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Rights group: China sentences 2 lawyers on 'farcical' charge

A human rights group says two prominent Chinese human rights lawyers have been sentenced to more than a decade in prison

The Independent UK

Labour shadow minister left floundered after tense exchange over attack ads

Emily Thornberry was pressed three times on Sir Keir Starmer’s record in the Crown Prosecution Service

The Independent UK

Iran Releases Minister Convicted of Murder under Khamenei Pardon

Former Iranian Minister of Education and Tehran Mayor Mohammed Ali Najafi was released after four years in prison, following clemency from Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei to release thousands of prisoners last month. In 2019, Najafi admitted to killing his wife, Mitra Ostad, after a family dispute. He was initially sentenced…

Asharq Al-Awsat

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More states allow residents with felony convictions to vote

Last month, thousands of people with felony convictions regained the right to vote in New Mexico, the latest in a growing number of states seeking to reintegrate residents into society by allowing them to participate in elections upon leaving prison.

Tribune News Service

Texan declared innocent in slaying now arrested in another

Police say a Houston man declared innocent in 2021 after being convicted in a fatal stabbing and serving seven years in prison has been charged with murder

The Independent UK

What it's like living in the quiet village with a prison at its centre - where killers go missing

A number of prisoners have absconded the prison in the last year - located opposite the local primary school

Manchester Evening News

Special delivery: Drones are smuggling contraband into California prisons, feds say

LOS ANGELES — Walls and rules have never stopped prisoners from getting what they need. Drugs, phones and other contraband have been smuggled in by guards and visitors, flung over fences and even stashed inside hollowed-out pastries in care packages.

Los Angeles Times

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Woman describes moment 'prison guard' security workers 'dragged' her partner out of Bodyguard show at Palace Theatre

"It was three of them dragging him up the stairs like a piece of meat."

Manchester Evening News

Yvette Cooper distances herself from Labour attack ads

Shadow home secretary was unaware of ad claiming Sunak doesn’t think child sex abusers should go to prison

The Independent UK

Murderer who faked death to escape prison arrested after two-week manhunt

Bester was sentenced to life imprisonment in 2012

The Independent UK

South Africa police say prison escapee arrested in Tanzania

South African police say that a convicted murderer who faked his death to escape prison has been arrested in Tanzania following a two-week manhunt

The Independent UK

Chelsea Manning had to fight to transition in prison. She wants better for others

Manning first came to public scrutiny and was incarcerated for leaking classified information. She aims to use that attention to shed light on the struggles trans people face in U.S. prisons.

WEKU

From Trump to Sarkozy: the political leaders who have been prosecuted

Donald Trump is the first US president to be criminally charged, but across the globe, 78 countries have jailed or prosecuted leaders who left office since 2000

The Guardian - US

Labour accuses Tories of handing 4,000 rapists ‘shockingly short’ prison sentences

Party vows to crackdown on rapists with seven-year minimum sentence

The Independent UK

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Boris Becker 'fought every day for survival' during eight months in prison

The three-time Wimbledon champion revealed what life for him was like behind bars after he was jailed for hiding £2.5million during bankruptcy process

Nottingham Post

Concerns over wellbeing of inmates at HMP Lowdham Grange

The prison said that the safety and welfare of prisoners remain its top priority

Los Angeles Times

Lawyer says ex-'Housewives' star and current inmate Jen Shah owes law firm more than $124,000

Jen Shah's attorney has moved to drop the reality TV star and prison inmate as her client for allegedly racking up a hefty debt.

Daily Mirror

Prison officers 'at breaking point' as sick leave for mental stress surges

The Prison Officers Association blames the issue on poor pay and jails being overcrowded, violent and short-staffed. National chair Mark Fairhurst wants trained counsellors employed on-site at every prison

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Lags sign up for free skipper course to learn how to captain a boat from prison

The day sailing course has become one of the top 10 prison distance learning subjects. It is laid on for the Prison Education Trust by the East Anglian Sea School

The Independent UK

Boris Becker says life in prison was ‘brutal’ as he ‘fought every day for survival’

Becker has revealed what life for him was like behind bars after he was jailed for hiding £2.5 million of assets and loans

Evening Standard

Boris Becker opens up about ‘brutal’ prison experience in UK

Becker was deported to Germany and barred from the UK following his release

The Guardian - UK

Boris Becker: UK prison sentence was ‘brutal’ experience

Three-times Wimbledon champion describes eight months in jail as ‘very, very different experience to what you see in the movies’

The Guardian - UK

Why does the Tory plan to house asylum seekers on barges sound Dickensian? Because it is

18th-century prison hulks were ‘floating hells’. Only properly financed immigration centres will solve today’s problems, says historian Anna McKay

Daily Mirror

Boris Becker reveals he was 'surrounded by murderers and rapists' during prison stint

The three-time Wimbledon champion spent eight months in prison after being found guilty of four charges under the Insolvency Act and has documented his experience in a new documentary

Tribune News Service

Why California Republicans still use Sacramento mass shooting in push to undo prison reforms

SACRAMENTO, Calif. — One year later, Sacramento’s deadliest mass shooting continues to shape discussions in the California Capitol. They revolve around one question: would lives have been saved if one of the suspects had served out his full prison sentence?

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