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Muslim Male Inmate Entitled to Religious Exemption from Strip Searches by Female-to-Male Transgender Guard

"[A] prisoner's right to be free from highly invasive intrusions on bodily privacy by prison employees of the opposite sex—whether on religious or privacy grounds—does not change based on a guard's transgender status."

Reason

'Coming over any second now rkid' - gang threw dozens of packages over prison walls containing drugs and phones

James Rourke and Mitchell Murden, both from Salford, have been locked up

Manchester Evening News

Nikolas Cruz sentencing trial: What we’ve learned so far

Jurors are weighing whether to sentence Cruz to life in prison or to death for carrying out one of the worst school shootings in American history

The Independent UK

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‘Poisoned’ in the womb, untreated conditions and orphaned: Nikolas Cruz had a horror start to life but does it matter in trial?

Jurors are learning more about the early life of Parkland shooter Nikolas Cruz from his apparent exposure to alcohol in the womb, the deaths of his adoptive parents and his behavioural and emotional problems. But will it make any difference in their decision to sentence him to life in prison…

The Independent UK

Ex-prison officer helped convicted murderer escape after starting relationship with him

Former prison officer Jane Archer, from Maltby, near Rotherham, claims she felt "felt manipulated and emotionally blackmailed" to help a convicted murderer Stephen Archer - who was jailed for life - flee his confinement after starting a relationship with him

Daily Mirror

Labour issues prison threat for bosses under plans to clean up water industry

The shadow environment secretary, Jim McMahon, addressed the party conference in Liverpool.

The Independent UK

Prison staff shortages take toll on guards, incarcerated people

HOUSTON — The pay is rising — but so are average temperatures, and because many of the workplaces are not air-conditioned, toiling for this employer often means broiling in the Texas heat. The job is stable and recession-proof but also potentially dangerous, with an ever-present threat of violence.

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Ukrainians involved in ‘referendums’ face prison terms, says Kyiv

Official outlines punishments for those found guilty of helping Russia but says those forced to vote will not be punished

The Guardian - UK

Britain’s youngest female murderer who stabbed stranger and bragged about it ‘makes bid for release’

Sharon Carr was just 12 years old when she stabbed Katie Rackliff, 18, to death as she walked home from a nightclub in Surrey

The Independent UK

Shakira to Face Trial for Tax Fraud in Spain

A Spanish judge on Tuesday approved a trial for Colombian pop singer Shakira on charges of tax fraud. Spanish prosecutors accused the entertainer in 2018 of failing to pay 14.5 million euros ($13.9) in taxes on income earned between 2012 and 2014. Prosecutors are seeking an eight-year prison sentence and…

Asharq Al-Awsat

Why Are Half of All U.S. Exonerations of Black Prisoners?

A new report looks at decades of troubling trends of bad convictions in murder, rape, and drug cases.

Reason

‘Slavery by any name is wrong’: the push to end forced labor in prisons

A nationwide movement hopes to close the ‘slavery loophole’ that enables the exploitation of 800,000 prisoners in the US

The Guardian - US

Report: Black Americans more likely to be wrongfully convicted

Racial disparities in convictions and exonerations continue despite the recent fanfare surrounding Adnan Syed's release from prison.

Axios

Houghton-le-Spring thief breached FOUR suspended sentences after 'trolley dash' supermarket offence

Charlotte Brown, 40, was given a prison sentence at Durham Crown Court

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Asharq Al-Awsat

Iran Steps Up Activist, Journalist Arrests in Protest Crackdown

Iran is stepping up arrests of activists and journalists in a crackdown against civil society as anti-regime protests rage nationwide, activists say. Twenty journalists have been imprisoned since the protests erupted earlier this month over the death of Mahsa Amini, 22, who had been arrested by the country's notorious morality…

AAP

Toddler watches grandmother die in crash

Truck driver Ellyas Bouras is facing a prison sentence after he ran a red light, striking and killing a Victorian grandmother and injuring her young grandchild.

Los Angeles Times

Federal court says California ban on private ICE detention facilities is unconstitutional

LOS ANGELES — A California law banning private prisons and immigrant detention facilities in the state violates the U.S. Constitution when applied to facilities operated on behalf of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement, a federal appellate court ruled Monday.

The Guardian - UK

Labour vows to give UK citizens abroad legal right to Foreign Office help

Pledge comes after repeated complaints by British prisoners abroad of Foreign Office indifference

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The Independent UK

School shooter Michael Carneal denied parole by Kentucky board

Michael Carneal killed three students at Heath High School in 1997 and injured five more; he’ll remain in prison

Reuters

Kazakh ex-leader's nephew sentenced to 6 years for embezzlement

A Kazakh court on Monday sentenced a nephew of former president Nursultan Nazarbayev to six years in prison for embezzlement, the first verdict against a close relative of the once powerful leader of the oil-rich Central Asian nation.

The Independent UK

Michael Carneal killed three fellow students in 1997. He’s still hearing voices. Should he get parole?

The Kentucky State Parole Board is about to decide the fate of an inmate who walked into his school 25 years ago, at age 14, and opened fire, killing three and injuring five. He’d be one of the few school shooters to walk free, writes Sheila Flynn

Evening Standard

Pro-Ukraine British soldiers reveal ‘very scary’ Russian prison ordeal after safe return to UK

Liz Truss had backed Britons volunteering while she was foreign secretary but later withdrew her support

The Hindu

Rajiv Gandhi assassination case: SC notice to Centre, TN on Nalini’s plea seeking premature release

Supreme Court had earlier invoked Article 142 to release Perarivalan, who had served over 30 years in prison.

Salon

Judge moves juveniles to Angola prison

Angola is the largest maximum-security prison in the United States

Manchester Evening News

'Bullied' prisoner used as 'spice drug guinea pig' died in jail

"He was bullied by other prisoners because he had built up drug debts," an Ombudsman report found.

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