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Barry Bennell: Paedophile former football coach dies in prison

Bennell’s death was announced by the Ministry of Justice

Evening Standard

Serial paedophile and former football coach Barry Bennell dies in prison

Bennell used his position as a football coach to abuse young boys

The Independent UK

Family ‘overjoyed’ as British father released from Iranian jail in US prisoner swap

Morad Tahbaz flies to freedom in Doha as part of a $6 billion exchange

The Independent UK

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Who are the five American prisoners freed in the Iran-US prisoner swap?

Siamak Namazi, Emad Shargi and Morad Tahbaz are among US prisoners being released in deal, White House confirms.

Al Jazeera

Morad Tahbaz: British citizen freed by Iran in prisoner swap

Morad Tahbaz has been freed under US-Iran prisoner swap deal

Evening Standard

Iran frees Americans in a swap, gets access to oil money, release of Iranians in U.S.

It's the latest in what has been decades of prisoner swaps between the two countries. The Americans include Siamak Namazi, held since 2015, and Morad Tahbaz and Emad Shargi, both detained in 2018.

WEKU

Iran-US prisoner swap under way

Five American and five Iranian prisoners are being released in addition to Iran’s assets frozen due to US sanctions.

Al Jazeera

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Activists demand update on Thaksin's condition

Activists on Monday demanded the Police General Hospital release the latest condition of former prime minister Thaksin Shinawatra, to prove if he deserves to stay there instead of in prison.

Bangkok Post

Brickbat: Boot to the Face

A federal judge has sentenced Indianapolis Metropolitan Police Sgt. Eric Huxley to one year and one day in prison followed by six months home detention after Huxley pleaded guilty to felony deprivation of rights under color of law. Huxley stomped the face of Jermaine Vaughn, who was handcuffed and on…

Reason

Urgent calls for swift action in self-harm related prison deaths

Inquests into self-inflicted deaths in prison have been delayed, Labour MP Andy Slaughter says

The Independent UK

Lessons must be learned from self-harm related prison deaths, ministers warned

Inquests into self-inflicted deaths in prison have been delayed, meaning important lessons have not been learned, Labour MP Andy Slaughter said.

The Independent UK

Former British pilots training Chinese military face jail

FORMER British military could face prison if they are caught training Chinese fighter pilots.

Evening Standard

Markham man sentenced to six and half years in federal prison on drug charge

Larry Dennis, 39, pleaded guilty to a federal drug charge in May after police raided the residence from which he had been selling cocaine.

Chicago Sun-Times

Trump talks prison on "Meet the Press"

Speaking to moderator Kristen Welker at his Bedminster estate, Trump expressed little concern over his legal woes

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Hollywood letters of support for Danny Masterson demonstrate the pervasiveness of myths about rape culture

Hollywood actors Ashton Kutcher and Mila Kunis are in hot water after their letters of support for their friend and former co-star, Danny Masterson, were made public. Masterson, who played Steven Hyde on That ’70s Show, was convicted in May of drugging and raping two women in the early 2000s.…

The Hindu

Chinta Mohan expresses doubts about Naidu’s security in Rajahmundry jail

Congress leader Chinta Mohan expressed doubts about security of TDP's N. Chandrababu Naidu in Rajahmundry Central Prison.

The Independent UK

Britain’s broken justice system revealed as prisoners trapped in jail for five years before trial

Exclusive: Number of accused held on remand hits record high with 15,000 languishing in overcrowded prisons

The Independent UK

Louisiana prisoner suit claims they’re forced to endure dangerous conditions at Angola prison farm

Prisoners at the Louisiana State Penitentiary have filed a class-action lawsuit over conditions at the prison's farm

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Salon

Outlaw lawyers — and outlaw presidents

Several of Nixon's lawyers went to prison after Watergate. Are Giuliani, Eastman and other Trump attorneys next?

The Independent UK

Michigan to pay $1m to man wrongfully convicted of killing two hunters

The state of Michigan has agreed to pay $1.03 million to a man who spent nearly 21 years in prison for the deaths of two hunters

The Guardian - UK

Staff shortages an issue amid ‘deeply worrying’ prison deaths in England

Inquests flag up gaps in the care of prisoners in relation to at least nine deaths in custody since 2021

The Independent UK

Egyptian court gives a government critic a 6-month sentence in a case condemned by rights groups

An Egyptian court has sentenced a fierce government critic to six months in prison over charges that stemmed from an online spat with a former minister

The Independent UK

Woman’s family must ‘plan for the worst’ as killer’s release from jail nears

Joanna Simpson was killed by her British Airways captain husband Robert Brown at their family home in October 2010.

The Independent UK

UK officially bans Russia’s Wagner paramilitary group as terrorist organisation

Those found guilty of violating the ban will face a potential sentence of upto 14 years in prison

Al Jazeera

Ovidio Guzman, son of feared Mexican drug lord ‘El Chapo’, extradited to US

Ovidio ‘The Mouse’ Guzman was flown across the border from a prison in Mexico to face drug charges in the US.

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