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New York's Illegal Prison Guard Strike Challenges Law Limiting the Use of Solitary Confinement

It's also a reminder of the disarray that ensues from strikes put on by state employees, who hold monopolies on public goods.

Reason

Murderer whose conviction made legal history ‘should be moved to open prison’

William Dunlop was brought to justice after his victim’s mother campaigned for more than a decade to get the double jeopardy law changed.

Evening Standard

Death by firing squad set to resume in the US – but no matter the method, all means of execution come with a troubling history

Barring any late developments, the U.S. is set to see its first execution by firing squad in 15 years on March 7, 2025.

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China’s conviction of 1,500 prisoners of conscience a ‘crime against humanity’

Report by rights group claims Beijing disproportionately targets women activists, Tibetans and Uyghurs through arbitrary detention

The Independent UK

Privately run immigration detention center that previously held families in Texas will reopen

A private prison company says it will reopen an immigrant detention facility in Texas that previously held families with children for U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement CoreCivic announced the contract with ICE and the city of Dilley on Wednesday

The Independent UK

White Supremacist Facing Life in Prison for Attempted Murder. He's Already Serving 2 Life Sentences

A high-ranking leader in the Aryan Brotherhood prison gang who is already serving two life sentences faces a third after allegedly stabbing state prison guards.

Latin Times

What’s behind Erdoğan’s calculated shift on Kurds and its potential consequences

On March 1, the start of the holy month of Ramadan — observed by most of Turkey’s Sunni population — the imprisoned leader of the banned Kurdistan Workers’ Party, Abdullah Öcalan, made a historic call for the party to disarm and end its 40-year-long armed struggle against the Turkish state.

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Pregnant offenders in England and Wales could be spared jail under new guidelines

Changes to sentencing guidance will also apply to mothers of children under one year old

The Guardian - UK

A South African play about Winnie Madikizela-Mandela explores Black women's long wait for absent men

A new play about anti-apartheid icon Winnie Madikizela-Mandela seeks to highlight the struggles of Black women in South Africa who had to wait years for their husbands’ return from exile, prison or faraway work during decades of white minority rule

The Independent UK

Exile is ‘a little bit less than death’ for lawyer forced to flee Guatemala

Virginia Laparra spent two years in prison after reporting her suspicion that a judge leaked sealed details of a case

The Guardian - US

While our eyes are on the welfare state’s destruction, Trump is building a police state

Republicans aren’t simply shrinking the government. They’re investing billions in defense, border control and prisons

The Guardian - US

Ban criminals from pubs and sports games instead of sending them to prison, minister suggests

The courts minister confirmed ministers will look at banning criminals from sports games, pubs and social events in a bid to free up prison spaces

The Independent UK

Lori Vallow says heavenly premonition has her convinced she will be ‘exonerated’ for murdering her kids, in first interview from prison

Lori Vallow Daybell was sentenced in 2023 to life in prison for the murders of her two children, Tylee Ryan and Joshua ‘JJ’ Vallow, and conspiring to kill her husband Chad Daybell’s former wife, Tammy Daybell

The Independent UK

15 prison staffers placed on leave following inmate death in New York

Fifteen prison staffers have been placed on leave following the death of an inmate in New York state

The Independent UK

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Latin Times

Florida Dad Who Executed 5-Year-Old Girl With 'Precise, Deliberate Shots' Claims He is 'Good Person' in Court

A Florida dad was sentenced to life in prison for shooting his two children, despite his assertion that he was a "good person."

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Harvey Weinstein Breaks Silence On Adrien Brody’s Message To His Children In Oscars Speech

Harvey Weinstein shared his comments on Adrien Brody's Oscars speech mentioning his children and ex-wife. The post Harvey Weinstein Breaks Silence On Adrien Brody’s Message To His Children In Oscars Speech first appeared on Bored Panda.

The Independent UK

Prison officer who boasted about sex acts with inmates is jailed

The judge outlined the issues prisons are having with accommodating inmates serving short sentences

TechRadar

A Way Out is a gritty co-op game that challenged me to make the right choice in a world full of bad ones

A Way Out is a drama-filled co-op game from Hazelight Studios that asks players to orchestrate a prison break – and deal with the immediate ensuing consequences.

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Foreign Criminals to Be Deported Faster in Immigration Crackdown

The deportation of foreign criminals will be accelerated as part of a government-led immigration crackdown aimed at alleviating overcrowding in prisons.

The Independent UK

Father in jail for 13 years for stealing a phone suffers crisis which leaves him smashing face on floor

Exclusive: A crunch meeting will decide if IPP prisoner Thomas White will finally be transferred to a secure hospital after a rapid deterioration inside HMP Manchester

The Independent UK

Taiwanese man who killed ‘bully’ flatmate sentenced to 8 years in jail

Court upholds prison sentence for man who killed his flatmate with a knife

The Independent UK

Keir Starmer urged to push for Jimmy Lai’s release as marathon cross-examination finally ends

Media tycoon’s son says Lai’s health has been failing in prison

The Independent UK

How South Carolina's execution of a condemned killer by firing squad will unfold

Three volunteer South Carolina prison employees will be the firing squad used to execute condemned killer Brad Sigmon on Friday

AAP

'Inadequate' sentence appealed after five die in crash

Prosecutors have confirmed they will appeal a five-and-a-half-year prison term handed down to a driver who killed five people and a dog.

The Independent UK

NYC daycare owner sentenced to 45 years after toddler’s fentanyl death

The daycare center was operated out of a Bronx apartment where the owner stored and packaged narcotics

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