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Jailed Sudan ex-president Bashir transferred to hospital- lawyer

Former Sudanese president Omar al-Bashir has been moved from prison to hospital to complete some medical treatment, his lawyer Hashim Abu-Bakr said on Sunday.

Reuters

Northern Territory prisons facing 'unprecedented pressures' and record inmate numbers

Northern Territory inmates are sleeping on the floor on "uncomfortable" mattresses as prison numbers reach record highs and authorities struggle to come up with solutions.

ABC News

Brittney Griner facing 'terrible' life at remote penal colony in Russia

The inmates at IK-2 penal colony rise at 6 a.m. each day for a breakfast of milk porridge, bread and tea. Soon they leave their barracks at this aging facility about 300 miles southeast of Moscow, in the isolated republic of Mordovia.

Los Angeles Times

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Inside Tasmania's troubled Ashley Youth Detention Centre, where kids say they get no help

A "gladiator pit", a "war zone", a "kindergarten for the adult prison" — these are just some of the ways Tasmania's only youth detention centre has been described. This is what it's like inside.

ABC News

How Curtis 'Cocky' Warren tried to flood a sleepy island with £1m of drugs

Warren - once dubbed 'Britain's Pablo Escobar' - has been freed from jail after serving a 14 year sentence for the failed plot to smuggle 180kg of cannabis into Jersey

Manchester Evening News

Operation Safeguard will put prisoners in danger

Letters: Tory plans to use police cells to tackle prison overcrowding will make a crisis even worse, according to Deborah Coles, Joe Sim, Steve Tombs and Martha Spurrier

The Guardian - UK

Birtley lout attacked police officer just TWO HOURS after prison release

Andrew MacPhail had just got out of HMP Durham when he kicked a constable after being arrested for being drunk and disorderly

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Dani Dyer meets up with ex Sammy Kimmence as he spends day with son after prison release

Dani Dyer met up with her ex Sammy Kimmence, who was visiting the couple's son Santiago after being released from prison following his sentencing for fraud

Daily Mirror

Wrongfully jailed man sues Queensland for $2.1m, alleging police officer acted with malice

Exclusive: During 220 days in prison, Eamonn Coughlan says he was bashed, stabbed with a syringe and denied prescription drugs

The Guardian - AU

Inspector warns of reoffending risk as prisoners locked in cells 23 hours a day

HM Chief Inspector of Prisons said the system was taking an ‘inordinately long time’ to recover from Covid.

The Independent UK

I have no problem hiring ex-offenders. But they’re being let down

I don’t care if a candidate for my company’s open position has a criminal record. But I do care about something more important

The Guardian - US

Christmas nativity plays and carol singing back in Irish prisons after Covid-19 hiatus

'It’s great, it occupies inmates, especially in the run-up to Christmas when emotions can run high being away from loved ones'

Irish Mirror

Scissor Sister Charlotte Mulhall settles at Limerick Prison after being 'lonely and sad'

The killer is understood to have finally accepted her surroundings

Irish Mirror

Nativity plays and carols to return to Irish prisons this Christmas

They will also get to enjoy some bingo and board games on Christmas Day

Dublin Live

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The National (Scotland)

Countries should 'absolutely' follow Scotland's lead on prisons, expert says

OTHER countries should “absolutely” be following Scotland’s lead in looking to evolve beyond the “bankrupt” idea of traditional…

Daily Mirror

UK prisons 'most hostile workplaces in Western Europe' as days off with stress soar

The Prison Officers’ Association says staff are facing mental health issues because they’re operating in the most hostile workplaces in Western Europe

The Canberra Times

'Menial' jobs inside Canberra's prison fuel rising levels of prisoner discontent: report

Boredom fuels trouble inside Canberra's prison.

Chicago Sun-Times

Illinois keeping the spotlight on uplifting the wrongfully convicted

Our state has a shameful track record of sending innocent people to prison. But the silver lining is that there is an awareness in our city and state — and action being taken — to right these unconscionable wrongs.

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Asharq Al-Awsat

UN Experts Urge Iran to Release Critically Ill Dissident

United Nations experts on Friday urged Iran to release a prominent rights activist with a life-threatening illness and expressed concerns over the fate of scores arbitrarily detained during nationwide protests. Arash Sadeghi, who has been in and out of prison since 2009, was arrested again on Oct. 20 “for unknown…

Manchester Evening News

The Mancunian Way: Strangeways, off you pop

A Rush and a Push and the Land Is Ours - Manchester Council Strangeways prison out of city

Tribune News Service

Elizabeth Holmes appeals Theranos fraud conviction, prison term

Elizabeth Holmes appealed her criminal fraud conviction, two weeks after she was ordered to serve 11 1/4 years in prison for deceiving investors in her blood-testing startup Theranos Inc.

The Independent UK

Man to receive almost $18 million for wrongful NY conviction

Lawyers for a man who was freed in 2015 after spending a quarter-century in prison for an infamous tourist killing says he will receive nearly $18 million in legal settlements from the city and state of New York

Tribune News Service

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9/11 compensation bill tangled up in Beirut victims’ push

The Independent UK

Human rights groups criticize Cuba’s new criminal code

Cuba enacted a new penal code this week that activists and human rights organizations worry could further limit free expression and snuff out protests at a time of deepening discontent on the island

Salon

Trump defends rioters after Ye pressure

Ye criticized Trump and said he should have freed the Jan. 6 prisoners when he “had the chance”

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