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Iran allows two French former detainees to leave the country, Macron says

Macron has distanced France from the war in Iran, saying his country wasn't consulted in advance about the US-Israel strikes and didn’t want the war.

Euronews

Luigi Mangione is Reportedly Exchanging Letters With a MAGA Podcaster Patrick Bet-David From Prison

Luigi Mangione is reportedly exchanging letters with podcaster Patrick Bet-David from prison, with the correspondence touching on books, public backlash, and personal reflection.

International Business Times UK

Streak of deaths leaves Chicago jail baffled until guards realize prisoners are overdosing on books

A whole new meaning to “Books can be dangerous.”

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Update in case of journalist imprisoned in Iran for three months

A Japanese national, detained in Iran since January, has been released on bail. Chief Cabinet Secretary Minoru Kihara said the release was verified on Monday, with Japan now pressing Iranian authorities for a full release of the individual, believed to be a journalist for Japan’s public broadcaster, NHK. The Committee…

The Independent UK

Indian-origin Subu Vedam avoids deportation after 40 years in prison for murder conviction, judge says he 'has grown as a person'

After spending more than four decades in prison and consistently avoiding deportation for a murder conviction that was later overturned, Indian-origin Subramanyam “Subu” Vedam has won a crucial legal battle to remain in the United States.

The Times of India

Deaths At Chicago Prison Show That Soaked Papers Are A Previously Unheard Form of Drug Smuggling: Report

A string of deaths at Chicago's Cook County Jail were found to be tied to an unlikely source: paper.

International Business Times

Jeffrey Epstein’s billionaire pal created a shockingly detailed escape plan to avoid the law as the predator left prison

Epstein’s friends never fail to stun.

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From serving the nation to serving a sentence

New Flinders University research warns many veterans and their families are being failed long after their service ends.

AAP

‘Nothing about this makes any sense’: CA Governor Newsom flabbergasted by Trump’s ridiculous ask for ‘fiscal’ blackhole Alcatraz

New prisons over daycares!

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Trump requests $152m funding to restore Alcatraz as prison

Budget proposal released on Friday outlines president’s desire to revive former federal prison in San Francisco Bay

The Guardian - US

Short Circuit: An inexhaustive weekly compendium of rulings from the federal courts of appeal

Brotherly crooks, dueling bourbons, and a law from 1785.

Reason

What to know about the controversial practice of ‘orgasmic meditation’

The practice touted by Nicole Daedone combined spirituality, mindfulness and sexuality. Then came the controversy – and prison sentence

The Guardian - US

How the number of young people facing lengthy prison sentences almost doubled in a decade

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The Independent UK

Number of young adults facing life behind bars or indeterminate sentences almost doubles in a decade

Exclusive: Increasing numbers of 18-20-year-olds are being handed long-term sentences which are often equal to or longer than their age, a report warns

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How ‘blind panic’ exposed prison inmates and staff to dangerous radon gas

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How the Ministry of Justice knowingly exposed hundreds to cancer-causing gas in Dartmoor prison

SPECIAL REPORT: Exclusive: In the midst of a growing prison overcrowding crisis, men were piled into HMP Dartmoor. Officials had been warned parts of the ageing Victorian prison were filled with dangerous levels of a toxic gas linked to 1,100 lung cancer deaths each year. But in its desperate scramble…

The Guardian - AU

‘I will not yield’: Taiwan convulsed by 17-year prison sentence for populist opposition figure

The opposition Taiwan People’s party stands by founder Ko Wen-je despite sentence, alleging prosecutors were pressured by ruling DPP party

Evening Standard

Corrupt prison guard and gang jailed over smuggling operation

The officer has been jailed for four and a half years after helping smuggle drugs, phones and USB sticks into a London jail

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The Independent UK

Judge blocks deportation of man wrongfully convicted of murder

An Indian citizen, Subramanyam Vedam, may be released from ICE custody after a judge cleared the way, following the overturning of his Pennsylvania murder conviction after four decades in prison.

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Single Gesture Could Land Tourist, 29, In Prison For Years Under Anti-Racism Laws

“It was an emotional reaction. I never imagined the gravity of it all," said lawyer Agostina Páez, charged with racial defamation.

The Independent UK

Leading Iranian human rights lawyer Nasrin Sotoudeh detained in Tehran

Sotoudeh, 64, is renowned for defending activists, opposition politicians, and women prosecuted for removing their headscarves

The Independent UK

Prolific Easter egg thief who was found by police ‘cowering inside base of divan bed’ jailed

Daniel Jones, 38, was sentenced to 18 months’ imprisonment at Chelmsford Crown Court

Euronews

German artist sentenced to prison by Russian court for carnival display mocking Putin

Jacques Tilly has been designing and building floats for Düsseldorf’s Carnival parade, one of Germany’s best-known, since 1984.

The Independent UK

Rapper Pooh Shiesty and his father arrested after FBI raids family home

Rapper previously served three years in prison and was released last October

The Independent UK

FBI raids rapper Pooh Shiesty’s family home in Memphis months after prison release

Memphis rapper served three years in prison after pleading guilty to a firearms conspiracy charge in 2022

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