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Blues Brothers Con in Joliet canceled in solidarity with actors strike

‘Joliet is a proud union town,’ says organizer of the event planned at the city’s historic prison.

Chicago Sun-Times

Publisher Badri Seshadri released from Tiruchi Central Prison

Badri Seshadri, a political commentator and publisher, was granted conditional bail by a court in Kunnam and released from Tiruchi Central Prison. He must sign at Srirangam police station daily for 15 days. He was arrested for remarks made in a YouTube interview criticizing the Chief Justice of India and…

The Hindu

Book of the Week: How to exploit prison labour

A new history shows how exploited convicts provided unpaid labour to make modern New Zealand

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Palaniswami criticises govt. over discovery of ingredient for alcohol in Salem central prison

AIADMK general secretary Edappadi K. Palaniswami on Wednesday deplored the DMK regime for the reports of the discovery of a basic ingredient for alcohol production on the premises of Salem central prison.

The Hindu

Eyioma Uwazurike gambling details: Everything we know

Eyioma Uwazurike is accused of betting on Broncos games he played in and tampering with records, punishable by up to two years in prison.

USA Today Sports Media Group

Jury resumes deliberations over death penalty or life in prison for Pittsburgh synagogue shooter

A jury has resumed deliberations over the sentence for a gunman who killed 11 worshippers at a Pittsburgh synagogue

The Independent UK

Watch Corey Taylor walk through the Blood Prison experience at the "notoriously haunted" Ohio State Reformatory

Slipknot's Corey Taylor gets spooked by ghouls and ghosts with two fans in the Ohio State Reformatory at this year's Inkcarceration Music & Tattoo Festival

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Criminal indictments are not enough

But even defeating Trump at the polls will be insufficient to secure the future of American democracy

Salon

The tragedy of Rianna and baby Aisha: why a teenager gave birth all alone in a prison cell

It was more than 12 hours after Rianna Cleary went into labour before anyone came to help her. She was covered in blood – and her daughter was dead. Why were they failed so appallingly?

The Guardian - UK

Donald Trump is now facing three indictments. Can he still run for president?

Trump faces two federal indictments and criminal and civil cases in several states

The Independent UK

Is Donald Trump going to prison?

The former president is at the centre of several federal investigations and criminal cases

The Independent UK

Labour vows to deliver more prison places to ensure criminals are behind bars: ‘Our prisons are turning criminals away’

Shadow justice secretary Steve Reed accused the Conservatives of failing to build the cells they promised.

The Independent UK

Australian teenager Yusuf Zahab ‘alive’ in Syrian prison months after reports he was killed in IS strike

Family ‘overwhelmed with joy’ after video emerges of teenager, believed to be Zahab, looking healthy and speaking into a camera

The Guardian - AU

Can Donald Trump still run for president despite facing three indictments?

Trump faces two federal indictments and criminal and civil cases in several states

The Independent UK

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Labour says it will deliver prison places needed to ensure criminals are behind bars

Shadow justice secretary Steve Reed accused the Conservatives of failing to build the cells they promised.

The Guardian - UK

Jailing shoplifters will not address root causes, says senior Tory

Sir Bob Neill criticises government plan for failing to consider mental health and addiction problems of many offenders

The Independent UK

Judge rejects military contractor's effort to toss out Abu Ghraib torture lawsuit

A federal judge has again rejected a military contractor’s effort to toss out a lawsuit filed against it by former inmates of Iraq’s Abu Ghraib prison

The Independent UK

An accomplice to convicted murderer Alex Murdaugh's financial misdeeds gets seven years in prison

The former CEO of a respected South Carolina bank will spend seven years in federal prison for helping Alex Murdaugh steal nearly $2 million from clients' legal settlements

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The Independent UK

Bill apparently aimed at halting criticism of Pakistani intelligence figures expected to become law

Pakistan’s lower house has passed a bill that recommends a three-year prison term for anyone found guilty of disclosing the identity of an intelligence official, a move apparently aimed at stifling criticism of military-backed spy chiefs and agents

Cinemablend

What’s Going On With Todd And Julie Chrisley’s Retrial Attempt? Here’s What Their Lawyer Says

Todd and Julie Chrisley's lawyer provides an update on their appeal process.

The Independent UK

Shoplifters could be handed prison sentences under revisions to crime bill

At present, a police caution can be given as an alternative to prosecution

Zenger

Catalan Independence Activist’s Imprisonment Sparks Protests In Barcelona

Protests in Barcelona against imprisonment of activist Dani Gallardo for involvement in Catalan independence protests

The Independent UK

British husband who killed terminally ill wife visits her grave for first time after walking free

Retired miner David Hunter was released from custody on Monday

The Independent UK

Youth jail shut down over safety fears to be turned into men’s prison

The Rainsbrook Secure Training Centre will be refurbished and reopened in two years.

Radio France Internationale

Overcrowding in French prisons reaches all-time high

The number of prisoners in France has reached an all-time high, with a total of 74,513 people incarcerated on 1 July compared with just under 73,700 the previous month.

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