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Uncertainty Hangs Over Russia's Version Of POW Plane Crash

Questions remained Thursday over the military plane crash that Russia said had killed dozens of captured Ukrainian soldiers ahead of a planned prisoner exchange.

International Business Times

Idris Elba argues against mandatory prison sentences for carrying a knife

Actor hails tightening of ban on zombie-style knives in England and Wales but says there is no ‘one size fits all’ solution

The Guardian - UK

‘It was like a toxic relationship’: the exiled Russian musicians starting again abroad

Acts such as psych-rock four-piece Lucidvox have had to up sticks thanks to the war. But with their peers facing prison sentences for speaking out, they know they are the lucky ones

The Guardian - UK

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Josef Fritzl seen for first time out of prison as notorious Austrian sex offender seeks nursing home move

Fritzl was jailed for life in 2009 after he admitted to forcing his daughter to be his sex slave for 24 years

Evening Standard

Josef Fritzl to be moved to regular prison from psychiatric unit, lawyer says

Decision paves way for release to a nursing home 15 years after conviction for rape and imprisonment of his daughter

The Guardian - UK

Prisoners with severe mental health needs spending months in isolation, report finds

Independent Monitoring Board says jails in England using segregation too often as a way of managing inmates

The Guardian - UK

Accused Mongols bikie caught smuggling drugs in prison

A prisoner has allegedly been caught trafficking drugs for an outlaw motorcycle gang from inside his cell by prison staff, a court has been told.

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‘I just went bent’: how Britain’s most corrupt cop ruined countless lives

How many people did DS Derek Ridgewell fit up? The sheer scale of his depravity, and his targeting of men of colour, is only now becoming clear

The Guardian - UK

Prison officer faces custody for lying to ICAC

Brian McMurtrie will have to wait to hear his fate after admitting he gave false evidence to the NSW anti-corruption agency about a Lithgow prison assault.

AAP

Proud Boys member gets six years in prison for Capitol riot after insulting judge

Marc Bru repeatedly interrupted chief judge before the sentence was handed down, calling him a ‘clown’ and a ‘fraud’

The Guardian - US

Protest in Britain has long been repressed

Letter: Natasha Walter disputes a claim that that it has been ‘almost unheard of’ for peaceful protesters to be imprisoned since the 1930s

The Guardian - UK

Martin Shkreli ban from pharmaceutical industry upheld by US court

New York federal appeals court rules ‘pharma bro’, 40, who went to prison for fraud, cannot return to pharmaceutical industry

The Guardian - US

Gary Glitter bidding for freedom again at private parole hearing as victim criticises 'total lack of remorse'

Disgraced former pop star has been accused of showing contempt for his sexual assault victims

Evening Standard

Criminal review body missed chance to clear Andrew Malkinson in 2013

CCRC failed to heed its own ‘lessons learned’ review of similar case ten years before Malkinson’s exoneration

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‘Doing time is something that has to be learned’: Erwin James on new year in prison

The former Guardian columnist wrote his articles from prison while serving a sentence for murder

The Guardian - US

‘More killing won’t bring back lost lives’: Tal Mitnick, 18, on going to prison instead of joining IDF

The first conscientious objector to be jailed in Israel since 7 October says ‘there is no military solution’ to the conflict

The Guardian - UK

Erwin James, former Guardian prison columnist, dies aged 66

James wrote A Life Inside column while serving sentence for murder and later edited Inside Time newspaper

Bangkok Post

Fugitive in Belgium shooting arrested in Phuket

A 36-year-old fugitive sentenced to prison in Belgium for attempted murder has been arrested in Phuket, where he worked as a DJ at a Patong bar.

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The Guardian - UK

Bali bomber Ali Imron seeking presidential pardon in Indonesia

Imron, who has spent 21 years in prison, says he wants to be released to work on deradicalisation projects

The Guardian - UK

Convicted murderer fears prison ‘hit’ as victim’s family campaign for release

Jason Moore says he learned of £10,000 reward to have him stabbed shortly after court of appeal application

AAP

No jail for cop who assaulted woman and lied about it

Ex-officer Mark Anthony Follington has been given a reprieve from a prison sentence despite throwing a woman into an ATM and lying about the incident.

The Guardian - US

‘I’m not ready, brother’: US man to be put to death months after botched execution attempt

Kenneth Smith, to be executed in Alabama by untested nitrogen-gas method, tells Guardian of nightmares from failed lethal injection

The Guardian - UK

Gaza activist tells of beating and abuse in Israeli detention

Human rights worker Ayman Lubbad is among the Palestinian prisoners claiming abuse in Israeli custody, where six have died

The Guardian - UK

UK prison where baby died gives women rape alarms to call for help during labour

Campaigners renew calls to end incarceration of pregnant women after introduction of measure at HMP Bronzefield

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Soldiers refusing to fight in Ukraine face prison sentences in Russia

The article discusses the consequences faced by Russian soldiers who refused to participate in the war in Ukraine, with seven of them receiving prison sent...

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