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Washington state says Geo Group refuses to let health inspectors into detention facility

Washington state has asked a federal judge to force private prison operator The Geo Group to allow health inspectors into its for-profit immigration detention center in Tacoma, which has been the subject of thousands of complaints from detainees in recent years

The Independent UK

Trump's Shameful Effort to Deport Russian Dissenters Fleeing Putin

The administration seeks to deport them back to Russia, in spite of overwhelming, moral, legal, and strategic reasons not to do so.

Reason

UK’s most overcrowded prison named amid criticism for ‘unacceptable’ living standards

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The Independent UK

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Trump’s reasoning for repeatedly being attacked is simple: he thinks he is as great as Abraham Lincoln

The shooting incident at the White House Correspondents’ Dinner on April 25, 2026, which was believed to be a targeted attack against President Donald Trump, has sparked widespread discussion. While some people, especially those active online, think the attack was staged by Trump officials to draw attention to him amid…

The Mary Sue

HMP Wandsworth labelled ‘inhumane’ after being found to be most overcrowded prison in UK

The chaos at the south-west London prison has been laid bare through a series of high-profile incidents in recent years

The Independent UK

London prison warned after former police officer takes his own life in cell

Rickie Poon, 38, took his own life in HMP Pentonville while awaiting trial for alleged sexual offences

Evening Standard

Czech court hands 7-year prison term to man over attempted synagogue arson attack

A Czech court has convicted a man of an attempted terror attack and attempted murder, sentencing him to seven years in prison

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A mom was kidnapped in front of her baby in 1991 and later murdered. Police said the suspect had just gotten out of prison

The 1991 murder of Cindy Wanner had gone unsolved for 35 years. Then came a break in the case

The Independent UK

Evacuees from flooded remote Indigenous areas in NT housed in compound likened to ‘a prison camp’

Exclusive: Residents must sign in and out at a security gate, and vehicles and bags are routinely searched

The Guardian - AU

Teen trapped for 20 years on indefinite jail term should have served 18 months, judges rule

Jay Davis is among six prisoners languishing on IPP jail terms to have their sentences quashed last week

The Independent UK

Nathan Chasing Horse Life Sentence: What Are The Charges Against the Dances With Wolves Actor?

Dances With Wolves actor Nathan Chasing Horse has been sentenced to life in prison in Nevada after being convicted on 13 counts, mostly for sexually assaulting Indigenous women and girls.

International Business Times UK

Journalist Andrzej Poczobut freed from prison in Belarus in US-brokered swap deal

Sakharov prize winner was given eight-year sentence after process widely condemned as politically motivated

The Guardian - UK

Louis Arnaud, former French hostage in Iran, describes Evin prison as 'the den of evil'

Speaking to Euronews, Louis Arnaud says the memories of Evin Prison continue to haunt him, as he recalls a place where captives are crammed into windowless cells and where the lights never go out.

Euronews

Belarus frees journalist Andrzej Poczobut in prisoner swap

Officials say prominent journalist Andrzej Poczobut has been released from jail in Belarus in a swap with Poland that also saw a total of 10 prisoners released as the authoritarian leader of Belarus seeks improved relations with the West

The Independent UK

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Evening Standard

Former teacher jailed over abuse of pupils at Belfast school in 1970s

William Lloyd-Lavery, 77, of Richmond Avenue, Lisburn, has been sentenced to two years in prison.

The Independent UK

Alleged Islamic State terrorist ‘pleads guilty to Taylor Swift Vienna concert plot’

Beran A. could be sentenced to up to 20 years in prison

Euronews

Austrian man accused of plotting Taylor Swift concert attack pleads guilty

The man accused of plotting to attack one of Taylor Swift’s concerts in Vienna in 2024 pleads guilty. He could be sentenced to up to 20 years in prison.

The Guardian - UK

‘The doorbell went at 5am. Six masked men were outside’: Belarus Free Theatre bring totalitarian terror to the Venice Biennale

They’ve been imprisoned, tortured and spied upon. Now dissidents from Europe’s last dictatorship are bringing the sights, sounds, smells and even tastes of brutal repression to the world’s biggest festival of art

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The Independent UK

Judge tosses murder conviction for man who served 25 years, rebuking a 'troubling' prosecution

A Manhattan judge has vacated the murder conviction of Henry Ruiz, who spent 25 years in prison for a 1993 murder

The Independent UK

‘Dances With Wolves’ star turned cult leader sentenced after sexually assaulting multiple women

Nathan Chasing Horse has been sentenced to life in prison for sexual assault

International Business Times UK

Ex-FBI Agent Warns of 'Horrible' Development in Nancy Guthrie Case After Ransom Suspect Released

Retired FBI agent Jennifer Coffindaffer has slammed as 'horrible' the decision to grant a $20,000 bond to the man accused of sending a fake ransom demand to missing grandmother Nancy Guthrie's family, warning he still faces up to 20 years in prison at his June federal trial in Tucson if…

The Times of India

One businessman, two attorneys involved in multimillion-dollar Hawaii bribery scheme: 'Calculated betrayal'

Three men have been sentenced to prison in US for their roles in a multimillion-dollar scheme to bribe a public official in Hawaii in exchange for favourable treatment in affordable housing projects.

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‘I just didn’t want her to go’: Kansas teen sentenced to 74 years in prison after a horrifying incident with his pregnant girlfriend and unborn child

His one moment of panic ruined two lives.

The Independent UK

Man convicted in 2024 killing of NYPD officer sentenced to 115 years to life in prison

A man convicted in the 2024 shooting death of a New York City police officer has been sentenced to 115 years to life in prison

The Independent UK

‘It’s all hot air’: Starmer under attack from theft-hit shopkeeper for ‘tougher punishment’ pledge

Sir Keir Starmer claimed ‘the tide could be turning’ against shoplifters during a speech to shopkeepers on Monday

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