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Filipina who won a last-minute reprieve from an Indonesian firing squad seeks clemency

A Filipino woman who spent years on death row in Indonesia for drug trafficking, and who was nearly executed by firing squad in 2015, said Wednesday she’s happy to be back in the Philippines but still counting on its president to get out of jail

The Independent UK

Defunct jail opens to inmates as prisoner numbers soar

More than a decade after it was decommissioned, a notorious jail is again taking on inmates as authorities scramble to deal with rising prisoner numbers.

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Triple J Was Allegedly Used To Coordinate Prison Attack On Organised Crime Boss Bassam Hamzy

ABC's Triple J has reportedly been used to coordinate an attack on organised crime boss Bassam Hamzy in Gouldburn Supermax Jail.

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Terrorism Charge Against Suspected UnitedHealthcare CEO Killer Luigi Mangione Sparks Social Media Outrage: 'Absolutely F--king Ridiculous'

Social media users banded together again to support the alleged CEO killer after it was announced he faces life in prison without parole if convicted for terrorism.

Latin Times

Indiana shrouds executions in secrecy, defying long tradition of public oversight

Executions have historically been carried out with at least some public scrutiny, from public hangings in the town square to lethal injections in prisons witnessed by journalists

The Independent UK

Megan Thee Stallion seeks restraining order against Tory Lanez

Hip-hop star claims the Canadian rapper is using third parties to engage in online harassment of her

The Independent UK

US releases Guantanamo Bay detainee Bajabu to Kenya

Twenty-nine prisoners remain at the US detention facility in Cuba after the transfer of Mohammed Abdul Malik Bajabu.

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Texas lawmakers issue new subpoena for death row inmate Robert Roberson's testimony

A bipartisan group of Texas lawmakers have issued a new subpoena that would require the state’s prison system to allow death row inmate Robert Roberson to testify in person on Friday about the state’s junk science law

The Independent UK

Texas Lawmakers Subpoena Death Row Inmate Robert Roberson To Testify At The State Capitol As Execution Lingers

Roberson's initial testimony was halted by Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton, who cited safety concerns about having him exit his Houston-area prison.

Latin Times

Bureau Of Prisons Settles 6M Lawsuits Over Sexual Abuse

Bureau of Prisons settles 6 million lawsuits over sexual abuse at a California women's prison, implementing reforms to prevent future incidents.

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Family Slams Government for Refusing to Help 18-Year-Old Sentenced to Dubai Prison for Sleeping with 17-Year-Old as Foreign Secretary Tells Citizens to 'Follow the Rules'

The family of an 18-year-old jailed in Dubai for sleeping with a 17-year-old girl is accusing the UK government of failing to intervene and secure his release.

Latin Times

Russian opposition figure says fears of his mother's poisoning in Berlin proved false

A prominent Russian opposition politician freed as part of the largest East-West civilian prisoner swap since the Cold War says that fears of his mother’s poisoning in Berlin have proven false

The Independent UK

US to pay nearly $116M to settle lawsuits over rampant sexual abuse at California women's prison

The U.S. government will pay nearly $116 million to resolve lawsuits brought by more than 100 women who say they were abused or mistreated at a now-shuttered federal prison in California that was known as the “rape club” because of rampant staff-on-inmate sexual misconduct

The Independent UK

US Bureau of Prisons pays ‘historic’ $115m to survivors of staff sexual abuse

Payout settles claims of abuse and retaliation at women’s prison in Dublin, California, now permanently closed

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Drug Lord Known as 'The Friend Killer' Is Deported to Mexico After 14 Years in U.S. Prisons

Ex-Gulf Cartel chief Osiel Cardenas has been taken into custody in Mexico on drug, organized crime and money-laundering charges

The Guardian - UK

Prisons crisis will test Labour’s mettle

Letter: Prof Rod Morgan says the last thing we should be doing is expanding the prison system as the government intends to do

The Independent UK

Son-in-law of top foe of Venezuela’s president sentenced to 30 months on money laundering charge

The son-in-law of a prominent Venezuelan opposition leader has been sentenced to two and a half years in prison for his role in a vast bribery conspiracy to siphon $1.2 billion from the state-owned oil company, some of which allegedly landed into accounts controlled by President Nicolás Maduro’s stepsons

The Guardian - UK

Letter: Lord Prescott obituary

Angela Singer writes: John viewed those who caused the prison riot as people in difficult circumstances

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Filipina Woman On Death Row In Indonesia Returns Home

Filipina woman Mary Jane Fiesta Veloso narrowly escapes execution in Indonesia, returns to the Philippines after 15 years in prison for drug trafficking. I...

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CNN Presented a Syrian Jailer as a Torture Survivor

The fiasco around the “Syrian prisoner” filmed by CNN demonstrates that sometimes institutions aren’t the best judges of misinformation.

The Independent UK

Filipina who won a last-minute reprieve from the Indonesian firing squad in 2015 is to return home

Indonesian authorities are to return a Filipina woman to the Philippines, who was on death row in Indonesia and was nearly executed by firing squad in 2015, under an arrangement between the two countries

The Independent UK

Father and stepmother sentenced to life in prison for the murder of a 10-year-old girl in England

The father and stepmother of a severely abused 10-year-old girl found dead in her home in England have been sentenced to life in prison for murder

The Independent UK

Freed anti-whaling activist Paul Watson won't face extradition by Denmark to Japan - lawyer

Anti-whaling activist Paul Watson was freed from prison in Denmark on Tuesday and will not be extradited to Japan, his lawyer said

Evening Standard

Killer accepts he is unfit for release and requests move to open conditions

William Dunlop strangled pizza delivery woman Julie Hogg in Billingham, Co Durham, in 1989.

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CNN faces backlash over ‘staged’ Syrian prisoner rescue report

Criticism mounts as US channel backtracks on identity of prisoner who worked as intelligence officer in Assad regime.

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