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End unfair criminal punishments for domestic abuse survivors, say campaigners

Shabana Mahmood has already promised to cut the number of women serving prison sentences

Evening Standard

Free Aung San Suu Kyi, demand three former UK foreign secretaries

The pro-democracy Nobel Peace Prize winner turned global pariah was toppled by the military leaders of Myanmar in 2021 and sentenced to 27 years in prison

The Independent UK

Bali bomb plotters moved from Guantánamo to Malaysia after guilty plea

Malaysians imprisoned in US prison camp agreed to testify against alleged ringleader of attacks that killed 202

The Guardian - UK

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Trump pardoning Oath Keepers founder Stewart Rhodes would be ‘frightening’ for democracy, judge says

Far-right militia leader was sentenced to 18 years in prison for conspiring to commit an act of treason

The Independent UK

New York man pleads guilty to running Chinese police station in Manhattan

Chen Jinping pleads guilty to conspiring to act as an agent of China’s government and faces up to five years in prison

The Guardian - US

CNN says its report on a freed Syrian prisoner is not what it initially believed

A report by CNN's Clarissa Ward about a freed Syrian prisoner provided some dramatic scenes, but the network has since found that it apparently wasn't all that it appeared

The Independent UK

Nobel Laureate Narges Mohammadi Vows To Continue Fight For Democracy

Narges Mohammadi, Iranian activist and Nobel laureate, persists in advocating for democracy and women's rights despite imprisonment and persecution by the ...

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Notorious DC drug kingpin Rayful Edmond dies aged 60

Drug dealer linked with the crack cocaine epidemic of the 1980s was due to be released from custody next year

The Independent UK

Former French President Sarkozy Convicted Of Corruption

Former French President Nicolas Sarkozy found guilty of corruption and influence peddling, facing potential prison time. Legal milestone in French politics.

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Alec Baldwin claims America ‘wanted him dead’ after Rust shooting

Baldwin says ‘there’s more to come’ after his involuntary manslaughter case in the death of Halyna Hutchins was dismissed

The Independent UK

Rayful Edmond: From 9-Year-Old Drug Dealer to Kingpin of a Multimillion-Dollar Cocaine Empire

Rayful Edmond III, notorious D.C. drug kingpin, died aged 60. He rose to power in the 1980s, controlling a significant portion of the city's drug trade.

International Business Times UK

Snowmobiler Asks the Supreme Court to Throw Out Sentence for Doing Something Stupid

There's an old saying, "Play stupid games, win stupid prizes." It's something that everyone should really live by and means if you know something is stupid, illegal, or wrong and you do it anyway, you shouldn't be surprised when it comes back to bite you in the ass. Nor should…

RideApart

Former French President Nicolas Sarkozy's Corruption Conviction Upheld

France's highest court upholds Nicolas Sarkozy's corruption conviction, sentencing him to one year in prison with an electronic monitoring bracelet. Additi...

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Survivors of prison sexual abuse scandal ask Biden for clemency: ‘Give us a chance’

Incarcerated women seek relief after exposing harassment, retaliation and assault by staff

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‘Pleading and begging’: prison guards switched off water to cell of mentally ill, dying inmate held at Silverwater jail

Exclusive: Simon Cartwright’s family is taking legal action against NSW government after coroner finds his death was preventable

Salon

Biden's clemency doesn't go far enough

How the White House’s use of the clemency power is less than it seems

The Guardian - UK

Alec Baldwin plans ‘to expose what really happened’ in Rust film set shooting

The actor told a podcast that media reporting of the incident in which cinematographer Halyna Hutchins died had suppressed the truth

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Drug Kingpin Rayful Edmond Dies In Federal Custody

Learn about the life and criminal activities of Rayful Edmond, a notorious drug kingpin in Washington, D.C., during the 1980s crack epidemic.

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'Prison helped our cause': Sea Shepherd's Paul Watson plans next steps in France

Anti-whaling activist and Sea Shepherd founder Paul Watson, freed after five months in custody in Greenland, will head to France in the coming days, following Denmark’s refusal to extradite him to Japan.

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6 Million Settlement For Women Abused At California Prison

Justice Department ordered to pay 6 million to abused women at FCI Dublin, highlighting the urgent need for prison system reform.

The Guardian - UK

Brothers cleared of Cornwall double murder after spending 20 years in prison

Robert and Lee Firkins have convictions quashed after being jailed in 2006 for murders of Carol and Graham Fisher

The Guardian - UK

Delays and neglect led to death of prisoner serving IPP sentence, jury finds

Inquest concludes that Haydar Jefferies took his own life after Surrey prison’s ‘serious failure’ to put him in place of safety

The Guardian - UK

Life inside a therapeutic prison: ‘Look, we’ve done some terrible things ...’

At pioneering HMP Grendon, a range of psychology professionals aim to ‘re-child’ some of Britain’s most serious offenders in relatively relaxed conditions. Does the treatment work?

Al Jazeera

Mary Jane Veloso, Filipina nearly executed in Indonesia, arrives home

Mother of two, who became a poster child for anti-trafficking groups, now awaits potential pardon in a Manila prison.

The Independent UK

Man convicted of quadruple homicide is put to death in Indiana's 1st execution in 15 years

Indiana has carried out its first execution in 15 years by putting to death a man convicted of killing four people decades ago, including his brother and his sister’s fiancé

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