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Family of Paul Whelan has questions after he is left out of prisoner swap: 'Hope dims'

WASHINGTON — The family of Michigan's Paul Whelan expressed happiness Wednesday at Russia's release of another former Marine, Trevor Reed, while appearing frustrated that the U.S. left their brother and son out of the prisoner swap.

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A look at Trevor Reed, the Texan released in prisoner swap

Trevor Reed’s nearly three year imprisonment in Russia has ended

The Independent UK

EXPLAINER: Will a Russian prisoner exchange impact Griner?

Brittney Griner remains detained in Russia and it’s unclear how an unexpected prisoner exchange between the United States and Russia that freed marine veteran Trevor Reed will affect the status of WNBA star

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Former US Marine Trevor Reed returns home after Russia imprisonment

FORT WORTH, Texas — Trevor Reed, a former U.S. Marine from Fort Worth, has been released from a Russian prison and reunited with his family after 2 1/2 years in captivity, President Joe Biden announced Wednesday.

Tribune News Service

Trevor Reed and Konstantin Yaroshenko: Who’s who in high-stakes US-Russia prisoner swap

Both the US and Russia claimed their nationals were being unjustly imprisoned

The Independent UK

UK report warns of impact of Islamist groups in prisons

Britain's prisons have failed to recognise the dangers of Islamist "gang-type activity" and the impact of Islamist groups has been underestimated for too long by authorities, an independent report into the prison service said.

Reuters

Sudan Frees Ex-officials in Effort to End Political Impasse

Sudanese authorities released two outspoken former government officials from prison, lawyers said Wednesday, part of trust-building measures amid efforts to end the country’s political impasse. Sudan was plunged into turmoil after an October military coup upended its short-lived transition to democracy after three decades of repressive rule by former president…

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Government signals end of ‘no-go areas’ inside jails that allowed Arena bomb plotter to form a jihadi gang behind bars

Justice Secretary Dominic Raab vowed to crack down on radicalisation in jails - it comes after Arena bomb plotter Hashem Abedi was able to lead a violent Islamist gang from prison

Manchester Evening News

Edinburgh prisoner dies at Saughton Prison weeks into jail sentence

Connor Morrison, 24, was found dead by prison guards at HMP Edinburgh on Wednesday, April 20.

Edinburgh Live

HMP Frankland prison guard required hospital treatment and 12 stitches after violent prisoner attack

Christopher Phillips caused serious injury to the guard after attacking him in his cell at the category A men's prison

Chronicle Live

Explainer-Suu Kyi's uphill battle in Myanmar junta's secretive courts

A court in army-ruled Myanmar delivered a guilty verdict and five-year prison term for 76-year-old former leader Aung San Suu Kyi on Wednesday, adding to six years already handed down in trials since December.

Reuters

Russia releases former US marine Trevor Reed in surprise prisoner swap with a convicted drug trafficker

Russia and the United States carry out a prisoner exchange, trading a marine veteran jailed in Moscow for a convicted Russian drug trafficker serving a long prison sentence in America.

ABC News

Baby-faced ASBO yobs now big-time drug dealers... but are marked men for life

Lifetime trouble-maker brothers Craig and Jason Cox, who were slapped with ASBOs aged 12 and 15, now face prison for a brutal heist.

Daily Record

Scots prisoner dies at HMP Edinburgh weeks into jail sentence

Connor Morrison, 24, was found dead by prison guards at HMP Edinburgh on Wednesday, April 20.

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Myanmar court adds more jail time for Suu Kyi on corruption

A special court in Myanmar sentenced Aung San Suu Kyi to five years in prison in the first of several corruption charges leveled against the deposed civilian leader, according to a person familiar with the matter.

Tribune News Service

American ex-Marine Trevor Reed released from Russian prison in swap

Almost two years after he was sentenced to nine years in a Russian prison, former Marine Trevor Reed was released Wednesday in a prisoner swap.

The Independent UK

Sudan frees ex-officials in effort to end political impasse

Lawyers say Sudanese authorities have released two outspoken former government officials from prison

Evening Standard

Diplomat Patsy Robertson’s daughter lost life savings to £200,000 financier fraud

A financier who swindled the daughter of a celebrated Commonwealth diplomat out of her life savings is facing a prison sentence.

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The Independent UK

Ex-US Marine Trevor Reed serving nine-year sentence in Russia is released in prisoner swap

The 30-year-old Marine had been serving out a nine-year jail sentence in Russia

Chicago Tribune

Changing dynamics about crime and politics have wide-ranging influence on Illinois Prisoner Review Board

CHICAGO — When a group of Democratic state senators joined Republicans in rejecting two of Gov. J.B. Pritzker’s nominees to the Illinois Prisoner Review Board last month, it became clear that crime has become such a big issue in this year’s elections it is even driving some divisions within the…

The Independent UK

Russia releases US Marine vet as part of prisoner exchange

Russia and the United States have exchanged prisoners

Evening Standard

Dominic Raab vows to end terrorist ‘no-go areas’ inside jails

Mr Raab also promised legal reforms to stop terrorist prisoners using the Human Rights Act to claim the right to socialise among the rest of the prison population

ABC News

Victoria's strict bail laws may have factored into Veronica Nelson's bid for freedom being denied

A coronial inquest will examine the role tightening bail laws in the wake of the Bourke Street tragedy may have played in Veronica Nelson's treatment by authorities in the lead-up to her death.

The Guardian - UK

Terrorism offenders ‘enjoy high status’ in prison, QC’s official report says

Independent reviewer of terror laws says staffing cuts in England and Wales jails have exacerbated problem

The Independent UK

Islamist terrorists running gangs in prison and guards fear challenging them, report warns

Prison service is failing to tackle radicalisation of offenders behind bars

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