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Judges told not to jail rapists due to overcrowded prisons

Defendants on bail set to remain free or in court cells while some inmates will be released early

The Independent UK

Emotions run high as Australian mother freed from China

After years of working for Cheng Lei's release from a Chinese prison, the foreign minister has detailed the journalist's emotional return to Australia.

AAP

Indigenous boy, 16, in critical condition after being found unresponsive at WA youth prison

Boy resuscitated at Casuarina prison before being taken to Perth’s Sir Charles Gairdner hospital

The Guardian - AU

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An Oklahoma man used pandemic relief funds to have his name cleared of murder

An Oklahoma man who was freed after being imprisoned for decades on a murder conviction says there are more cases like his

The Independent UK

Roberto Saviano faces defamation verdict for remark about Giorgia Meloni

Writer could be imprisoned if found guilty over comments castigating Italian PM for her vitriol about Mediterranean rescues

The Guardian - UK

Businessman James T. Weiss gets 5 1/2 years in prison for bribing 2 state lawmakers, lying to the FBI

The judge spent part of the hearing asking about Chicago’s persistent public corruption problem. At one point he stopped a prosecutor and asked, ‘Why does public corruption keep happening?’

Chicago Sun-Times

Killer pilot’s release from prison blocked by Justice Secretary

BA captain Robert Brown beat his wife Joanna Simpson to death with a claw hammer in their family home in October 2010.

The Independent UK

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Judges told to delay jailing rapists and burglars due to prison overcrowding

Defendants on bail set to remain free or in court cells while some inmates will be released early

The Independent UK

Judges ordered not to jail burglars and rapists due to crowded prisons – report

The senior presiding judge in England and Wales is said to have called for a delay to sentencings to avoid more criminals being put behind bars.

The Independent UK

US Navy sailor admits giving national security secrets to China in return for bribes

Petty Officer Wenheng Zhao faces up to 20 years in prison

The Independent UK

Imprisoned Uyghur academic named 2023 PEN writer of courage

Professor and global expert on Uyghur folklore Rahile Dawut was reportedly sentenced to life in prison after going missing six years ago

The Guardian - UK

Stabbing victim’s brother protests for release of man convicted of his murder

Tim Darby stands in Downing Street with mother of Jason Moore, who he believes has been wrongly imprisoned for almost a decade

The Guardian - UK

Arizona inmate suffers horrific injuries after technician does not remove metal shackles during MRI

An Arizona inmate had to endure her body being pulled by force when a technician allowed her to go into an MRI scan with her shackles still on

The Independent UK

My father is suffering from dehydration in Rajamahendravaram prison, says Lokesh

My father is suffering from dehydration in Rajamahendravaram prison, says Lokesh. Former Chief Minister Chandrababu Naidu is being denied the Class-A facilities he is entitled to in prison, and the YSRCP government is not treating him with the dignity he deserves, alleges Lokesh.

The Hindu

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The National (Scotland)

Scots paedophile dies in prison while serving seven-year sentence

SCOTS paedophile John Barr, who raped and sexually abused two young girls for almost 10 years, has died in prison.

The Hindu

‘I saw brutality, but also solidarity,’ says Sudha Bharadwaj, author of From Phansi Yard, of her days in prison

Sudha Bharadwaj, an IITian, chose to work with the poor in Chhattisgarh. Arrested in 2018, for allegedly inciting violence in Bhima-Koregaon, she was imprisoned for two years and wrote a book about her fellow prisoners. She saw brutality and misery, but also remarkable friendships and solidarity, which gave her hope.…

The Hindu

Space stations are like a prison with a really nice view if you don’t keep yourself busy, says French astronaut Thomas Pesquet

French astronaut Thomas Pesquet had two stints in the International Space Station (ISS).

The Independent UK

Danelo Cavalcante prison guard charged with drug smuggling at jail

Antoine Williams, 27, worked as a prison officer at Chester County Jail where Danelo Cavalcante escaped from

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Al Jazeera

Australian journalist Cheng Lei back home after 3 years detained in China

Former Chinese TV anchor was imprisoned on murky charges of ‘supplying state secrets overseas’.

The Independent UK

Troubling conditions at HMP Wandsworth ‘by no means unique’ to the jail

An Independent Monitoring Boards report on Wandsworth Prison painted a bleak picture of conditions at the south-west London site.

The Hindu

Senthilbalaji moves Madras HC seeking bail solely on medical grounds

Tamil Nadu Min. Senthilbalaji seeks HC bail on medical grounds; cites SC rulings. Petition cites chest pain, 3 blocked arteries, CABG, lacunar stroke, dyslipidemia. ED filed final report, no evidence of tampering. No complaint of influencing witnesses. Seeks better treatment outside prison.

Evening Standard

Wandsworth Prison ‘unsafe and inhumane’, watchdog report finds

Violence escalates at prison as staff shortages risk security, says report

The Independent UK

State of ‘escape’ prison laid bare as inmates secretly brew alcohol in cells

Conditions at HMP Wandsworth were described as ‘unacceptable’ and ‘inhumane’

The Independent UK

Drug dealer in crew blamed for actor Michael K. Williams' overdose death gets 5 years in prison

A member of a New York City drug-dealing crew blamed for the fentanyl-laced heroin death of actor Michael K

Zenger

Joe Exotic, LGBT Presidential Candidate, Criticizes Transgender Rights Movement

Former zookeeper from 'Tiger King' opposes transgender bathroom use and child transgender branding.

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