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Biden to meet with families of Griner, Whelan amid prisoner-swap talks

President Joe Biden will meet Friday with the families of a pair of Americans being held in Russia, after the U.S. publicly floated a swap to win their release.

Tribune News Service

Missouri woman acquitted of killing daughter to be free soon

A Missouri woman who was acquitted of killing her daughter but convicted of abandoning the girl's corpse will soon be freed from prison

The Independent UK

Man gets 20 years to life after retrial in 1995 murder case

A New York man will return to prison — for now — after temporarily going free amid questions about a prominent detective’s conduct, then getting convicted again of murder at a recent retrial

The Independent UK

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US civil rights groups file complaint against ‘death by incarceration’ to UN

The filing urges UN special rapporteurs to declare life sentences, including without parole, a violation of incarcerated people’s rights

The Guardian - US

Alabama says its not ready to execute by nitrogen hypoxia

Alabama's prison commissioner said the state is not ready to carry out an execution by nitrogen hypoxia

The Independent UK

Susan Neill-Fraser parole hearing could result in her freedom, 13 years after the murder of Bob Chappell

She has spent 13 years in prison, always maintaining she was not the one who killed her 65-year-old de facto partner and dumped his body in 2009. Now, Susan Neill-Fraser is about to front a parole board in a bid to be freed — what will that panel consider?

ABC News

'The world is watching': Australian daughter of Iranian Baha'i in prison pleads for her release

When Negar Sabet awakes after a restless night in Sydney, she agonises about her elderly mother Mahvash, who has been locked up in Iran's notorious Evin Prison since the end of July.

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Training exercise explosion at Pennsylvania prison causes injuries

PHILADELPHIA — The FBI and Pennsylvania State Police are investigating a Thursday morning explosion that took place during a law enforcement training exercise at SCI Phoenix prison in Skippack Township, Montgomery County.

The Philadelphia Inquirer

Capitol rioter in ‘Camp Auschwitz’ sweatshirt sentenced to 75 days in federal prison

Robert Packer’s sister asked the judge not to ‘judge a book by its cover’

The Independent UK

Mexico has released nearly 2,700 prisoners early as overall jail population grows

Mexico has released thousands of prisoners during Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador's presidency as part of an effort to free those who have not committed serious crimes or were being held unjustly, authorities said on Thursday.

Reuters

Multiple people injured during Pennsylvania bomb squad training exercise

Incident took place in field at a Montgomery County prison

The Independent UK

Federal government urged to extend voting rights to 16 and 17-year-olds and prisoners

Submissions into 2022 election inquiry include calls for regulation of ‘electoral lies’ and stricter caps on political donations

The Guardian - AU

Serial drink-driver led police on chase after attending popular carnival

Amir Khan has been caught drink-driving six times and driving while disqualified four times

Wales Online

Reality Winner finds Trump’s Mar-a-Lago documents case ‘incredibly ironic’

Former intelligence contractor served four years in prison for leaking report on Russian interference in 2016 election

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Delays leave man facing four years in Leicester jail without trial

Exclusive: Case of Voja Petkovic highlights pressures on criminal justice that campaigners warn is leading to miscarriages of justice

Evening Standard

Russian inmates ‘told they’ll be freed if they survive six-months on Ukraine frontline’

Leaked footage shows the founder of Russia’s Wagner Group attempting to recruit prisoners

Reuters

New batch of Syrian prison photos opens 'old wounds'

It had been nearly a decade since Mahmoud al-Khalaf laid eyes on his father, but he immediately recognised the bruised and battered face in the graphic photograph circulating online.

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How much do states spend on prisoners?

Southern states spend the least per inmate and have some of the highest incarceration rates in the nation.

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How much do states spend on prisons?

Southern states spend the least per inmate and have some of the highest incarceration rates in the nation.

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Family grieve Josh Kerr, Aboriginal man who died in Port Phillip Prison, as coronial inquest begins

Josh Kerr died in a cell in the medical unit of Port Phillip Prison in Melbourne's West in August. He is one of two Indigenous men to die in a Victorian prison in the past five weeks.

The Independent UK

Cambodia begins treason trial of 37 opposition figures

A trial has begun in Cambodia for activists and former opposition lawmakers accused of a treason conspiracy for allegedly trying to help an exiled political candidate return home

The Hindu

Data | Tamil Nadu and Gujarat have a disproportionate share of Scheduled Caste detainees in their prisons

The share of the Scheduled Caste detenues in Indian prisons saw an increase from 18% in 2019 to 23% in 2021

Asharq Al-Awsat

Syrian Ex-prisoners Haunted by Horrors of 'Salt Rooms'

When a Syrian prison guard tossed him into a dimly-lit room, the inmate Abdo was surprised to find himself standing ankle-deep in what appeared to be salt. On that day in the winter of 2017, the terrified young man had already been locked up for two years in war-torn Syria's…

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Jailed WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange awarded keys to Mexico City as family lobbies for his release

Mr Assange remains in London's Belmarsh Prison pending an appeal against his extradition to the United States.

Chicago Tribune

R. Kelly’s federal trial in Chicago results in split verdict; singer faces possibility of longer prison term after conviction on child pornography charges

CHICAGO — It took more than two decades for “Jane” to come forward about the sexual abuse she suffered at the hands of her godfather, R&B superstar R. Kelly.

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