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As Islam grows in Russia, Muslim prisoners struggle to practise their faith

Fasting, praying and eating according to religious rules is impossible in some jails, ex-prisoners and groups say.

Al Jazeera

Georgia court hands ex-President Saakashvili further 4.5 years in prison

Opposition forces claim that sentences reflect regime’s fear of the former pro-Western leader.

Al Jazeera

Mother whose ex-partner gouged out her eyes while her sons slept fears for her life as he’s moved to open prison

Tina Nash is worried her violent ex will come and ‘finish me off’

The Independent UK

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Mother blinded by ex-partner fears for life after he is moved to an open prison

Tina Nash was held hostage for 12 hours by her then boyfriend Shane Jenkin during a violent attack in 2011.

Evening Standard

Marco Rubio Thanks El Salvador's President for Allowing Deported Alleged Gang Members Into Its Mega-Prison: 'A Great Friend of the US'

The U.S. Secretary of State thanked El Salvadorian President Nayib Bukele for taking in more than 200 alleged gang members in its 40,000-inmate prison for the "low cost" of $6 million.

Latin Times

El Salvador Takes in 238 Deported 'Tren de Aragua Members', Says U.S. Will Pay 'Very Low Fee'

Amid mass deportation hurdles, Trump Administration leverages El Salvador's mega-Prison to ease domestic strain

Latin Times

Inside the brutal mega-prison where Trump administration has wrongly sent Maryland father

Inmates are denied access to visitors and recreation inside the maximum-security prison

The Independent UK

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US deports hundreds of Venezuelans to El Salvador, despite judge's order

President Trump flouts judge's order and deports more than 250 Venezuelans, accused of being members of the Tren de Aragua criminal gang, to El Salvador.

Euronews

‘Serial killer who only killed once’ is heading to prison after decades on the run

After almost three decades on the run, Stephan Smerk has been sentenced for first-degree murder in crime ‘among the worst’ Fairfax County had ever seen, James Liddell writes

The Independent UK

US Flies Alleged Gang Members To El Salvador Despite Court Block

The United States flew over 200 alleged members of a Venezuelan gang to be imprisoned in El Salvador, President Nayib Bukele said Sunday, after US counterpart Donald Trump invoked wartime legislation to expel the migrants.

International Business Times

Life of British man, 79, imprisoned by Taliban is in serious danger, say family

Peter Reynolds, who runs a business in Afghanistan, was held along with his wife last month and needs heart pills, says his daughter

The Guardian - UK

Alarm over early re-release of recalled prisoners as jail overcrowding crisis deepens

Whistleblower says over 1,000 inmates in England and Wales considered for the scheme which bypasses Parole Board

The Guardian - UK

Kanye West Has Dropped A Song That Allegedly Features Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs & His Daughter North

Controversial rapper Kanye West has released a new song allegedly featuring Sean 'Diddy' Combs from prison, as well as his daughter North.

Pedestrian.tv

Indiana teen will spend more than 40 years in prison for murder of 20-year-old

Jeremy Briscoe, 16, was charged as an adult in the 2024 murder of Carlos Jair Neri-Guzman

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Latin Times

Top Sinaloa Cartel Member in Idaho Sentenced For Distributing Meth, Bath Salts and Fentanyl

The "number one guy" for the Sinaloa cartel's operations in Idaho was sentenced to more than two decades in prison on Thursday.

Latin Times

Diddy, SBF Now Joined At Infamous New York Prison By Another Top Drug Lord

Brooklyn MDC's population of high-profile prisoners keeps growing as Rafael Caro Quintero and El Viceroy join fellow drug lord "El Mayo," Diddy, and Sam Bankman-Fried.

The Conversation

Let juries judge disruptive protesters like Just Stop Oil on their integrity – expert view

The UK Court of Appeal recently ruled on an appeal brought by 16 environmental activists serving prison sentences for planning or participating in a series of disruptive non-violent protests.

The Guardian - AU

Female prisoner allegedly sexually abused for years by prison guard settles with NSW government

Woman alleged she was raped when the department of justice already knew Wayne Astill was ‘abusing his position towards female inmates’

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The Independent UK

Judge formally sentences Adnan Syed to time served in 'Serial' podcast case

A Maryland judge has formally sentenced Adnan Syed to the time he’s already served in prison

The Independent UK

‘Scandal hidden in plain sight’: Death toll of abolished jail term climbs to 94 after fresh wave of self-inflicted deaths in prison

Exclusive: Prisoners trapped under indefinite jail terms continuing to take their own lives, say campaigners, as government resists calls to re-sentence them

Total Film

New Prison Break reboot adds Sucker Punch and Euphoria stars to its cast

Three new cast members have joined the Hulu pilot

The Independent UK

Former police officer accused of sex attacks appears in court

David Carrick, 50, appeared in court in London via video-link from prison for a case management hearing.

The Texas Tribune

Texas lawmakers are pushing harsher criminal penalties while prison and jail populations soar

Proposed legislation includes increased penalties for retail theft, car burglaries and forgery, among others.

AAP

'A risk': Australia's youngest murderer to be set free

One of Australia's most notorious killers is considered a risk of planning a violent revenge, but he will still be given another chance to be in the community.

The Independent UK

Prisons set to run out of spaces again within a year despite early release scheme, MPs warn

Many prisoner are living in ‘inhumane conditions’ and the government must act now to avert disaster, the Public Accounts Committee has warned

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