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What Happens to Your Social Security Check When You’re Incarcerated?

Social Security benefits are considered a lifeline for millions of Americans, especially seniors and people with disabilities. But what happens when someone receiving Social Security ends up behind bars? Whether due to a mistake, poor decisions, or simply being at the wrong place at the wrong time, incarceration can cause…

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Pussy Riot’s founder built a ‘police state’ in an LA art gallery. Then the national guard arrived

Nadya Tolokonnikova tells the Guardian she felt she had ‘entered a wormhole’ when her police state exhibition was shut down – by the police state

The Guardian - US

12 Financial Experts Who Turned Out to Be Frauds

Trust forms the foundation of financial advice. When we hand over our hard-earned money to financial experts, we expect honesty, integrity, and genuine expertise. Unfortunately, the financial world has seen its share of wolves in sheep’s clothing—individuals who built empires on deception rather than sound financial principles. These fraudsters not…

The Free Financial Advisor

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Kenya protests reignited by custody death, but ‘Gen Z' movement remains divided

A year on from landmark protests over taxes and corruption, Kenya's youth remains undeterred by a violent police response but faces conflicting ideas on what direction to take. Meanwhile, the recent death of a blogger in prison has sparked new demonstrations.

Radio France Internationale

Growing old behind bars: inside Germany's 'grandpa prisons'

Reflecting demographic trends, Germany's prison population is ageing. The largest unit for senior prisoners in the country is in Bielefeld-Senne, east of Cologne – where inmates live in specially adapted cells and aren't required to work once they pass retirement age.

Radio France Internationale

Grilled cheese shop offers Minnesotans a second chance after prison

The Minneapolis restaurant All Square exclusively hires formerly incarcerated people

The Guardian - US

EPA drops case against prison company that has donated heavily to Trump

Geo Group faced up to $4m in fines for violations involving the use of a toxic disinfectant at an immigration facility

The Guardian - US

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Luigi Mangione, Diddy and SBF walk into a jail: Wild musical about UnitedHealthcare assassination debuts in San Francisco

ANALYSIS: A sell-out musical about the alleged UnitedHealthcare CEO assassin has hit the stage before Mangione has even gone to trial. Josh Marcus was on hand at the premier of the wildest musical of 2025

The Independent UK

He’s fighting to clear his name for murder he says he didn’t commit. But star witness still hasn’t been contacted

Exclusive: In almost 18 months, the CCRC has failed to speak to a key witness who Jason Moore believes could overturn his conviction. A bishop found him in a matter of weeks

The Independent UK

Hydebank governor ‘incredibly humbled and deeply honoured’ by OBE

Richard Taylor said he credits the whole staff of Hydebank Wood Secure College and Women’s Prison for turning the facility around.

The Independent UK

Minister honoured after 42 years as chaplain at HMP Magilligan

Rev Wesley McDowell survived a four-day siege in the 1980s during his 42-year service.

The Independent UK

ICE preparing $45bn expansion of immigration detention facilities to meet arrest quota

Trump officials are looking to tent companies, private prison operators and disaster-relief providers for a “massive expansion” of immigration detention facilities, according to a new report

The Independent UK

Living on Mars: are there lessons from prisons?

I have been researching the possibility of living on Mars for several years. But it took an invitation to give a talk about space at HMP Erlestoke in England – a category C men’s prison – to make me realise that there are a surprising number of similarities between the…

The Conversation

Todd Chrisley returns to social media after Trump pardon to congratulate his son

‘Welcome back Todd we've missed you,’ one person commented on Chrisley’s Instagram return

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Men who stole $6 million golden toilet from English mansion sentenced to prison terms

Two men who stole a $6.4 million golden toilet from an English mansion have been sentenced to more than two years in prison

The Guardian - AU

A perfect storm of errors meant Darren was placed in an unsafe cell. He died two days later

Experts say failure to remove known ligature points from the cells of high risk inmates is just one part of the ‘perverse situation’ in Australian jails

The Guardian - UK

UK spy agencies too slow to realise CIA was mistreating prisoners after 9/11, government admits

Government acknowledges UK involvement in detention operations for first time in Guantánamo inmates case

The Guardian - US

Louisiana man groomed by priest says he felt ‘nauseous’ at clergyman’s parole hearing

Rex Perrette said the priest began sending him inappropriate texts when he was 16 years old

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The Guardian - US

LA protester charged with assaulting officer says he was the one attacked: ‘I thought I was going to die’

A father facing eight years in prison comes forward to the Guardian as lawyers and advocates say US prosecutors are criminalizing free speech and targeting people injured by officers

International Business Times UK

Vitaly Zdorovetskiy Jail Time In Third World Country Could Last 24 Years - And He Has To Wait 3 Years Before Trial Starts

Vitaly Zdorovetskiy faces up to 24 years in a Philippine prison after a livestream stunt. With no U.S. or Russian help, trial may not start for 3 years.

The Independent UK

From homelessness to filmmaking: Daisy-May Hudson on her furious new film Lollipop

INTERVIEW: The 32-year-old writer-director’s latest project is a damning indictment of Britain’s housing and social-care systems. She tells Ellie Harrison how it was informed by her own experiences, and how she wants the film to strip away shame for those who fall through the cracks

Euronews

Istanbul Mayor Ekrem Imamoglu boycotts court hearing citing 'unlawful' change of venue

The trial venue was moved from a courthouse in central Istanbul to Silivri prison, where Imamoglu is being held, just 24 hours before proceedings were set to commence.

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R Kelly seeking clemency from U.S. President Donald Trump as he fears for life in federal prison

Amid claims officials were behind a plot to murder him, R Kelly is seeking clemency from U.S. President Donald Trump.

Al Jazeera

What happened to the Madleen Gaza boat activists detained by Israel?

Ten of the 12 activists taken from the Madleen by Israel have now been deported.

The Guardian - US

‘Give me your word you won’t do it again’: convicted sex abuser priest tells how church gave him second chance

Patrick Wattigny revealed he blew archdiocese opportunity to stay in frock at parole hearing over molestation sentence

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