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Chief prisons inspector: Overcrowding is a ticking time bomb

Exclusive: Last-ditch government plans to free up cells not enough to prevent overcrowding problem from ‘blowing up’, prisons watchdog warns

The Independent UK

Jailed Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny found in a brutal Arctic jail weeks after disappearance

The most prominent foe of Russian president Vladimir Putin has been located at a prison colony above the Arctic Circle

The Independent UK

Alexei Navalny discovered in remote Arctic penal colony

Jailed Russian opposition leader ‘doing well’, according to aides, nearly three weeks after going missing

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Missing Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny is located in an Arctic penal colony

Associates of the imprisoned Russian opposition leader said Monday that he has been located at a prison colony above the Arctic Circle nearly three weeks after contact with him was lost.

WEKU

Russia moved 'missing' Putin critic Navalny to Arctic prison colony, spokeswoman says

Jailed Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny has been moved to a penal colony in the Arctic, allies said on Monday after over two weeks during which his whereabouts were unknown.

France 24

Over 5,500 unpaid work orders not completed after two years in England and Wales

Exclusive: Orders should be done within a year of sentence as experts blame ‘chronic understaffing’ in probation service

The Guardian - UK

In Addition To A Big Meal, Josh Duggar Will Reportedly Get 'Reindeer Recreation Games' While Spending Christmas In Prison This Year

Josh Duggar's holiday plans at FCI Seagoville have been illuminated.

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Unabomber fan arrested for threatening to bomb FBI LA field office

Mark William Anten, 52, allegedly claimed he had been voted most likely in his graduating class to become the next Unabomber

The Independent UK

Australian authorities once embraced privately operated prisons. But some governments are taking back control

With Queensland, WA and NSW pulling back on the ‘marketised approach’, they could be leading a national charge

The Guardian - AU

Inmate, who escaped from Kalaburagi Central jail three years ago, arrested in Bidar

Ramesh H. Waddar, an inmate who escaped from the high-security Kalaburagi Central Prison three years ago, was arrested by the police in Bidar district on Friday.

The Hindu

Secret Order Releasing Convicted Murderer

From State v. Price, decided Sept. 6 by the South Carolina Supreme Court but posted on Westlaw in just the last two weeks: Price was convicted of murder in 2003 and sentenced to thirty-five years in prison…. The parties inform us Price began serving his sentence on December 23, 2003,…

Reason

A life convict puts pen to paper for a novel

Convicted murderer Jayanandan releases novel from prison, inspiring hope for redemption with the help of family & Project 39A.

The Hindu

Man sentenced to 77 years of RI for abusing minor girl

The Court for Protection of Children from Sexual Offences (POCSO) Act in Pathanamthitta on Saturday sentenced a 27-year-old man to 77 years of rigorous imprisonment for abusing a fourteen-year-old girl.

The Hindu

Delhi HC constitutes committee for improvement of health facilities in prison

The Delhi High Court on Friday formed a Committee headed by the Health Secretary of the Delhi Government to give suggestions to improve the healthcare facilities in prisons in the national capital, observing that every prison inmate has an inherent right to life and humane treatment. Read further on Dynamite…

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The Guardian - UK

‘Nobody has told us anything’: Bibby Stockholm residents prepare for ‘boring’ Christmas

Asylum seekers living on the vessel moored in Portland, Dorset say they expect another ‘boring’ day on the ‘floating prison’

The Independent UK

Gypsy Blanchard planned her mother’s murder eight years ago. She wants to meet Taylor Swift upon her release

Gypsy Rose Blanchard made headlines in 2015 after her then-boyfriend Nicholas Godejohn killed her abusive mother at her request. Eight years into her sentence for second-degree murder, Blanchard will be released from prison. Andrea Blanco writes

The Independent UK

Mentally disabled Indiana man wrongfully convicted in slaying reaches $11.7 million settlement

Attorneys for a mentally disabled man who was wrongfully convicted in the slaying of a 94-year-old woman say he has reached an $11.7 million settlement with a northern Indiana city and former police officers

The Independent UK

Gypsy Rose Blanchard, who plotted mother’s murder, released from prison

Blanchard has said that she wants to meet pop star Taylor Swift once free

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Biden Expands Pardons for Low-Level Federal Marijuana Offenders

The pardons freed no prisoners, but the White House says they will ease the burden of a criminal record.

The Guardian - UK

‘When life becomes intolerable, I want out’: Britons’ views on assisted dying

In England, Wales and Northern Ireland you can face prison for helping someone end their life. Some want the law to change

The Guardian - UK

There are points of light even in this darkness. I know because I’ve seen them

In a war zone, a courtroom and a prison, there was humanity and decency to lift the spirits – moments I carry with me, says Guardian columnist Jonathan Freedland

The Independent UK

A South Korean religious sect leader has been sentenced to 23 years in prison over sex crimes

A South Korean religious sect leader whose sex crimes were featured in the popular Netflix series “In the Name of God: A Holy Betrayal” has been sentenced to 23 years in prison

Evening Standard

Airline bomb plot 'financier' jailed for owning stolen luxury cars worth £120,000 and secret accounts

London father of three Nabeel Hussain has been sent back to prison after admitting to having multiple secret financial accounts and luxury stolen cars

The Independent UK

Russian official says US is hampering a prisoner exchange with unequal demands

A Russian deputy foreign minister said talks with the United States on a potential prisoner exchange that would free Americans held in Russia are hampered by publicity and an alleged disparity in the U.S. negotiating stance

Evening Standard

What happened to Gypsy Rose Blanchard and why did she go to prison?

Gypsy-Rose Blanchard opens up about their temporary split, as ex blames ‘outside opinion and influence’

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