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As he stars in hard-hitting prison drama Inside, the candid Aussie actor will answer questions on his 40-year career from Neighbours to The Brutalist

The Guardian - UK · Jul 18, 2025

Hong Kong tightens prison rules, allowing visit restrictions on national security grounds

Hong Kong has tightened prison rules, allowing authorities to restrict visits on national security grounds

The Independent UK · Jul 18, 2025

Family plead for alleged China pilot trainer's freedom

Australian Daniel Duggan faces up to 60 years in prison for allegedly training Chinese military personnel after leaving the US Marine Corps.

AAP · Jul 17, 2025

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Ten more years of injustice: Figures lay bare scale of IPP scandal

Government ‘must go further and faster’ to help prisoners trapped on abolished indefinite jail terms as first releases hit all-time low, experts warn

The Independent UK · Jul 17, 2025

Prisoners let out ‘in error’ or held illegally beyond their release date in ‘squalid’ prison, watchdog warns

Inspector issues urgent notification over mice and cockroach infested HMP Pentonville after staff monitoring suicidal inmates caught sleeping on the job

The Independent UK · Jul 17, 2025

Cockroach-infested jail put into special measures for illegally detaining prisoners

Inmates had been kept in prison after their release date because staff “failed to calculate sentences accurately”

The Independent UK · Jul 17, 2025

Cockroach-infested London prison held inmates illegally

The chief inspector of prisons also said the backlog in sentencing calculations at HMP Pentonville has seen some prisoners freed early.

Evening Standard · Jul 17, 2025

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5 US immigrants deported to Eswatini in Africa are being held in solitary confinement

Five immigrants deported by the United States to the small southern African nation of Eswatini under the Trump administration’s secretive third-country program are in prison, where they will be held in solitary confinement for an undetermined time

The Independent UK · Jul 17, 2025

French court orders release of Lebanese militant after four decades in prison

A French appeals court on Thursday ordered the release of pro-Palestinian Lebanese militant Georges Ibrahim Abdallah, who has been imprisoned for 40 years for the 1982 killing of two diplomats.

Radio France Internationale · Jul 17, 2025

Prosecutors recommend one day of prison for officer in Breonna Taylor death

Under President Donald Trump, the Justice Department has asked a judge to consider a significantly lighter sentencing.

Al Jazeera · Jul 17, 2025

Trump officials tour Alcatraz in bid to reopen prison amid outcry from California leaders

Doug Burgum, interior secretary, and Pam Bondi, attorney general, visit island as Nancy Pelosi calls idea ‘lunacy’

The Guardian - US · Jul 17, 2025

US Justice Department wants no prison time for ex-officer convicted in Breonna Taylor raid

The U.S. Justice Department is recommending an ex-Kentucky police officer convicted of using excessive force during the deadly Breonna Taylor raid should serve no prison time

The Independent UK · Jul 17, 2025

Texas judge dismisses case against migrant deported to El Salvador for being an alleged gang member

DPS troopers labeled Pedro Luis Salazar-Cuervo, who remains in a Salvadoran prison, a Venezuelan Tren de Aragua gang member based on a photo of him with a tattooed man.

The Texas Tribune · Jul 17, 2025

Hacked Data Shows Dozens More Were Deported To El Salvador's Mega Prison Than Previously Acknowledged: Report

Hacked data shows dozens more people were deported to El Salvador's mega-prison than previously disclosed

Latin Times · Jul 17, 2025

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The Independent UK · Jul 17, 2025

Olivia Jade shares major life update with college admissions scandal in rearview

The influencer’s parents were sentenced to prison in October 2020

The Independent UK · Jul 17, 2025

The shrinking circle of support: Here are the few Republicans defending Trump and Bondi over Epstein

MAGA loyalists who connect Epstein to a wider ‘deep state’ conspiracy theory are beginning to fracture from the president after his administration shut the door on the investigation and labeled the case a ‘hoax’

We Got This Covered · Jul 17, 2025

‘Makeup on his hands’: J6 rioter who went to prison for Trump now claims he’s part of the deep state — is the MAGA empire crumbling?

MAGA is fed up with their orange king.

International Business Times · Jul 17, 2025

France Court Orders Release Of Lebanese Militant After 40 Years In Jail

A French appeals court Thursday ordered the release of pro-Palestinian Lebanese militant Georges Ibrahim Abdallah, imprisoned for 40 years for the 1982 killings of two foreign diplomats.

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The Guardian - US · Jul 17, 2025

DoJ seeks single-day sentence for officer who fired into Breonna Taylor’s home

Department of Justice says no prison needed for ex-officer convicted of violating Taylor’s civil rights in fatal 2020 raid

The Conversation · Jul 17, 2025

Trump’s changing stance on Epstein files is testing the loyalty of his Maga base

During his 2024 US presidential election campaign, Donald Trump repeatedly said he would declassify and release the files related to Jeffrey Epstein, the disgraced financier who died in prison in 2019 while awaiting his sex trafficking trial.

The Independent UK · Jul 17, 2025

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The Guardian - AU · Jul 17, 2025

Grave concerns for Indigenous man’s wellbeing after ‘close to 800 days’ in solitary confinement at SA prison

Aboriginal elder alleges he has been prevented from visiting Robert Barnes because he raised the matter with the state’s First Nations voice

The Independent UK · Jul 17, 2025

Trump sends embattled Pam Bondi to Alcatraz prison in re-opening bid

Attorney General Pam Bondi and Interior Secretary Doug Burgum will visit Alcatraz Thursday

Euronews · Jul 17, 2025

French court orders release of Lebanese militant Abdallah after 40 years in prison

Incarcerated for almost 40 years for complicity in the assassination of US and Israeli diplomats, the man who considers himself a political prisoner will be able to return to Lebanon.

Evening Standard · Jul 17, 2025

Trees seem to matter more than women in criminal justice system, says Jess Phillips after Sycamore Two jailed

She criticised how some sex offenders avoid prison when the two men who felled the Sycamore Gap tree were jailed for four years and three months

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