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Harvey Weinstein hospitalised with Covid and pneumonia

The 72-year-old convicted rapist was transferred to a prison hospital with multiple health complaints, four years into his 23-year sentence

The Guardian - UK

Police launch scholarship following corrupt cop’s framing of innocent Black men

Exclusive: The move comes decades after a BTP detective framed and helped imprison Black people during the 1970s for crimes they had not committed.

The Independent UK

Eight climate activists arrested in Heathrow area remanded to prison

Protesters are first to be locked up in any of 10 countries hit by airport disruption campaigns this week

The Guardian - UK

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Georgia Prison Lawsuit Alleges Negligence In Inmate's Heat Death

Tragic death of Juan Carlos Ramirez Bibiano at Telfair State Prison underscores the need for prison system reform and accountability.

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Biden signs bill strengthening oversight of crisis-plagued federal Bureau of Prisons

President Joe Biden has signed into law a bill strengthening oversight of the crisis-plagued federal Bureau of Prisons after reporting by The Associated Press exposed systemic corruption, failures and abuse in the federal prison system

The Independent UK

After pleading guilty to evading nearly $300,000 in taxes, the artist for one of the best mystery manga in years dodges prison time on suspended sentence

Square Enix will not be cancelling The Apothecary Diaries manga

GamesRadar

Croatia bans 3 Montenegro officials in diplomatic row over WWII death camp

Ban comes after Montenegrin lawmakers adopted a resolution to remember people killed in Jasenovac prison camp.

Al Jazeera

Sunak rejected advice to release prisoners early a year ago

Discussions took place in June 2023 but aides thought backbenchers would reject proposal to ease overcrowding

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Palestinian prisoners freed by Israel say they were tortured, threatened

Two women and six men were released from Ofer Prison and were taken to Al-Aqsa Hospital in central Gaza.

The Independent UK

Prisoners fight against working in heat on former slave plantation, raising hope for change in South

As daily temperatures hit record highs across much of the South, a federal judge has taken an unusual step, challenging the treatment of mostly Black incarcerated workers in the fields

The Independent UK

Violence, self-harm and drugs: Shock new figures lay bare crisis facing Britain’s prisons

Ministry of Justice (MoJ) figures on Thursday laid bare the scale of the chaos in UK prisons, days after the justice secretary announced emergency measures to ease the crisis

Evening Standard

Met Police officer exposed as serial rapist to serve at least 18 years in prison

Cliff Mitchell boasted that he would never be caught

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The Independent UK

In numbers: Rise in prison violence laid bare in new figures

Prison assaults have reached a post-Covid-19 pandemic high

Evening Standard

Paula Radcliffe says sorry for wishing Paris Olympics convicted child rapist ‘best of luck’

Beach volleyball player Steven van de Velde, now 29, was sentenced to four years in prison in 2016 after pleading guilty to raping the 12-year-old girl when he was 19

The Independent UK

Takeaways from an investigation into deaths of over 50 Ukrainian POWs in a barracks 2 years ago

Former Ukrainian prisoners of war who survived the explosions two years ago in the Russian-held barracks at Olenivka still puzzle over the strange events leading up to that night

The Independent UK

An explosion killed over 50 Ukrainian POWs in 2022. Survivors and an internal UN report blame Russia

Former Ukrainian prisoners of war who survived the explosions two years ago in the Russian-held barracks at Olenivka still puzzle over the strange events leading up to that night

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Missouri Judge Orders Release Of Wrongfully Convicted Man

Missouri judge orders release of Christopher Dunn after 33 years in prison for a murder he didn't commit, facing legal challenges.

The Independent UK

A teen lured an 8-year-old to his home with ice cream, then raped and murdered her. Now, he may go free.

Local officials oppose perpetrator Adrian Jerry Gonzalez’s release from youth prison

The Independent UK

Prisoners trapped on indeterminate jail terms not included in Labour government’s sentencing review

Prisons minister Lord Timpson has announced IPP prisoners will not have their cases addressed in the government’s planned sentencing review

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