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Talking to Kids About Family Members in Prison

It’s one of the hardest conversations a parent or caregiver might ever face—explaining to a child that someone they love is in prison. Whether it’s a parent, sibling, aunt, or grandparent, the emotions tied to incarceration can be complicated and overwhelming, especially for young children. Avoiding the topic entirely might…

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Maryland father mistakenly deported to Salvadoran prison really did flee to avoid MS-13 gang, his teacher and a classmate said

Kilmar Abrego Garcia fled El Salvador as a teen over fears he would be recruited by transnational street gang

The Independent UK

Iranian director Jafar Panahi wins Palme d’Or at Cannes for It Was Just an Accident

Panahi, long censored and previously imprisoned in his home country, took top prize as Sentimental Value and The Secret Agent also honoured

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‘Banal horror’: Judge orders Trump administration to return Guatemalan rape survivor ‘wrongfully’ deported to Mexico

The man says he was raped, held prisoner and targeted for being gay while in Mexico last year

The Independent UK

New arrest over escaped Louisiana prisoners as five fugitives still on the run

Another New Orleans woman has been arrested for allegedly helping some of the 10 inmates after they escaped the Orleans Parish Justice Center on May 16

The Independent UK

Tory Lanez’s alleged prison attacked speaks out

Tory Lanez’s alleged prison attacker says he thought the rapper was coming to kill him so he hit out first.

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'Seventh Heaven': Tears And Laughter As Ukrainian POWs Return

Waxy and emaciated, Konstantin Steblev spoke to his mother for the first time in three years after being released as part of the biggest ever prisoner swap between Russia and Ukraine.

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Rust armorer Hannah Gutierrez-Reed released from prison

‘Rust’ armorer Hannah Gutierrez-Reed has been released from prison after being sentenced to 18 months for the involuntary manslaughter in the death of cinematographer Halyna Hutchins.

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Rust armorer released after completing prison sentence in fatal film set shooting

Hannah Gutierrez-Reed paroled after 18 months from facility in New Mexico to her home in Bullhead City, Arizona

The Guardian - US

Movie armorer completes prison sentence in fatal 'Rust' set shooting

A movie armorer convicted in the fatal shooting of a cinematographer by Alec Baldwin on the set of the Western movie “Rust” has been released from a New Mexico prison after competing an 18-month jail term

The Independent UK

US officials visit Alcatraz amid Trump’s plan to reopen island prison

San Francisco authorities say officials from Bureau of Prisons visited famous site last week and plan to return

The Guardian - US

Trump administration trying to dismiss MS-13 leader’s charges to deport him

Exclusive: Critics and defendant’s legal team accuse US president of trying to do favor for Salvadorian leader

The Guardian - US

US Justice Department pardon lawyer pledges 'hard look' at plot to kidnap Michigan governor

The U.S. Justice Department’s new pardon attorney says he is going to take a “hard look” at two men who are in prison for leading a conspiracy to kidnap Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer in 2020

The Independent UK

Man gets 10 years for trying to carjack car with 2 members of Justice Sotomayor's security detail

A 19-year-old man has been sentenced to 10 years in prison for trying to carjack a car occupied by two U.S. Marshals Service deputies who were members of Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor’s security detail

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Probation staff shortages threaten to derail plans to safely release prisoners early, ministers warned

Exclusive: ‘Vital window’ to boost probation workforce before prison reforms put huge pressure on service already in chaos, says union chief

The Independent UK

Trump’s prison officials visited Alcatraz this week to assess reopening it, superintendent confirms

How feasible the president’s plan to revive the historic maximum security penitentiary might be is a matter of some debate among experts

The Guardian - AU

NSW government admits it is vicariously liable for prison guard’s sexual abuse of female inmate

Court hears both parties in class action against state of NSW over conduct of Wayne Astill ‘keen to explore the possibility of settlement’

Latin Times

Salvadoran Prison Chief Overseeing Trump Deportees Has Been Sanctioned By The U.S. For Negotiating With Gangs: Report

Osiris Luna, El Salvador's prison director, has been reportedly sanctioned by the U.S. for secretly negotiating with gangs

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Pregnant Women in Prison Aren't Getting Care, and No One Is Keeping Track

U.S. criminal justice policies have led to a 585 percent increase in the incarcerated women’s population since 1980 and have resulted in the highest female incarceration rate in the world.

Barchart

‘Comfort Makes More Prisoners Than All the Jails Combined’: Billionaire Grant Cardone’s Warning on Finding Success

Grant Cardone warns that comfort is a self-imposed prison, advocating relentless ambition and action.

The Independent UK

Voices: I’ve spent decades inside prisons – here’s how I’ll fix them for good

COMMENT: In light of the Gauke sentencing review, prisons minister Lord Timpson explains why, to end the perma-crisis in our justice system, we must now embark on the largest expansion of jail places since the Victorian era

Euronews

Family of Ryan Cornelius jailed in Dubai turns to EU for help

Heather Cornelius, whose husband is detained in Dubai, has met with MEPs and the European External Action Service in Brussels.

The Conversation

Oscar Wilde’s The Ballad of Reading Gaol is a work of art activism beloved by Banksy

In 2021, Banksy revealed a mural of Oscar Wilde, clad in prisoner garb, making an escape from the abandoned Reading jail. The artist claimed that he would donate profits from the sale of the stencil he used to create the work (a projected £10 million) to set up an arts…

The Independent UK

Would shorter prison sentences ‘spark a crime wave’? Here’s what the evidence says

The final report of the Independent Sentencing Review proposed the most significant reforms since the 1990s

The Independent UK

Hearing for ex-prison officer accused of affairs with inmates adjourned

Isabelle Dale is alleged to have relationships with two prisoners and being involved in drug smuggling plot.

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