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Imprisoned 'apostle' of Mexican megachurch La Luz del Mundo charged with federal child pornography

The leader of a Mexican megachurch who is serving more than 16 years in a California prison for sexually abusing young followers has been charged with two federal crimes involving a 16-year-old girl

The Independent UK

Iowa woman who made fake cancer claims on social media must pay restitution but stays out of prison

An Iowa woman who falsely claimed to have cancer will stay out of prison after a judge gave her probation and a suspended sentence

The Independent UK

Government faces legal challenge over ‘unlawful segregation’ of asylum seekers

Charity Care4Calais says Wethersfield airbase in Essex is a ‘de facto prison camp’ for about 200 people

The Guardian - UK

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No plan for nuclear waste despite Aukus submarine deal, Senate hears – as it happened

Australia is planning to obtain nuclear-powered submarines, but has nowhere to dispose of radioactive waste

The Guardian - AU

Sam Bankman-Fried will testify in his defense in what may be the gamble of his life

The former FTX CEO, who is accused of orchestrating one of the largest financial frauds in history, plans to testify in his own criminal trial in a major gamble to avoid prison time.

WEKU

Most banned books in US prisons include Amy Schumer and Art of War

Latest banned books list comes amid increase in type of books being banned from prison system, PEN America says

The Guardian - US

Time Season 2: everything we know about Jodie Whittaker's BBC prison drama

Series two of the acclaimed drama has a new cast and is set in a women's jail

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Against "Decriminalizing Nonviolent Prison Escapes"

An interesting new article in The Hill by my occasional coauthor T. Markus Funk, based on his upcoming Oxford University Comparative Law Forum piece on the subject; an excerpt: [I]t would be a mistake to accept the invitation to follow the examples of countries like Germany, Switzerland, Mexico, the Netherlands…

Reason

Appeal case begins over Briton convicted of wife’s manslaughter in Cyprus

Retired miner David Hunter was released from prison in July after he was acquitted of the murder of his seriously ill wife.

The Independent UK

New report from PEN America documents vast book bannings in U.S. prisons

A new study from PEN America finds that tens of thousands of books are banned or restricted by U.S. prisons

The Independent UK

Former British police officer jailed for abusing over 200 girls on Snapchat

A former British police officer has been sentenced to life in prison with a minimum term of 12 years after he pleaded guilty to over 100 child sex offenses

The Independent UK

International terror defendants face longer prison terms than domestic counterparts, new study finds

A new study has found that people convicted of crimes related to domestic extremism face far shorter prison terms than those convicted in international terrorism cases, even when the crimes are similar

The Independent UK

One prison guard, 96 abuse charges: women say ‘serial rapist’ targeted them over a decade

Exclusive: Records and interviews suggest the California prison system let Gregory Rodriguez get away with rampant sexual abuse, while his victims were punished

The Guardian - US

Death in custody inquest examines risk, health services

An inquest into the death of an inmate at Tasmania's Risdon Prison is examining mental health services and risk management.

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Long-jailed killer missing in possible homicide case

After spending nearly two decades in prison for murder, David Collisson has been declared missing as homicide detectives take over the search.

The Guardian - UK

Jail cells without toilets persist in England despite ‘slopping out’ law

Prisoners in some facilities forced to defecate in buckets overnight, a practice outlawed in 1996

AAP

Hundreds rally after Indigenous teen's death in custody

Hundreds of people have gathered to call for justice after the death of an Indigenous teen who self-harmed in the youth wing of an adult prison.

The Independent UK

American recounts ‘psychological torture’ in Iran prison after being freed in swap

Emad Shargi, 59, was freed back in September along with four other Americans as part of $6bn deal

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Government pays £15.3m for derelict land that sold for £6.3m a year ago

Brownfield site in Bexhill, East Sussex, being considered as a potential detention centre to house asylum seekers

The Guardian - US

‘I felt like I was being ritually tortured’: the most shocking moments in Britney Spears’ memoir

The Woman in Me shows how imprisoned Spears has felt since childhood – feelings that worsened under a conservatorship and the glare of the media

The Guardian - UK

High-risk prisoners sit GCSE English – and many outperform peers on outside

Inmates at HMP Frankland in County Durham, some of ‘hardest to reach people in society’, did course in a year with no internet access

The Independent UK

Myanmar reinstates family visits to prisoners to end a ban started during the pandemic

Military-ruled Myanmar is allowing prisoners to have family visitors from outside

The Guardian - US

US bodyguard sentenced to prison in Dubai over fan ‘slap’ appeals for help

Advocacy group Detained in Dubai says Cornell Whitfield was protecting singer Trey Songz from ‘aggressive’ man in March

The Guardian - UK

Trial of Uyghur film-maker to begin in China this week

Ikram Nurmehmet, a director known for featuring Uyghur protagonists, was arrested in May and is being held on unknown charges

The Independent UK

Covid bereaved relatives demand answers over pandemic deaths

The Scottish Covid-19 Inquiry began formal hearings on Tuesday.

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