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Russia Jails Doctor Over Alleged Ukraine Comments During Consultation

Russia on Tuesday sentenced a 68-year-old paediatrician to five and a half years in prison for allegedly criticising the Ukraine campaign during an appointment, after she was denounced by the ex-wife of a soldier killed in combat.

International Business Times

Jails and prisons often fail to protect incarcerated people during natural disasters

The United States has almost 2 million people behind bars in prisons, jails and detention centers – the largest such population in any country. Although incarcerated people are locked away from the outside world, they are even more vulnerable to the impacts of disasters, such as hurricanes and wildfires, than…

The Conversation

Brickbat: Following Too Closely

Former U.S. Capitol Police officer Thomas Smith was sentenced to 21 months in prison after pleading guilty to deprivation of… The post Brickbat: Following Too Closely appeared first on Reason.com.

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Inmate Accused Of Killing Cellmate Convicted Of Child Trafficking

Inmate at Kern Valley State Prison under investigation for alleged homicide of cellmate convicted of child trafficking. CDCR launches probe into the incident.

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Black man with sickle cell disease died ‘naked and alone’ in cell after complaining of breathing difficulties

The 43-year-old was found unresponsive in a cell on the healthcare unit at HMP Pentonville on 17 May 2022

The Independent UK

Ex-UK soldier facing spying charge admits escaping from prison by hiding under a truck

A former British soldier who is facing spying charges has admitted escaping from a London prison by clinging to the underside of a delivery truck

The Independent UK

Ex-soldier Daniel Khalife changes plea to guilty of Wandsworth prison escape

Khalife pleads guilty part way through trial at Woolwich crown court but continues to deny other charges

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Security audit found ’81 points of failure’ at Wandsworth prison after escape

Former soldier Daniel Khalife has pleaded guilty partway through his trial at Woolwich Crown Court to escaping from HMP Wandsworth.

The Independent UK

Daniel Khalife pleads guilty to Wandsworth prison escape halfway through trial

The former soldier used a makeshift sling to escape under a food delivery truck

Evening Standard

Daniel Khalife guilty of escaping from prison

The 23-year-old former soldier continues to deny all the other charges against him.

Evening Standard

Daniel Khalife admits escape from Wandsworth prison in dramatic plea change mid-trial

Daniel Khalife admits breaking out of HMP Wandsworth and going on the run

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Teenager jailed for 2 years over fire in empty building still locked up 18 years later

Exclusive: IPP prisoner Liam Bennett, now 36, has spent more than half of his life in prison as he pleas for a chance at freedom

International Business Times

How Doodles Got A Russian Art Teacher Locked Up For 20 Years

Art teacher Daniil Klyuka believes the headmistress of the provincial Russian school where he worked reported him for doodling horns on pictures of officials in a newspaper.

The Independent UK

California voters reject proposed ban on forced prison labor in any form

California voters have rejected a measure amending the state Constitution to ban forced labor in any form

International Business Times

Syrians, Iraqis Archive IS Jail Crimes In Virtual Museum

After jihadists jailed him in 2014, Iraqi religious scholar Muhammad al-Attar said he would sometimes pull his prison blanket over his head to cry without other detainees noticing.

International Business Times

Life In The 'Jungle': Rome's Teeming Jail Lays Bare Italy's Prison Ills

Traces of black soot still mark the facade of the Regina Coeli jail, a reminder of the latest riots in Rome's infamous lock-up emblematic of troubles plaguing Italy's prison system

The Independent UK

Stop scaremongering over prisoners trapped by indefinite jail terms, ministers told

Exclusive: Fight for indefinitely held IPP prisoners continues as the UN calls for partial resentencing, warning ‘we cannot allow more people to take their lives out of a lack of action’

The Independent UK

Possible Trump AG threatens Letitia James: ‘We will put your fat a** in prison’

A Donald Trump Attorney General hopeful threatened Letitia James with prison after the Republican won the 2024 US presidential election.

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