

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The Guardian - UK

The punishment doesn’t fit the crime in Britain. That’s why our jails are overflowing

For 20 years, Britain has been inflating sentences despite little evidence it deters crime. But a new review offers a glimmer of hope, says journalist Samira Shackle

The Independent UK

Wisconsin governor floats plan to close 19th-century prison and overhaul corrections system

Wisconsin’s second-oldest prison that was built in the 1800s would finally be shuttered under a new plan from Gov. Tony Evers

The National (Scotland)

Prison firm pays £3m to shareholders amid safety fears and rising deaths

The company which owns Scotland’s private Addiewell prison has paid more than £3 million to shareholders in less than two years despite serious…

The Independent UK

‘I stole a mobile phone almost 20 years ago – I’ve spent half my life in prison’

Exclusive: Leroy Douglas is begging for his freedom, describing his IPP jail term as ‘cripplingly cruel’ as he languishes in prison with no hope of release

International Business Times

Navalny Supporters Risk Reprisals With Memorial Events A Year After Death

A year after Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny died behind bars, his supporters held memorial events on Sunday, with hundreds risking reprisals by visiting his grave in Moscow.

The Guardian - UK

Why are women still being sent to prison as ‘a place of safety’?

Reports are revealing the true harm done by incarcerating women under the guise of protecting them, writes Eva Wiseman

The Guardian - UK

Our inhumane jails are promoting a vicious cycle that is criminal in itself

A medieval system is oiling the revolving door for reoffenders and seeing prison staff leave in droves

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