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A puppy and unlimited toilet paper? Legal experts say Ghislaine Maxwell’s alleged prison life is uncommon

Maxwell is serving a 20-year sentence for her role in Jeffrey Epstein’s sex-trafficking of teen girls – and her treatment is prompting speculation

The Guardian - US

International Human Rights Watchdog Reports Torture and Abuse of Venezuelans in El Salvador's CECOT Prison

Detainees told Human Rights Watch they were routinely beaten by guards and riot police, including during cell inspections for minor infractions like speaking loudly, showering off schedule, or requesting medical care.

Latin Times

‘There is a gap where Alex should be’: the young woman who lost her life in a neglectful prison system

An inquest has found a Cheshire prison guilty of neglect after Alex Davies, 25, was found dead inside a segregation cell after a lifetime of mental health struggles

The Guardian - UK

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Disney Star Orlando Brown's Comments on P Diddy Resurface Following Music Mogul's Arrest and Incarceration

'That's So Raven' star Orlando Brown's previous comments about the disgraced music mogul have largely gone unnoticed until a clip circulated online in recent days.

International Business Times UK

Deadly Riots in Ecuador Prison Leaves More Than 30 Inmates Dead, 27 by Asphyxiation

Ecuador's Interior Minister John Reimberg said inmates across the country have been staging violent uprisings to prevent their transfer to new maximum-security prisons.

Latin Times

Inside El Salvador’s hellish supermax prison: Migrant detainees deported by Trump tell of harrowing abuse and torture

The Trump administration deported dozens of alleged members of a Venezuelan gang to El Salvador earlier this year as part of the US’s migration crackdown

The Independent UK

She was a prison officer. He was a convicted rapist. How did she fall for him?

Cherrie-Ann Austin-Saddington was working in a men’s prison when she began a relationship with an inmate that would turn her, too, into a criminal. How do some of the most dangerous men in Britain get what they want – even behind bars?

The Guardian - UK

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Stephen Bryant executed by firing squad for 2004 killings

Bryant is the third person to die by this method in South Carolina this year

The Independent UK

Prison staff who leaked information about Maxwell’s preferential treatment have been fired, lawyer says

Representative Jamie Raskin claimed Maxwell was being waited on ‘hand and foot’ by prison staff

The Independent UK

Police appeal to find another prisoner wrongly released from prison while awaiting trial

William Wenham, 47, was released in error from HMP Rochester on June 3

Evening Standard

Bryan Kohberger Hit With Instant Karma After Racking Up Thousands In Fan Donations

"Who besides his family is donating him money? We got some sick people in this world."

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‘I was one hundred and ten percent sure’: Woman’s SA accusation puts man in prison for 4 years, then DNA evidence reveals the truth

He spent four years in prison because she needed an excuse for her friends.

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Vybz Kartel on his legal victory, vulgar lyrics and the lasting scars of prison: ‘If I hear a key shake, it traumatise me’

With his murder conviction overturned, the Jamaican star is back performing. He talks about his illness, regrets,and how he felt about dancehall going global while he was behind bars

The Guardian - UK

Police destroy hundreds of mobile phones and SIM cards found inside UK prison

Police have destroyed hundreds of mobile phones and SIM cards found inside HMP Manchester.

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The Independent UK

Former customs officer sentenced to 15 years in prison for helping traffickers bring drugs into US

A former Customs and Border Protection officer has been sentenced to 15 years in prison after he pleaded guilty to working with Mexican traffickers to bring drugs into the U.S. Diego Bonillo pleaded guilty in July to multiple charges, including conspiracy to import controlled substances such as cocaine, methamphetamine and…

The Independent UK

UK prison system jeopardises offender rehabilitation and crime reduction, MPs warn

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Prisons being on ‘crisis mode’ is harming efforts to reduce reoffending, MPs warn

A new Justice Committee report highlighted a number of factors undermining efforts to cut reoffending

The Guardian - AU

Victoria to crack down on violence against retail workers with jail terms of up to five years for assault

Premier Jacinta Allan says the new laws would also include up to 25 years’ prison for shopfront ram raiders

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The Independent UK

Ghislaine Maxwell enjoys a bathroom break that fellow inmates in her Texas Club Fed prison don’t get

The convicted Jeffrey Epstein sex-trafficking accomplice is serving a 20-year prison sentence at a cushy federal Texas prison after an interview with the Trump administration

The Independent UK

Prisoner ‘released in error’ was actually freed lawfully, minister says

Justice minister Lord Timpson said the inmate was let out legally after checks were made

The Guardian - US

Oklahoma inmate’s life spared moments before scheduled lethal injection

Republican Kevin Stitt commuted Tremane Wood’s death sentence to life in prison for 2002 murder of Ronnie Wipf

International Business Times UK

Diddy's Sentence Extension: The Unruly Reality of Life Inside a Federal Prison

Diddy's prison sentence extended. Inside the rapper's 'homemade alcohol' bust and rule-breaking at FCI Fort Dix.

AAP

'Risk-taking, drug-affected' bus driver loses appeal

A bus crash that killed 10 wedding guests and injured dozens more did not occur by chance, appeal judges said as they stood by the driver's mammoth jail term.

The Independent UK

Death row inmate’s life spared minutes before scheduled execution

Wood was sentenced to die for his role in the stabbing death of a 19-year-old migrant farmworker

The Guardian - US

People held in ‘decrepit’ California ICE facility sue over ‘inhumane’ conditions

Lawsuit against US government alleges ‘life-threatening’ medical neglect and says residents frequently go hungry

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