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John Oliver: ‘Putting people in solitary is torture, so let’s stop’

The Last Week Tonight host condemns the use of solitary confinement, a practice deemed torture by the UN, in US prisons

The Guardian - US

Thomas Cashman prison sentence - how long did he get for the murder of Olivia Pratt-Korbel?

Members of the public who have followed the case of Olivia Pratt-Korbel want to know about Thomas Cashman's prison sentence and how long he'll serve inside for the murder of the nine-year-old schoolgirl.

GoodToKnow

Oscar Pistorius' lawyer: 'Mistake' to deny parole, appealing

Oscar Pistorius' lawyer says there was an “obvious mistake” in the process to deny him parole last week

The Independent UK

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Everything a drug detection dog gets up to in 24 hours - and very human way they relax

Specialist handler Daniel Holdsworth shares everything his drug detection dogs get up to in a day - from patrolling the prison to searching visitors for illegal substances

Daily Mirror

Jailed Ross Hutch now living grim life behind bars - far cry from his appearance on iconic game show

Hutch was slapped with a 10-year prison sentence last week, but many are remembering his infamous Winning Streak appearance

Irish Mirror

Police want to find this man and take him back to prison

Marcus Grange is wanted by officers

Manchester Evening News

Analysis-Russia's arrest of reporter deepens Biden's detainee challenge

Even before Russia detained Wall Street Journal reporter Evan Gershkovich on Wednesday, the Biden administration was at an impasse over another American held by Moscow: Paul Whelan, a former U.S. Marine serving a 16-year sentence in a Russian prison.

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She lost her child in a home birth. Prosecutors charged her with murder

The medical examiner ruled the death of Kelsey Carpenter’s baby an accident – yet she faces life in prison: ‘I mourn every day’

The Guardian - US

Algeria Sentences Journalist to 5 Years in Prison on Charges of Receiving Foreign Funds

A court in Algeria on Sunday sentenced Ihsane El-Kadi, a prominent journalist in the country, to five years in prison, accusing him of receiving foreign funds with an aim to threaten state security. In addition, the court ruled that Interface Media, which operates Maghreb Emergent and Webradio, be dissolved and…

Asharq Al-Awsat

Malaysia scraps mandatory death penalty, natural-life prison terms

Malaysia's parliament on Monday passed sweeping legal reforms to remove the mandatory death penalty, trim the number of offences punishable by death, and abolish natural-life prison sentences, a move cautiously welcomed by rights groups.

Reuters

Custodial Services review finds WA prisoner transports being conducted 'safely and efficiently'

A review has found the transport of prisoners in regional WA is being conducted "safely and efficiently", 15 years after the death of an Aboriginal elder due to severe heatstroke in a van that had broken air conditioning.

ABC News

Charles Bronson 'is not my dad' - West Country man admits reasons for lie

He claimed a DNA test proved that Britain's most notorious criminal was his dad

Bristol Post

Woman left in 'urine-soaked clothes' in prison van

West Australian authorities will review the experience of an Aboriginal woman who was allegedly left in urine-soaked clothes during a prison transfer.

AAP

Trump indicted: Can you run for president from jail?

The indictment marks the first time an investigation into Trump’s inner circle has actually impacted the former president himself

The Independent UK

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The Guardian - UK

‘Brutal monomaniac’: the gripping film about Boris Becker’s astonishing rise and spectacular fall

The tennis titan with a howitzer serve thought invincibility on the court meant impunity off it. Oscar-winner Alex Gibney reveals how he charted the star’s path from fortunes and trophies to squatters and prison

WEKU

Brittney Griner calls for the release of an American reporter detained in Russia

Reporter Evan Gershkovich was detained Wednesday on espionage charges. Griner was released from a Russian prison in December and has advocated for the release of Americans detained abroad.

Daily Mirror

Brittney Griner sends urgent message to Joe Biden over US journalist detained in Russia

WNBA star Brittney Griner - who returned to the United States via prisoner swap in December - has called on president Joe Biden to intervene after a journalist was detained in Russia this week

The Independent UK

Algerian court sentences prominent journalist to 5 years

A court in Algiers sentenced a prominent journalist to five years in prison with two years suspended on Sunday

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Algerian journalist Ihsane El Kadi sentenced to five years

El Kadi has to serve three years of his sentence in prison. His media company has been shuttered and heavily fined.

Reuters

Brittney Griner urges Biden to bring home reporter Gershkovich, accused of spying in Russia

U.S. basketball star Brittney Griner, who was freed from a Russian penal colony in a prisoner exchange last year, has urged the Biden administration to keep using "every tool possible" to win the release of a U.S. reporter accused of spying in Russia.

The Guardian - UK

Law of Tehran review – gritty Iranian crime thriller takes no prisoners

Saeed Roustayi’s tense policier about a cop hunting a drug kingpin deftly mixes brutality and gallows farce

The New Daily

Parole board rejects Oscar Pistorius’ plea for early release

South Africa's prison authorities have denied Paralympics ex-star Oscar Pistorius, ruling that he must serve at least another 18 months before becoming

Daily Record

Wife of US fugitive Nicholas Rossi moves out Glasgow home to be nearer his jail

Miranda Knight is believed to be moving to Edinburgh to be closer to Saughton Prison where her husband is being held.

Chicago Sun-Times

Prosecutors seeking nearly 6-year prison sentence for downstate Jan. 6 rioter

Shane Woods is among at least three dozen Illinoisans who have faced charges stemming from the U.S. Capitol riot.

The Independent UK

Arizona governor must appear in court on pause of executions

Arizona Gov. Katie Hobbs must appear in court Thursday in her effort to halt pending executions because of questions about the rights of death row prisoners

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