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Jailed Iranian American Appeals to Biden, Starts Hunger Strike

An Iranian American imprisoned in Iran for more than seven years on spying charges that the United States rejects as baseless appealed to US President Joe Biden on Monday to bring him home and said he was starting a seven-day hunger strike. Siamak Namazi made the plea in a letter…

Asharq Al-Awsat

'Be under no illusions about how close you have come to prison today': Greater Manchester criminals who avoided jail by a whisker

Here are some of the defendants who came close to being sent to prison

Manchester Evening News

Siamak Namazi, imprisoned since 2015 by Iran, has begun a hunger strike

The Iranian American businessman's hunger strike marks seven years after he was left out of a prisoner swap when the Iran nuclear deal took effect. He's appealing to President Biden for action.

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Daughter of Algerian journalist arrested on Christmas Eve calls for his release

Imprisonment of Ihsane el-Kadi, a longstanding government critic, prompted outcry from human rights groups

The Guardian - UK

Egypt sentences 38 people to life in prison over 2019 protests

An Egyptian court on Sunday handed down life prison sentences to 38 people, including a self-exiled businessman whose social media posts helped to spark anti-government protests.

France 24

Suzanne Capper was tortured and murdered in a case that sickened Manchester. All but one of her killers is back on the streets

Glyn Powell has a parole hearing coming up

Manchester Evening News

'Illegal' prison TikTok account wiped over Croxteth gangster's rap videos

One video showed masked men in blood-stained white overalls wielding hammers

Liverpool Echo

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The lingering unease in Mayhill now the faces of the hooded rioters have finally been unmasked

It was one of the most shocking nights to have ever taken place in Swansea

Wales Online

Jonathan Dowdall to be transferred to Dublin jail 'for his safety'

The former Sinn Fein councillor is deemed a high-risk prisoner and a source said too many people are aware of his current location

Dublin Live

NSW maximum security prisoners recycle 80 tonnes of waste, donate proceeds to charity

Inmates at the NSW prison are raising vital funds for charity through the initiative.

ABC News

Toffypops are top tucker in Ireland's prison shops with Lyons and Barry the favorite teas

Survey discovers that inmates shell out more than €8million a year on some of life's little luxuries

Dublin Live

Suspected terrorist who praised Guy Fawkes for trying to blow up Parliament dies

Benjamin Hyland, from Leeds, was found hanged in prison two days after appearing in court charged with a string of offences including having explosives and a firearm

Daily Mirror

FRANCE 24 animated documentary highlights plight of migrants in Libya

FRANCE 24 and the InfoMigrants website bring you an exclusive animated documentary on the story of Muhamad and Amina, two migrants who met while being detained in a secret prison in Libya. The couple survived their ordeal, fell in love and later managed to escape to Europe. But thousands of…

France 24

Minnesota man's murder conviction vacated in wife's death

A Minnesota man who spent nearly 25 years in prison in connection with his wife’s death has been freed after officials vacated his murder conviction

The Independent UK

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Manchester Evening News

Strangeways prison guards were 'drunken bullies' who wore National Front badges, ex-inmates claim

A new documentary has alleged a culture of boozing, violence and racism among some guards during the 1970s and 80s

Daily Mirror

Youth jail where kids carry knives has highest staff sickness rates in England

MoJ Figures show 18.5% of officers were off sick on September 20 in one youth jail where youth inmates carry weapons because they say staff can't keep them safe

Manchester Evening News

'This was an animal out to attack me - my lucky escape from Greater Manchester's worst rapist'

"He was not a nervous person, but someone who was thinking this is my prey."

The Guardian - AU

Queensland prisoners stuck on a ‘merry-go-round’ of hepatitis C transmission

State government is failing to deliver harm reduction programs needed to eliminate the virus, advocates say

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Daily Mirror

New jail data reveals most popular tuck shop items from vapes to chocolate and tea brand

Data from the system shows inmates spend an average of €675,997 every month in prison tuck shops on products including soft drinks, chocolate, toiletries and even games consoles

Daily Mirror

Lags meditating in prison labyrinth to 'calm anxieties' and 'enhance creativity'

The four-week course, Labyrinth: A Journey to You at HMP Bristol lets cons 'centre their spirit' and 'contemplate' their wellbeing as well as 'calming anxieties' and 'enhancing creativity'

Evening Standard

Fears grow for Alexei Navalny as Germany says he ‘needs urgent medical help’

Alexei Navalny seen via video link from prison

Daily Mirror

Cop who killed brain-damaged man in wheelchair after suspected shoplifting walks free

The charges against former police officer Ryan Remington have been dropped after he shot Richard Lee Richards nine times outside a Walmart in Arizona, US in 2021

Reuters

Polish scientist released from prison in Iran, foreign ministry says

Polish scientist Maciej Walczak has been released from prison in Iran and has returned to Poland, the Polish foreign ministry said on Saturday.

Dynamite News

Bihar: Child Prisoners Stab Security Personnel To Death In Chapra Juvenile Prison, Probe Underway

The inmates of a juvenile prison in Chapra allegedly stabbed a police security personnel to death on Saturday. Read on for details:

Chicago Sun-Times

Pardon requests for exonerated people don’t belong on back burner

We hope Gov. J.B. Pritzker doesn’t get so distracted by other requests, not based on wrongful convictions, that innocence-based pardons remain overlooked.

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