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Extradited Mexican Drug Kingpins Are Being Offered To Cooperate With U.S. Authorities Or Face Harsher Sentences In Prison: Report

According to the report, the extraditions were coldly calculated and planned by the Mexican government to avoid any setbacks. Prisoners had no idea where they were being sent, and the mission was carried out with the help of 2,000 Mexican special forces.

Latin Times

NHS nurse at London hospital faces the sack after calling transgender paedophile patient 'Mr'

When discussing the care of her patient, who was a convicted paedophile and an inmate at a high-security prison, Jennifer Melle referred to them using a male pronoun and title

Evening Standard

US Capitol pipe bomb suspect says he believed Trump’s 2020 election lie

Brian Cole Jr makes first court appearance charged with planting two devices on 5 January 2021 in Washington

The Guardian - US

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Bangladesh tribunal issues arrest warrant against Sheikh Hasina’s son

American citizen Sajeeb Wazed faces charges of committing crimes against humanity

The Independent UK

How three Uyghur brothers fled China – to spend 12 years in an Indian prison

Arrested in 2013 on India’s Himalayan border after fleeing Beijing’s ‘genocide’ against Muslims in Xinjiang, the siblings have been imprisoned indefinitely ever since

The Guardian - UK

It is scarcely believable that so many in Britain are in detention indefinitely

THE INDEPENDENT VIEW: Editorial: At the current pace, it will take at least a decade for the 2,400 prisoners on IPP sentences to be freed, despite some having already served up to 22 times their original minimum tariff. The government must do more to speed up their release – and…

The Independent UK

Haitian Gang Leader Sentenced To Life In Prisoin In The U.S. For Kidnapping Missionaires, Including a Baby

Germine Joly, leader of Haitian gang 400 Mawozo, has been sentenced to life in federal prison without parole for his role in the kidnapping of 16 U.S. citizens, including an eight-month old baby.

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Macron joins family's push to free jailed French journalist in Algeria

France is ramping up diplomatic efforts to secure the release of Christophe Gleizes, the French sports journalist handed a seven-year prison sentence in Algeria, with President Emmanuel Macron insisting he wants to see him home “as soon as possible”. Gleizes’s parents told RFI they hope to meet Macron as soon…

Radio France Internationale

Flyers complain about 'prison-like' meals on major airline

Passengers were not happy

Evening Standard

It Was Just an Accident review – Jafar Panahi’s urgent thriller should frighten us all

5/5 This Palme d’Or-winning drama arrives in the same week its director was handed a prison sentence

The Independent UK

Matthew Perry Ketamine Supplier Sentenced as Judge Faults Doctor for Betraying Oath

A former physician who supplied ketamine to Friends star Matthew Perry in the weeks before the actor died has been sentenced to 30 months in federal prison.

The Fashion Central

Trump has granted clemency to more than 1,800 people – and some have been arrested again

President did not follow the usual review process, experts say, making it more likely they would commit other crimes

The Guardian - US

The Old Guard and Supergirl actor Matthias Schoenaerts sentenced to six months in prison

The actor has faced more than 10 convictions on driving-related offenses in Belgium

The Independent UK

‘Defending the indefensible’: Government ‘will have blood on their hands’ over indefinite jail terms

More prisoners will take their own lives unless action is taken to help those trapped in IPP jail terms, a former top judge has warned, after The Independent called for sentences to be reviewed

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Australia sentences ‘Asia’s El Chapo’ to 16 years in prison

Judge says ‘lighter’ sentence for Tse Chi Lop dictated by Australia’s extradition deal with Netherlands

Evening Standard

Prison population set to hit 100,000 a year later than projected – figures

Newly published estimates project the rise in the number of prisoners will reach between 98,000 and 103,6000 by March 2030.

Euronews

Doctor who sold ketamine to 'Friends' star Matthew Perry gets 2 1/2 years in prison

Dr. Salvador Plasencia was the first of five people to face justice over the actor's 2023 death in the hot tub of his Los Angeles home. Plasencia was ordered to serve 30 months in prison for supplying ketamine to the actor, who had well-documented struggles with addiction.

AAP

Inmate death prompts reform of medical emergency rules

Procedures for medical emergencies will be improved in a territory's prisons following the death of a disabled inmate manhandled by guards after a seizure.

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Doctor Who Sold Ketamine to Matthew Perry Sentenced to 30 Months In Prison, Actor's Parents React

Matthew Perry's doctor sentenced to 30 months for supplying ketamine

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Matthew Perry's doctor sentenced to 30 months in prison over Friends actor's death

Dr. Salvador Plasencia has become the first person sentenced in the overdose death of Friends star Matthew Perry.

The Independent UK

Arkansas attorney general says pardoned nursing home operator should serve state sentence

Attorney General Tim Griffin has asked a judge to send Joseph Schwartz, a former nursing home operator pardoned by President Trump, to an Arkansas prison for Medicaid fraud and tax evasion

Axios

Trump's lawmaker pardon list stretches beyond Henry Cuellar

A dozen members of Congress — a vast majority of whom are former lawmakers — have received pardons.

The Guardian - US

LA doctor who sold Matthew Perry ketamine sentenced to prison

Salvador Plasencia pleaded guilty to giving actor ketamine in month before overdose death in Los Angeles in 2023

The Independent UK

Doctor sentenced to over 2 years in prison for selling ketamine to Matthew Perry: ‘Drug dealer in white coat’

Dr. Salvador Plasencia, 44, was one of five people federally charged after the October 2023 death of 54-year-old Friends star

The Independent UK

Alleged gang leader is sentenced to life in prison for kidnapping of 17 missionaries in Haiti

A man alleged to be the founder and leader of a Haitian gang has been sentenced to life in prison for orchestrating the kidnapping of 17 people, including five children, who were on a missionary trip to the Caribbean country

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