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Iran Releases 7 Women Activists from Prison

Iran has released several prominent women activists and journalists from a prison in Tehran, campaigners said Thursday, with a video showing them defiantly chanting pro-protest slogans outside the jail, according to AFP. Media based outside Iran said a total of seven women were released, while Iran continues to press a…

Asharq Al-Awsat

‘He’s really dangerous’: fear as Wagner convict soldiers return from Ukraine

Murderers and other hardened criminals among those recruited by Russian mercenary group in exchange for freedom

The Guardian - UK

Former Mexican mayor who directed massive meth shipment to Miami sentenced to 10 years

A former Mexican mayor was sentenced to 10 years in prison on Thursday after pleading guilty to a conspiracy charge accusing him of directing the largest shipment of methamphetamine to Miami-Dade in the county’s history.

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Factbox-Who was freed in Nicaragua's surprise political prisoners release?

Presidential contenders, Catholic clergy and a leading student activist were among the more than 200 people released from Nicaraguan prison cells or house arrest late Wednesday and then flown to the United States on Thursday.

Reuters

Trump supporter in California bomb plot begs judge to accept plea deal that could net 9 years

One of the two Donald Trump supporters accused of plotting to firebomb Sacramento’s state Democratic headquarters building is asking a federal judge to accept a plea deal that would net him up to nine years in prison, and “begging you for a chance to redeem myself.”

Tribune News Service

Christopher Browne sentenced to 15 months' jail over buggy death after Office of Public Prosecutions appeal

Christopher Browne, whose toddler son was killed in a buggy crash on Christmas Day in 2020, has been sentenced to 15 months' imprisonment with a non-parole period of six months following an appeal into his original sentence.

ABC News

Former worker at US women's prison sentenced for sex abuse

A former worker at a federal women’s prison in California has been sentenced to 20 months in prison for sexually abusing an inmate

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WA inquest into Cally Graham's death criticises prison healthcare, praises 'heroic' cellmate

A WA woman who died after going into cardiac arrest in prison only received the chance for "lifesaving CPR" because of her cellmate's "heroic" actions, after a nurse rushing to help took an empty oxygen tank, a coroner finds.

ABC News

Jan 6 rioter who threatened Capitol officer with Confederate flag is jailed for three years

A Delaware man who threatened a Black police officer with a pole attached to a Confederate battle flag as he stormed the US Capitol has been sentenced to three years in prison

The Independent UK

Family: Suspect in power grid plot embraced racist ideology

Relatives of a Maryland woman who allegedly conspired with a Florida-based neo-Nazi leader to plan a crippling attack on Baltimore's power grid say she has a long history of white supremacist beliefs

The Independent UK

Rioter who menaced officer with Confederate flag gets prison

A Delaware man who threatened a Black police officer with a pole attached to a Confederate battle flag as he stormed the U.S. Capitol has been sentenced to three years in prison

The Independent UK

Trans prisoners in Scotland to be first sent to jails matching their birth gender

Previous inclusive policy on initial assignments reversed after furore over rapist sent to female prison

The Guardian - UK

Illegal immigrant living in Newark arranged for family to join him in UK

He committed an offence which carries a maximum sentence of life imprisonment

Nottingham Post

Dog walker to pay £3,000 after alsatians in Government training maul terrier to death

Stuart Forster, 36, who also trains police sniffer dogs, was taking German Shepherds Demon and Nuke through a public park, when they suddenly pounced on a terrier named Riley

Daily Mirror

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More than 200 freed Nicaraguan anti-government protesters, opposition leaders en route to US

Some 222 inmates considered by many to be political prisoners of the government of Nicaraguan President Daniel Ortega flew to Washington on Thursday, a senior Biden administration official confirmed.

The Independent UK

Isla Bryson not in contact with women during Cornton Vale stay – prison service

The transgender prisoner did not come into contact with any prisoners while in the jail for women, it has been confirmed.

Daily Record

Prison bosses claim 'no women were at risk' by moving trans rapist Isla Bryson to Cornton Vale

Opposition parties branded the prison service report a "whitewash" following uproar over the case of Isla Bryson.

Daily Record

Campaigners stage protest at Holrood against transgender criminals in Scots female prisons

Women's rights campaigners gathered at Holyrood today to protest against trans women being placed in Cornton Vale nick.

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Urgent review into Isla Bryson case finds women were 'at no point at risk of harm'

AN urgent review into the handling of rapist Isla Bryson by the Scottish Prison Service has found that “at no point were any women in the care of…

Reuters

Defiant Ortega frees political prisoners in Nicaragua, expels them to U.S

More than 200 Nicaraguan political prisoners were freed and flown to the United States on Thursday, nearly all of them prominent government critics jailed in President Daniel Ortega's crackdown on dissent over recent years.

Al Jazeera

Nicaragua frees 222 political prisoners, sends them to US

US Secretary of State Antony Blinken welcomes release as ‘constructive step’ amid Nicaraguan gov’t crackdown on critics.

WEKU

Nicaragua has freed 222 political prisoners and sent them to the U.S.

On state television a judge said the government had decided to "deport" the prisoners, saying they had been declared traitors and can never again serve public office.

The Independent UK

Nicaragua frees 222 opponents, sends them to US

A senior Biden administration official says 222 inmates considered by many as political prisoners of the government of President Daniel Ortega are on their way to Washington

The Independent UK

Appeal court increases prison sentence for father who fatally shook baby son

Matthew Banks was jailed for three years and eight months in October 2022, after admitting causing the death of four-week-old Leo Banks.

The Guardian - US

‘He took everything away’: inside a depraved and devastating sex cult

Docuseries Stolen Youth takes us behind the Sarah Lawrence college cult and Lawrence Ray’s manipulation of several college students

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