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What kind of country are we that treats children in prison with such cruelty and brutality?

Our colonial history began as a convict settlement and the culture of punishment and cruelty has not changed

The Guardian - AU

'Serial' podcast's Adnan Syed has murder conviction vacated. How common are wrongful convictions?

In 2000, 18-year-old Baltimore man Adnan Syed was convicted of murdering his ex-girlfriend, Hae Min Lee, in 1999. Syed was sentenced to life in prison and served close to 23 years in prison for the crime.

The Conversation

Strangeways prisoner who died in cell may have survived if staff had responded faster, inquest hears

Paul Johnstone, 37, who had a long history of drug misuse, was found unconscious in his cell

Manchester Evening News

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San Diego apologizes, rescinds its World War II-era support for incarceration of Japanese Americans

SAN DIEGO — The San Diego City Council rescinded Tuesday a resolution it had passed 80 years ago in support of the incarceration of Japanese Americans in prison camps during World War II.

Tribune News Service

Anger over 14-year-old boy's move from Banksia Hill youth detention centre to Casuarina Prison

A prominent Perth lawyer expresses outrage that a client aged just 14 is now being held at Casuarina prison, saying he's been given no reason for why the boy was transferred to the maximum-security adult jail.

ABC News

Boonsong attends funeral

Imprisoned former commerce minister Boonsong Teriyapirom followed prison protocol before being given permission to attend his mother's funeral in Chiang Mai, said Wuttichai Jenwiriyakul, director of the Klong Prem Central Prison.

Bangkok Post

France probes threats against Russian prison rights activist

French authorities are investigating death threats against a Russian prisoners' rights activist who says he was the target of an assassination attempt last week at his home in France

The Independent UK

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Georgia man sentenced to 10 years in teen girl's road death

A biracial man who says he was fending off a racist attack on a Georgia highway when he fired into a pickup truck and killed a teenage passenger has been sentenced to 10 years in prison

The Independent UK

Kansas man sentenced for performing illegal autopsies

A 42-year-old Kansas man who admitted providing illegal private autopsy services has been sentenced to nearly six years in prison

The Independent UK

How many people in prisons died of COVID-19?

The death rate for incarcerated people in state and federal prisons from COVID-19 was 20% higher than for the average American.

USAFacts

Sherri Papini: New video reveals moment detectives told ‘super mom’ they had cracked kidnap hoax

The 40-year-old was sentenced to 18 months in prison for lying about faked 2016 abduction

The Independent UK

She faked her kidnapping to go back to her ex. Now she'll get 18 months in prison

Sherri Papini disappeared in 2016, triggering a three-week multi-state search. When she resurfaced, she told authorities an elaborate lie about being abducted and tortured by two Hispanic women.

WEKU

Saudi Arabia is imprisoning women while the rest of the world is not paying attention

Saudi Arabia recently sentenced Nourah bint Saeed al-Qahtani to 45 years in prison after she had expressed her views on social media. This comes just a couple of weeks after a Leeds University student, Salma al-Shehab, was sentenced to 34 years in prison for using Twitter to retweet views of…

The Conversation

Despite Govt concern, Māori are a growing majority of those sent to prison

Calls for changes to bail rules so Māori and those from other low-income communities aren't remanded straight to prison.

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Tribune News Service

New ‘Serial’ episode on Adnan Syed case drops; victim’s family, advocates respond to his release from prison

BALTIMORE — A day after a Baltimore City judge overturned Adnan Syed’s murder conviction, a new episode of the hit podcast “Serial” that first made his decades-old case famous details the decision to free him.

Reason

Senate Investigation Finds Justice Department Undercounted Prison and Jail Deaths Last Year by Nearly 1,000

The report says the inaccuracies "deprived Congress and the American public of information about who is dying in custody and why."

The Guardian - UK

‘We thieves and killers are now fighting Russia’s war’: how Moscow recruits from its prisons

Inmates describe visits by Yevgeny Prigozhin, reported head of the Wagner group, who is said to offer pardons for those who enlist

Salon

Trump fumes after DA floats "prison"

“The allegations are very serious. If indicted and convicted, people are facing prison sentences,” Fani Willis said

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Chicago Sun-Times

With Brittney Griner still imprisoned, WNBA players aren’t going to Russia this offseason

Nearly a dozen WNBA players competed in Russia last winter and none of them are heading back this year.

Daily Mirror

Vladimir Putin to impose martial law and mobilise all men of military age to fight

According to a copy of the bill expected to be signed off by Vladimir Putin, voluntary surrender would become a crime for Russian military personnel and punishable by 10 years in prison

Bangkok Post

Boonsong granted temporary release to attend mum's funeral

Former commerce minister Boonsong Teriyapirom was granted temporary release from prison to attend his mother's funeral, Wuttichai Jenwiriyakul, director of the Klong Prem Central Prison, confirmed on Tuesday.

Wales Online

Business and leaders joining people who have served sentences on a 100 mile walk

The walk is in support of the work of charity, Beating Time

Wales Online

Adnan Syed, star of Serial podcast, has been released from prison

Prosecutors filed a motion saying that a lengthy investigation conducted with the defence had uncovered new evidence that could undermine the 2000 conviction

The Independent UK

Mexico seeks extradition of El Chapo’s godson in connection with journalist’s murder

Lopez-Serrano dodged a minimum 10-year sentence for crimes he pleaded guilty

Daily Record

Mum who lied about own kidnapping sentenced to 18 months in prison

Sherri Papini, 39, made false statements to the FBI claiming she was snatched by two Hispanic woman while out jogging.

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