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6 Cases That Paved the Road to Mass Incarceration

In Justice Abandoned, a law professor argues that the Court got these key decisions wrong.

Reason

Ty Dolla $ign virtually duetted with his brother from prison at Coachella

Ty Dolla $ign performed virtually with his brother from prison during his Coachella set

BANG Premier

El Salvador’s Bukele suggests prisoner swap for Venezuelans deported by US

El Salvador president says he is willing to repatriate deportees in exchange for release of ‘political prisoners’.

Al Jazeera

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Prison officers call for use of electric stun guns

The demand has been made ahead of a meeting between the Prison Officers’ Association and Justice Secretary Shabana Mahmood.

Evening Standard

El Salvador's President Proposes Prisoner Exchange With Venezuela

Salvadoran President Nayib Bukele offered Venezuela Sunday a trade of 252 Venezuelans deported to his country by the United States for an equal number of political prisoners held by President Nicolas Maduro's regime.

International Business Times

Salvadoran President Bukele proposes prisoner swap with Maduro for Venezuelan deportees

El Salvador President Nayib Bukele has proposed carrying out a prisoner swap with Venezuela, suggesting he would exchange Venezuelan deportees from the United States his government has kept imprisoned for who he called “political prisoners” in Venezuela

The Independent UK

Prison needle programs could save double what they cost – our new modelling shows how

Needle and syringe programs are a proven public health intervention that provide free, sterile injecting equipment to people who use drugs. By reducing needle sharing, these programs help prevent the spread of blood-borne viruses such as hepatitis C and HIV and minimise life-threatening bacterial infections.

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Voices: The scandalous costs of an inhumane policy

THE INDEPENDENT VIEW: Editorial: Ending imprisonment for public protection could save the country hundreds of millions of pounds

The Independent UK

Arizona Security Guard Sentenced for Sexually Abusing Inmate in Residential Reentry Center

The victim was in the defendant's custody at the time of the abuse

Latin Times

UK prison officers to demand electric stun guns for dangerous jails

Meeting called with justice secretary after attack on three guards at HMP Frankland

The Guardian - UK

Liverpool academic’s scent workshops help prisoners remember their past

After smelling fragrances inmates create poems, prose or drawings that recall holidays, park walks and sweet shops

The Guardian - UK

Suspects detained by police denied essential insulin, cancer and epilepsy drugs, damning report claims

Exclusive: One patient experienced such bad withdrawal symptoms that they admitted to crimes they did not commit so they could be remanded to prison where they would be allowed their prescription again, report claims

The Independent UK

‘I just ask God that he’s OK’: family of Venezuelan musician sent to El Salvador prison agonizes over his fate

Arturo Suárez Trejo was caught up in Trump’s immigration crackdown in North Carolina and sent to a notorious Salvadorian prison

The Guardian - US

Revealed: The staggering cost of detaining prisoners on ‘inhumane’ jail terms – and you’re paying for it

Exclusive: Locking up IPP prisoners cost £145m in 2024, on top of an estimated £1.6bn spent since the cruel sentence was abolished, analysis shows

The Independent UK

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Doncaster prisoners could sue government over exposure to radon gas

Inmates complain of rashes and fever, echoing the events that led Dartmoor jail to close last year

The Independent UK

An incessant crackdown in Belarus hurls dozens of independent journalists into harsh prisons

Dozens of journalists in Belarus have been imprisoned in recent years under a crackdown by authoritarian President Alexander Lukashenko

The Guardian - UK

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The Independent UK

Our child died in Manchester Arena terror attack. How was bomber’s brother able to assault prison guards?

The parents of the youngest victim of the Manchester Arena attack have spoken of their disbelief after the bomber’s brother Hashem Abedi attacked prison guards

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The Guardian - US

Further delay as Menendez brothers seek freedom after decades in prison

Brothers had hoped resentencing hearing would pave way for immediate release – but judge orders pause until May

The Independent UK

Tunisian opposition figures sentenced to up to 66 years in prison

Tunisian media say a court has sentenced leading opposition figures to between 13 and 66 years in prison

The Independent UK

The Zizians’ murder trial is as turbulent as you’d expect

Prosecutors aim to prove that Alex Leatham and Suri Dao are responsible for the death of their friend Emma Borhanian. But their case has been dogged by delays, disruptions, and allegations of abusive treatment, Io Dodds reports

Al Jazeera

Tunisian court hands opposition figures lengthy jail terms

Dozens of defendants found guilty of “conspiracy against state security” and given sentences of 13 to 66 years.

The National (Scotland)

Film documenting Palestinian boy born in Israeli prison to tour Scotland

A PALESTINIAN filmmaker is set to take his documentary about a boy born in an Israeli prison on a tour of Scotland.

The Guardian - US

Trump news at a glance: Maryland senator says Ábrego García moved from notorious El Salvador prison

Senator Chris Van Hollen accuses El Salvador’s government of planting margarita glasses to undermine his trip – key US politics stories from Friday 18 April at a glance

International Business Times

US Senator Says El Salvador Staged 'Margarita' Photo Op

A US senator described Friday how El Salvador staged a photo of him supposedly sipping margaritas with a wrongly deported constituent to cover up the man's ordeal in a notorious prison.

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