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Two young men detained on royal defamation charges have been granted bail, but activists Tantawan Tuatulanon and Orawan Phuphong have vowed to continue their hunger strike until every political prisoner is released.

Bangkok Post

Advocates say 22 Texas inmates still on hunger strike but state disputes figure

Solitary confinement inmates protest against brutal form of incarceration but state says it’s only aware of six striking men

The Guardian - US

Female prison guards ordered to strip search dangerous trans Scots convict Tiffany Scott

Staff at Low Moss male prison claim their human rights went "out the window".

Daily Record

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Mexican actor gets 5 years for fatal punch during road rage confrontation in Miami

MIAMI — Pablo Lyle, the Mexican telenovela star who fatally punched a man during a 2019 road-rage confrontation, was sentenced to five years in state prison on Friday.

Miami Herald

Mexican actor Pablo Lyle gets prison for road rage death

Mexican actor Pablo Lyle has been sentenced to five years in prison for involuntary manslaughter after fatally punching a man during a road rage confrontation in Miami in 2019

The Independent UK

Man living next to Morrisons fears new CCTV cameras peering into bedroom and bathroom

Residents likened the Morrisons CCTV cameras to a prison camp peering into their homes, in Kent, but the supermarket insists they were installed to monitor the car park

Daily Mirror

El Salvador bets safety on incarceration; unveils new prison

When El Salvador began making mass arrests of people with suspected gang affiliations last year, President Nayib Bukele ordered the construction of what would be the largest prison in Latin America

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Iranian filmmaker Jafar Panahi released from prison after declaring hunger strike

Acclaimed Iranian filmmaker Jafar Panahi was released from prison in Tehran on Friday.

Los Angeles Times

Question Time's Fiona Bruce in unfounded claim about Scottish trans prisoner

THE BBC is facing questions after Fiona Bruce wrongly claimed that “a trans woman with a history of extreme violence” had been placed in a…

The National (Scotland)

New Data Show Prison Staff Are Rarely Held Accountable for Sexual Misconduct

Prison staff were fired in less than half of substantiated incidents of sexual misconduct between 2016 and 2018, and only faced legal consequences in 6 percent of cases.

Reason

Isla Bryson: Scotland's transgender prisoner policy was assessed as not affecting women

The decision to place double rapist Isla Bryson in the segregation unit at Scotland’s Cornton Vale women’s prison, ahead of sentencing, has sparked a political crisis that looks unlikely to abate soon.

The Conversation

Coronation Street star Adam Little confirms soap exit amid Ofcom complaints

Coronation Street actor Adam Little has confirmed his departure from the ITV soap after his character Blake Myers was sent to prison in Monday night’s episode.

Evening Standard

Iranian Director Freed on Bail after Going on Hunger Strike

Acclaimed Iranian director Jafar Panahi was released on bail Friday, two days after going on hunger strike to protest his imprisonment last summer, his supporters said. Panahi was arrested last July and later ordered to serve six years on charges of propagandizing against the government, a sentence dating back to…

Asharq Al-Awsat

A Guantánamo inmate was released to Belize after suing for wrongful imprisonment

A 42-year-old Pakistani man who spent nearly half his life in U.S. custody has been released from Guantánamo and resettled in Belize after suing the Biden administration for unlawful imprisonment.

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The Independent UK

Gary Glitter victim says prison release ‘not the justice she was promised’

The paedophile glam rock singer was released from HMP The Verne on Friday.

The Times of India

CBI questions Andhra Pradesh CM's OSD and domestic help in YS Viveka murder case

TIRUPATI: The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) sleuths questioned Andhra Pradesh chief minister YS Jagan Mohan Reddy's OSD Krishna Mohan Reddy and his domestic helper Naveen in connection with the YS Vivekananda Reddy murder case at the central prison guesthouse at Kadapa on Friday.

The Independent UK

Publish Isla Bryson case review in full, Scottish Government urged

The rapist was initially housed in a women’s-only prison before being moved to the male estate.

France 24

Iranians liken photos of pacifist protester on hunger strike to ‘Auschwitz’ treatment

New photos of Farhad Meysami, a pacifist Iranian political activist, after spending weeks on a hunger strike in prison, have enraged Iranians on social media. His worrying state of health, evident in these pictures, prompted some Iranians to compare his situation to that of prisoners in Nazi death camps.

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Los Angeles Times

9th Circuit upholds California prison reforms, citing abuse of inmates with disabilities

Citing a "staff culture of targeting inmates with disabilities" within California prisons, a federal appellate court on Thursday upheld the legality of a set of measures aimed at improving the behavior of correctional officers.

Daily Mirror

Prisoners could soon be able to swap an organ for less than year off jail sentence

A bill proposed by Democrats in the Massachusetts state legislature would allow prisoners in the US to exchange bone marrow or an organ for time off their sentence, capped at one year

The Guardian - UK

Why did Gary Glitter only serve half his prison sentence?

Former singer was sentenced under old law that allowed automatic release on licence at halfway point

Nottingham Post

Nottingham MP demands 'urgent meeting' over case of dad slashed to the face with knife

Labour MP for Nottingham South Lilian Greenwood said she is now seeking an "urgent meeting" with the Ministry of Justice to raise her concerns about how the case concerning one of her constituents has been handled.

Evening Standard

Who is Gary Glitter? Disgraced pop star recalled to prison

The disgraced paedophile pop star had reportedly tried to access the dark web on his smartphone.

The Guardian - AU

Queensland’s draconian approach to youth justice sets kids up to fail

Tightened bail laws have led to a spike in children being imprisoned – the long-term damage caused by short-term, vote-chasing politics

Bangkok Post

Health workers call for political detainees' release

A network of health workers on Friday called for the unconditional release of all detained political prisoners as they expressed worry over condition of three hunger-striking activists.

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