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Prison Officers Used A Spit Hood On An Aboriginal Teenager In Act Of ‘Psychological Torture’

Spit hoods pose significant risks of injury and death.

Pedestrian.tv

Magistrates in England not following law on remand decisions, charity finds

Exclusive: Justice criticises poor quality decision-making and says it is adding to prison overcrowding

The Guardian - UK

News access sparks violence, protection in prisons

A well-meaning trial to permit prisoners to read the news has sparked violence and led some inmates to spend days on end in protection, MPs have been told.

AAP

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Union Home Ministry seeks Aadhaar authentication of prisoners and jail visitors

The Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) has written to the States and Union Territories, asking them to utilise the Aadhaar authentication of prison inmates and their visitors

The Hindu

Colleen Eren: Why Donald Trump Signed the FIRST STEP Act

The author of Reform Nation explains how celebrity, philanthropy, and activism produced the most significant prison reform in decades.

Reason

Q&A: Former UN expert stresses Israel’s occupation of Gaza never ended

Al Jazeera speaks to former UN special rapporteur Michael Lynk about reality of Israel’s control over besieged enclave.

Al Jazeera

Russia reportedly is using Ukrainian POWs to fight in their homeland on Moscow's side

A Russian news agency is reporting that the country is preparing to send a battalion of Ukrainian prisoners of war to the front lines in their homeland to fight on Moscow’s side in the war

The Independent UK

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Murder victim’s mother behind Helen’s Law found it hard receiving her MBE

Marie McCourt’s campaigning led to the Prisoners (Disclosure of Information About Victims) Act being enacted in 2021.

The Independent UK

Where is Medi Abalimba now? The con artist from The Football Fraudster

Where is Medi Abalimba now? Tuning in to The Football Fraudster has left many viewers asking what happened to the con artist.

GoodToKnow

Russia seeks an 8-year prison term for an artist and musician who protested the war in Ukraine

Russian authorities are seeking an eight-year prison term for an artist and musician who was jailed after protesting the war in Ukraine

The Independent UK

‘Dehumanising’: Aboriginal teen subjected to spit hood at Victorian prison

Exclusive: Now 18-year-old, who remains in detention, says the treatment was ‘like psychological torture’

The Guardian - AU

Russian artist facing eight years in prison after supermarket protest against Ukraine war

Alexandra Skochilenko reportedly swapped price tags with pieces of paper calling for an end to the conflict

Evening Standard

Indonesia’ sentences another former minister to 15 years for graft over internet tower project

Indonesia’s anti-graft court on Wednesday sentenced a former Cabinet minister to 15 years in prison after finding him guilty of corruption over the construction of mobile phone transmission towers in remote parts of the country

The Independent UK

Activist Amira Bouraoui sentenced to 10 years in prison by Algerian court

An Algerian court on Tuesday sentenced French-Algerian activist Amira Bouraoui to 10 years in prison, in a case that sparked a diplomatic row between the two countries.

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AAP

Inmate 'proud' after murdering child sex offender

Convicted sex offender Ashley Bropho was choked to death in his prison cell by a fellow inmate, who laughed about the killing and expressed pride in his crime.

AAP

CCTV gaps to remain at women's jail after guard's rapes

A prison where a former guard sexually abused female inmates needs hundreds more CCTV cameras, but there has been no commitment to address the security issue.

Pedestrian.tv

A 41-Year-Old Aboriginal Man In WA Is The 80th Person To Die In Custody This Year

"Our mob are dying inside these prisons. No one has been found responsible."

Reason

He Allegedly Killed a Cop During a No-Knock Raid. Will the Jury Agree It Was Self-Defense?

Almost 10 years after his arrest, Marvin Guy will soon learn if he'll spend the rest of his life in prison.

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WEKU

An exonerated 'Central Park Five' member will win a seat on the New York City Council

Yusef Salaam was one of five Black and Latino teens who were wrongly imprisoned for raping a jogger in 1989 before their convictions were overturned in 2002.

The Hindu

Cease fire: On the danger of Israel turning Gaza into an open prison on fire

There needs to be pressure on Israel to make it understand that it cannot continue to kill Palestinian civilians in the name of its right to defend itself

The National (Scotland)

Douglas Ross red faced as his UK bosses back SNP 'soft-touch justice' policies

THE Scottish Tories have been accused of playing “political games” in criticising Scotland’s “soft-touch justice” policies – as it…

The Independent UK

Nobel peace laureate Bialiatski has been put in solitary confinement in Belarus, his wife says

The wife of Nobel Peace Prize laureate and activist Ales Bialiatski says he has been transferred to solitary confinement at his prison in Belarus

The Conversation

Longer sentences? Overcrowded UK prisons are already failing society

The UK government plans to impose tougher sentences on those convicted of serious crimes, it announced via this year’s king’s speech at the state opening of parliament. Political pundits reacting to the speech on the BBC immediately questioned the rationale behind potentially putting more people in prison, when UK prisons…

The Hindu

Kodi Suni’s relatives allege he was beaten up in Viyyur jail

Relatives of Kodi Suni allege he was beaten in Viyyur prison, resulting in his admission to Thrissur Medical College. A case has been registered against Suni for the clash that injured three jail workers, with relatives filing complaints to the DGP, CM, and Human Rights Commission.

The Guardian - UK

At 17, I was jailed for a murder I didn’t commit – and spent seven life-changing years in prison

Basic police checks would have shown Sam Hallam wasn’t at the scene of the crime, but these weren’t carried out until he had spent much of his youth inside. He explains why he is still fighting for justice, years after his release

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