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COMMENT: Lord Woodley is right that it’s time IPP prisoners were released, writes Andrea Coomber, chief executive of the Howard League for Penal Reform – but his intervention won’t change the government’s mind

It makes membership of, or support for, the direct action group a criminal offence punishable by up to 14 years in prison.

Nayib Bukele disputed claims of Ábrego García’s lawyers that he was tortured and deprived of sleep while in custody

COMMENT: Thousands of offenders are caught in a cruel legal limbo by IPP sentencing. Indeterminate prison terms are not only unjust – they point to a failure of political courage and leadership, says former chief prosecutor Nazir Afzal

The Trump administration wrongfully deported Kilmar Abrego Garcia to El Salvador in March

The Idaho Maximum Security Institution houses some of the state’s most dangerous inmates — including convicted killer Chad Daybell

El Salvador President Nayib Bukele has cast aside allegations that Kilmar Abrego Garcia was beaten and subject to psychological torture in a Salvadoran prison

From yesterday's decision of the Iowa court of Appeals in Cue v. State, written by Judge Tyler Buller and joined… The post Don't Plead History and Bruen in Cruel and Unusual Punishment Challenge to Long Prison Sentence for Rape, When Rape Was Historically a Capital Crime appeared first on Reason.com.

The denial of bail for Sean “Diddy” Combs was an early signal by the judge that the music mogul won't be heading home soon