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Biden administration clears path to transfer $6bn in Iranian assets

US Secretary of State Antony Blinken issued the sanction waivers last week as part of an ongoing prisoner transfer deal.

Al Jazeera

TDP bandh call evokes lukewarm response in Rajamahendravaram

TDP's bandh call in Rajamahendravaram evoked lukewarm response. Educational institutions declared holiday, Adikavi Nannaya University postponed exams. People, incl. political leaders, visited Rajahmundry Central Prison where Naidu was shifted. No TDP supporters seen due to prohibitory orders in East Godavari district.

The Hindu

Where has Danelo Cavalcante been spotted since his Pennsylvania jailbreak?

Chester County residents are growing increasingly frustrated as police scramble to keep up with the ‘dangerous’ killer’s moves, writes Andrea Blanco

The Independent UK

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Finance Committee OKs $25 million settlement to two men wrongfully convicted of 1993 murder of IIT hoops star

Tyrone Hood would get $17.5 million after spending 22 years in prison. Wayne Washington spent 14 years behind bars and would get $7.5 million. But Ald. Brian Hopkins worried the City Council would be setting an unaffordable precedent.

Chicago Sun-Times

US clears way for prisoner swap with Iran, releases $6 billion in frozen funds

The Biden administration has cleared the way for the release of five American citizens detained in Iran by issuing a blanket waiver for international banks to transfer $6 billion in frozen Iranian money from South Korea to Qatar without fear of US sanctions. In addition, as part of the deal,…

France 24

Danny Masterson rape victim speaks out after sentencing: It ‘seemed like justice to me’

Jane Doe #1 has spoken out for the first time since the since actor was sentenced to 30 years to life in prison

The Independent UK

Police hunting Danelo Cavalcante say it’s ‘advantage law enforcement’ as search zeroes in on township

‘Before it was advantageous to Cavalcante while he was playing tactical hide and seek in the woods,’ US Marshalls supervising deputy Robert Clark said

The Independent UK

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Active-duty Marine gets probation and community service for storming Capitol with 2 unit members

One of three active-duty Marines who stormed the U.S. Capitol together has been sentenced to probation instead of prison time

The Independent UK

Terror suspect ‘who escaped prison using bedsheets found with bag of cash and Waitrose shopping’

Ex-soldier Daniel Khalife was pushed off bicycle by undercover officer as he rode along canal towpath in Northolt, west London on Saturday

The Independent UK

Wandsworth prison escape highlights the need for penal reforms

Letters: Philip Priestley and Maurice Vanstone on imaginative alternatives to punitive prisons based on redress, restitution and reconciliation, and former prison governor Judith Feline on battling a broken system

The Guardian - UK

Drinking water testing ordered at a Minnesota prison after inmates refused to return to their cells

State officials have ordered additional tests on drinking water at a Minnesota prison to ensure that it's safe for staff and inmates

The Independent UK

Jail staff trained to screen mentally ill prisoners in Odisha

BHUBANESWAR: To address mental health issues of prisoners in the state, the staff posted in jails of Odisha have undergone specialised training on early screening of symptoms and immediate intervention.

The Times of India

Naidu facing threat to life from Maoists in Rajahmundry Central Prison, says Lokesh

TDP national general secretary N. Lokesh on September 11 (Monday) said that his father and party national president N. Chandrababu Naidu was facing a threat to life inside the Rajahmundry Central Prison from the Maoists who are also lodged there. Mr. Naidu was shifted to the prison late on September 10…

The Hindu

Danelo Cavalcante search expands more than 20 miles from prison after he stole dairy farm van

Cavalcante has managed, yet again, to sneak past the search perimeter

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The Hindu

Naidu’s son, wife and daughter-in-law to meet him in prison on Tuesday

TDP General Sec. Nara Lokesh said he, his mother and wife will meet N. Chandrababu Naidu in Rajahmundry Central Prison on Tuesday. He vowed to take legal action against his father's arrest and said TDP will not let Y.S. Jagan Mohan Reddy go further. He called the arrest illegal and…

The Hindu

Union Home Ministry planning to revamp prisons by 2047, says Ajay Kumar Mishra

Union Home Ministry plans to improve prison infrastructure and implement a standardised management system for prisoners by 2047. The New Prison Manual 2016, a 32-chapter draft, will be studied to bring uniformity in laws, rules, and regulations. The 8th National Conference of Heads of Prisons was held in Rushikonda to…

The Independent UK

Court convicts Portuguese hacker in Football Leaks trial and gives him a 4-year suspended sentence

A Portuguese hacker whose bombshell revelations on the “Football Leaks” website rocked European soccer has been convicted by a Lisbon court of nine crimes and given a suspended prison sentence of four years

The Independent UK

Schoolgirl relives moment XL bully dog savaged her before turning on others

‘The owner should be in prison because he never did anything, he just let the dog bite everyone’

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The Guardian - US

Louisiana ordered to remove teens from ‘intolerable’ conditions at state prison

Children, some as young as 15, incarcerated at notorious Angola prison, which has reputation for brutality and violence

The Week

Daniel Khalife escape: how secure are UK prisons?

The escape of terror suspect Daniel Khalife from Wandsworth prison was hardly “The Shawshank Redemption”, said The Independent, but the “audacious” breakout invited a great deal of attention – and the “clamour for a scapegoat”.

Evening Standard

Too few care-leavers make it to university - but London is leading the way, report says

Young people who have been in care are more likely to end up in prison than at university

The Hindu

Security tightened at Rajahmundry Central Prison where Naidu is lodged, says DGP

Security has been tightened at Rajahmundry Central Prison, where Leader of the Opposition and former Chief Minister N. Chandrababu Naidu, who is a Z+ security cover protectee, has been lodged under judicial remand.

The Hindu

Chandrababu Naidu should now realise what BJP’s true colours are, says Congress leader

GV Harsha Kumar, former MP, visited Rajahmundry Central Prison to express solidarity with N Chandrababu Naidu and the one-day bandh call given by TDP. He asserted that BJP was aware of Naidu's arrest and urged him to realise their true colours. He criticised the lack of support from other political…

The Independent UK

Escaped murderer slips out of search area, changes appearance and tries to contact former co-workers

Authorities are searching for an escaped murderer who broke out of a southeastern Pennsylvania prison a week and a half ago after saying over the weekend that he slipped out of the search area and changed his appearance

The Times of India

Pakistan ex-cricketer gets 12 years for inciting murder of Dutch MP

NEW DELHI: Former Pakistan international cricketer Khalid Latif on Monday was handed a 12-year prison sentence by a Dutch court for urging the murder of anti-Islam MP Geert Wilders.

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