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Risk harsh prison terms or leave the country? The tough choices facing Russian dissidents

Early on in the war on Ukraine, Russia passed laws making it illegal to criticise the invasion, the military or even to describe the war as such. Along with thousands of arrests for anti-war protests, several high-profile opposition activists face lengthy prison sentences for speaking out against the war. Russian…

France 24

'Prolific' Nottingham burglar jailed after leaving false tooth and prison release documents at crime scene

'This shows the sort of career criminal we are dealing with'

Nottingham Post

Far-right murderer takes 2 prison guards hostage in Germany

German security officials say a convicted far-right murderer temporarily took two prison guards hostage during an attempted jailbreak before he was overwhelmed by other guards

The Independent UK

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5 comics who were arrested for what they said onstage

Until the Supreme Court changed the legal standard for obscenity in the early 1970s, comedians routinely faced the threat of arrest over raunchy material performed onstage.

Los Angeles Times

Revealed: Met Police PC and her cocaine baron husband living a millionaire’s lifestyle

The husband of a Met Police officer who bankrolled their millionaire lifestyle with the profits of a cocaine and cannabis supply ring, is facing years in prison.

Evening Standard

Michelle Kaufman: Brittney Griner is home safe, but gender inequities in professional sports continue

The release of WNBA star Brittney Griner from a Russian prison last week after 10 months in custody ignited a firestorm of opinions about the prisoner swap. It also brought to light the inequities faced by professional female basketball players in the United States.

Miami Herald

Senate Investigation Finds Federal Prisons Fail to Prevent or Investigate Rapes

Long delays and management failures "allowed serious, repeated sexual abuse in at least four facilities to go undetected."

Reason

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NSW climate change protester bailed ahead of appeal against jail sentence

Deanna "Violet" Maree Coco, who was sentenced to at least eight months in prison for her role in a climate protest on the Sydney Harbour Bridge in April, has been granted bail pending an appeal.

ABC News

Libyan Accused of Lockerbie Bombing Charged in US Court

An alleged former Libyan intelligence agent accused of making the bomb that blew up a Pan Am jet over Scotland in 1988, killing 270 people, appeared in a US court Monday to face charges for the deadliest-ever terror attack in Britain. Abu Agila Mohammad Masud Kheir al-Marimi, who allegedly worked…

Asharq Al-Awsat

Trial of Hong Kong tycoon Jimmy Lai delayed after British lawyer denied visa extension

Democracy activist and founder of Apple Daily tabloid newspaper potentially faces life in prison over charges of conspiring to collude with foreign forces

The Guardian - AU

Former WA cop rapist jailed for 30 years

A disgraced former West Australian police constable is set to appeal his conviction for drugging and raping 13 women after being jailed for 30 years.

AAP

Climate activist Deanna ‘Violet’ Coco freed from prison while she appeals 15-month jail sentence

Judge rules Coco, jailed for Sydney Harbour Bridge protest, did not represent a risk to the community

The Guardian - AU

Senators want answers in wake of AP’s prison investigations

The chairman of the Senate Judiciary Committee says he plans to question the director of the federal Bureau of Prisons this week about why the agency continues to stand by a high-ranking official who beat Black inmates in the 1990s

The Independent UK

New York City to honor Central Park Five at park entrance

New York City is naming a gate in Central Park in honor of the five men who, as teenagers, were wrongfully convicted of the 1989 rape of a jogger and spent years in prison before being exonerated

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Black prison staff face overt racism and slurs at work, probe finds

‘We live in a racist world, I believe, and prison reflects the outside world,’ one Black staff member said

The Guardian - UK

Black prisoners and white guards ‘should cook together to break down barriers’

Senior staff tell HM Inspectorate of Prisons the initiative could begin immediately, after report highlights deep divisions

Daily Mirror

Stephen Lawrence murderer moves to tougher prison after being caught with mobile TWICE

David Norris was transferred from Category C Dartmoor to Category B Exeter after he sent selfies and WhatsApp messages from his cell. He was caught with a mobile phone in prison twice

Bristol Post

HMP Bristol prisoners left without heating in freezing weather conditions due to 'intermittent heating issues'

HMP Bristol has confirmed the report of an anonymous source which claimed that A and G wings at Horfield prison have been without heating and hot water for nearly three weeks.

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The Independent UK

Tennessee judge puts death row inmate's lawsuit on hold

A Tennessee judge has put on hold a case from a death row inmate alleging mistreatment by prison officials

The Independent UK

Lamar Johnson was convicted of murder before two people confessed to the same killing. Why is he still in prison?

‘This is just a moment I’ve always been waiting for. And I’ve been fighting for over 28 years’

Chicago Sun-Times

Prisoner swap for Brittney Griner was one-sided

Griner can now resume her basketball career and make hundreds of thousands of dollars, while Viktor Bout can now resume his arms dealing ways that may result in the deaths of even more people.

The Independent UK

Missouri man seeks exoneration in murder; 2 others confessed

A hearing began Monday in a case that will decide if the conviction should be overturned for a Missouri man who has spent nearly three decades in prison for a murder that two other people have since confessed to committing

The Independent UK

Two Georgia men walk free from prison after 25 years as podcast reveals new evidence

“I’m just glad the truth finally came to light after 25 years,” said Lee Clark after he and Josh Storey were released from prison

The Guardian - US

Two US men freed after 25 years as true crime podcast casts doubt on conviction

New evidence from Proof disputed prosecution’s case that Darrell Lee Clark and Cain Joshua Storey murdered with premeditation

Daily Mirror

Brittney Griner returns to basketball court after prison release but "undecided" on WNBA

WNBA star Brittney Griner has picked up a basketball after being freed from a Russian prison, but is yet to confirm her future in the sport after a whirlwind 2022

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