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Manhunt launched as violent inmate with links to London absconds from prison

Police are searching for Frankie Michael O’Leary after he left HMP Sudbury last Friday

Evening Standard

Boy Swallows Universe episode 5 recap: Boy Takes Flight

Boy Swallows Universe episode 5 sees Eli attending Slim's funeral after his sudden passing.

WhatToWatch

American hostage, Paul Whelan, missing for a week in Russian prison

In this interview, Elizabeth Whelan, sister of American hostage Paul Whelan, shares her meeting with President Biden and discusses the urgent need to bring...

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Josef Fritzl applies for release from prison into nursing home

Lawyer says Austrian who raped and imprisoned his daughter for 24 years is no longer dangerous

The Guardian - UK

Josef Fritzl: Notorious Austrian sex offender 'may be released from prison into care home'

Fritzl, 88, kept his daughter as a sex slave for 24 years

Evening Standard

Don't call Thaksin an inmate, says Corrections Dept

The Department of Corrections has asked people not to refer to former prime minister Thaksin Shinawatra as a prison inmate - even though he is serving a jail sentence while in hospital.

Bangkok Post

'Missed opportunities' in Aboriginal death in custody

The death of an Indigenous father in custody in the Northern Territory may have been avoided if he had received better healthcare.

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A day after release, Iran’s journalists charged for not wearing hijab

Two journalists who were released after a 17-month prison sentence – for their reports on Mahsa Amini’s death – have now been accused of violating Iran’s hijab laws, The Guardian reported.

Newslaundry

First person charged over Nazi salute facing jail time

The first person charged with performing a Nazi salute in Victoria is facing prison time, a court has been told, as he struggles to get funding for a lawyer.

AAP

Cessnock prison closes wing of cells as inmate numbers decline

A quarter of cells at Cessnock Correctional Facility are empty.

Newcastle Herald

Crisis in Ecuador: Security Forces Regain Control of Prisons After a Week of Chaos

Nearly 180 officials were being held hostage inside the prisons following a security crisis catalyzed by the escape of a powerful drug lord

Latin Times

‘Suitcase killer’ Heather Mack pleads for leniency in US over mother’s Bali murder

Heather Mack and her boyfriend Tommy Schaefer murdered her mother Sheila von Wiese-Mack at a luxury Bali resort in 2014

The Independent UK

Teenager found dead in prison ‘seemed like a lost soul’, mother tells inquest

Mental health concerns raised by family of Annelise Sanderson, who was found dead at HMP Styal weeks before release date

The Guardian - UK

Belarus political prisoner dies after authorities fail to provide him with medical care, group says

A human rights group says that a political prisoner has died in prison in Belarus after authorities failed to provide him with proper medical care

The Independent UK

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Boy Swallows Universe episode 4 recap: Boy Loses Dad

Boy Swallows Universe episode 4 answers some questions about Eli and Gus' upbringing.

The Guardian - UK

Iranian journalists celebrating release from jail charged for not wearing hijab

Niloofar Hamedi and Elaheh Mohammadi were charged in 2023 for their coverage of the death of Mahsa Amini

Chicago Sun-Times

Feds want a year in prison for Chicago police officer who entered the Capitol on Jan. 6

Prosecutors also allege that Karol Chwiesiuk lied on the stand, writing that “nearly every aspect” of his testimony “was self-serving and a misrepresentation of the facts.”

The Guardian - AU

Freed immigration detainee sues Australian government for damages for alleged false imprisonment

Stateless Kurdish man’s compensation case is the first sparked by high court ruling that indefinite detention is unlawful

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Evening Standard

Hizb ut-Tahrir: Islamist group that urged chants of jihad on streets of London to be banned

Expressing support for, or being a member of Hizb ut-Tahrir will become a criminal offence punishable by up to 14 years in prison

The National (Scotland)

Humza Yousaf to raise Scottish Prison Service crown immunity with Rishi Sunak

HUMZA Yousaf is planning to raise the issue of the Scottish Prison Service (SPS) still having crown immunity with the Prime Minister amid a key…

The Independent UK

Iran sentences imprisoned Nobel laureate Narges Mohammadi to an additional prison term

A court in Iran has slapped imprisoned Nobel Peace Prize laureate Narges Mohammadi with an additional sentence of 15 months for allegedly spreading propaganda against the Islamic Republic

Latin Times

Nicaragua Releases Catholic Bishop, 18 Other Clergy Members After Negotiations With Vatican

Catholic bishop Rolando Álvarez was imprisoned for criticizing religious freedom conditions in Nicaragua and was placed under house arrest on Aug. 4, 2022. After almost 15 days, he was arrested from his residence and presented to the court in December of that year.

WEKU

2 Virginia prison supervisors named in death of a disabled inmate in amended suit

The new, amended lawsuit now includes Capt. Travis S. Poston and now-former Marion Warden Jeffery Artrip as defendants along with the five previously named prison officers.

Evening Standard

Iranian journalists jailed for covering death of a young woman after hijab arrest released from prison

The two women were jailed by the Iranian state

Latin Times

Hostages Safe, Ecuador Now Faces Reclaiming Prison Control

Ecuador's security forces worked Sunday to regain control of prisons that had fallen into the hands of gang members

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