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Trump news at a glance: thinktank finds legal immigrants stripped of protections and sent to El Salvador prison

Report comes as supreme court allows US president to revoke protected status for Venezuelans. Key US politics stories from 19 May 2025

The Guardian - US

At least 50 migrants sent to El Salvador prison entered US legally, report finds

Cato analysis goes against Trump administration’s claim that only undocumented people were deported to Cecot

The Guardian - US

Bella May Culley: Pregnant British teenager’s lawyer in warning over Georgia prison conditions

Bella May Culley is accused of smuggling dozens of bags of cannabis into Georgia

The Independent UK

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Michigan woman again gets life sentence for fiery death of husband nearly 20 years ago

A Michigan woman accused of setting her husband on fire then driving a van over his burning body has been sentenced again to life in prison

The Independent UK

At a Missouri Prison, Inmates Fear for Their Lives in Sweltering Cells

Without air conditioning, inmates are "literally trapped in a burning hot cell," according to a new lawsuit.

Reason

Drugs and dilapidated, dirty accommodation concerns at HMP Ranby, probe finds

The men’s category C prison in Retford, Nottinghamshire, was inspected in February.

Evening Standard

Lawyer for Venezuelans deported to El Salvador prison arrested

Ruth López held without access to lawyers at secret location accused of ‘embezzlement’ a decade ago

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Young British woman held on drug charges in Sri Lanka could be linked to Culley case

Charlotte May Lee, 21, from south London, flew from the same Bangkok airport as Bella May Culley, who was arrested a day earlier

The Guardian - UK

Drug-Smuggling Cat? Feline Busted Sneaking Narcotics into Costa Rica Prison

Prison guards at Costa Rica's Pococí Penitentiary found a cat with marijuana and heroin attached to their body.

Latin Times

Federal Court Scraps Rule That Gagged Tennessee Civil Rights Attorney From Criticizing a Private Prison

For nearly three years, Daniel Horwitz faced contempt of court for talking about a private prison that was one of his most frequent courtroom opponents.

Reason

Former New Hampshire sheriff sentenced to prison on perjury charges, accused of taking county funds

A New Hampshire sheriff who resigned after he was accused of stealing $19,000 in county funds has been sentenced to 3 1/2 to seven years in prison on perjury charges

The Independent UK

Bolsonaro's Trial On Coup Charges To Begin In Brazil

The trial of former Brazilian president Jair Bolsonaro on charges of planning a coup d'etat will open Monday afternoon as the nation's Supreme Court hears from key witnesses, with the far-right politician potentially facing decades in prison.

International Business Times

France to build high-security jail in Amazon to isolate drug traffickers from gangs

The country's Justice Minister Gérald Darmanin announced the €400-million scheme during a visit to French Guiana on Sunday.

Euronews

‘You Don’t Have to Kill Us. You Don’t Have to Throw Us Away.’

Clinton Young spent nearly two decades condemned to die. His peaceful, productive time out on bond poses questions about how Texas decides who lives long enough to get another chance.

Texas Observer

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Evening Standard

Mark Cavendish watch raiders must pay back cash or face extra jail time

Balaclava-wearing intruders broke into the athlete’s home in Ongar, Essex, as he was asleep upstairs with his wife, an earlier trial was told.

The Independent UK

Tiger King’s Joe Exotic says his new husband has been deported - but still begs for a Trump pardon

The former tiger trader pleaded with Trump on X, writing, “just let me go to Mexico and you can keep Carole Baskin.”

Evening Standard

Prison population rises as ministers seek to tackle overcrowding

The prison population stands at 88,103, just 418 below the record high of 88,521, which was reached on September 6 last year.

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‘I’m not ashamed to say it’: Unhinged Laura Loomer claims Biden will be dead in ‘2 months’ but still demands he go to prison

Looks like Loomer will have to settle for dancing on his grave.

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The Conversation

Russia is labelling Oscar Jenkins a ‘mercenary’, not a prisoner of war. What’s the difference – and why does this matter?

Oscar Jenkins, a 33-year-old former teacher from Melbourne, was one of many foreigners who responded to Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky’s call in 2022 for volunteers to join Ukraine’s armed forces to help repel Russia’s invasion.

Latin Times

Tiger King Star Joe Exotic's New Husband Deported to Mexico

Joe Exotic's new husband Jorge Maldonado was deported to Mexico days after their prison wedding, prompting Exotic to plead with Trump for help from behind bars.

The Independent UK

‘It’s a scandal’: Fury as inmates trapped on indefinite jail terms excluded from scheme to free up prison space

Exclusive: Seven in 10 recalled IPP prisoners have committed no further crime but are held for more than two years on average. Releasing them would free up a prison, but they have been left out of the government’s scheme to reduce the recall population

Evening Standard

‘To Easy LOL’: Seven inmates on the run after Shawshank Redemption-style jailbreak from New Orleans prison

The audacious escape saw ten men flee Orleans Justice Centre in Louisiana through a hole behind a toilet

The Independent UK

Kerri Pegg: Moment prison governor in relationship with ‘Jesse Pinkman’ drug gang boss arrested

Police bodycam footage shows the moment a prison governor who formed a relationship with a Liverpool drug gang boss was arrested at home.

AAP

Plea for return of jailed Australian fighter in Ukraine

A captured Australian fighter jailed for 13 years by Russian forces was given a "sham trial" and should be treated as a prisoner of war, the government says.

The Independent UK

Diddy allies are already angling for a pardon for embattled rap mogul from Trump, report says

Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs faces 15 years to life in prison if he’s convicted of sex trafficking in New York

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