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Advocates condemn ‘unconscionable’ denial of water before mentally ill man’s death in Sydney prison

Guards at Silverwater deliberately turned off the water to Simon Cartwright’s cell to punish him and joked it was ‘entertaining’

The Guardian - AU

‘I’ll starve myself until I collapse to secure my son’s release from Egyptian prison,’ vows grandmother

Exclusive: Pro-democracy activist Alaa Abdel Fattah has been in prison in Egypt for more than 10 years on charges the United Nations says are unjust

The Independent UK

New York's governor orders firing of prison staffers involved in inmate's fatal beating

New York’s governor has ordered more than a dozen state prison staffers fired over the fatal beating of an inmate earlier this month

The Independent UK

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In agony, Simon begged for water 19 times. Guards mocked him – then found him dead

Severely mentally ill, Simon Cartwright should never have been in Sydney’s Silverwater jail. A medical check could have saved him. ‘It was torture,’ his family says

The Guardian - AU

Pakistani Taliban Claims Responsibility For Deadly Checkpoint Attack

Pakistani Taliban claims responsibility for deadly attack on military checkpoint, leading to casualties and equipment seizure. Army issues prison sentences...

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Just Stop Oil protester, 77, recalled to prison as wrists too small for tag

Grandmother Gaie Delap, from Bristol, was sentenced to 20 months in prison in August for her part in disruptive protests on the M25 in November 2022.

Evening Standard

Elderly activist to spend Christmas in prison because tag does not fit

Woman jailed for M25 protest not allowed to continue home detention because electronic tags are too big

The Guardian - UK

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Aung San Suu Kyi’s son Kim Aris begs for her release from Myanmar prison

The son of ousted Myanmar leader Aung San Suu Kyi has pleaded for her release amid fears for her health after four years in a brutal military prison

The Independent UK

Pakistan Military Courts Convict 25 Of Pro-Khan Unrest

Pakistan military courts have convicted and sentenced 25 people for involvement in pro-Imran Khan unrest last year, the armed forces said Saturday, with the majority handed decade-long prison terms.

International Business Times

Prison, longing, and some cooking tips: Australia’s unconventional Christmas anthem

How to Make Gravy by Paul Kelly was released in 1996 but has grown in popularity over the past 10 years and has now been turned into a film

The Guardian - AU

Craig Wright, who falsely claimed to be Bitcoin inventor Satoshi Nakamoto, is hit with suspended prison sentence for contempt of court

The U.K. High Court ruled Wright violated a court order that required him to stop saying he was Nakamoto and taking legal action based on that claim.

Fortune

Prison Riot in the Mexican State of Tabasco Leaves Seven People Dead, 10 Injured and a City Engulfed In Chaos

The conflict began when authorities tried to transfer two inmates to a federal prison; firearms, drugs and a grenade were found inside the prison

Latin Times

Luigi Mangione, suspect in killing the UnitedHealthcare CEO, is being housed in same prison as Diddy

The Metropolitan Detention Center in Brooklyn, New York is known for having ‘dangerous’ and ‘barbaric’ conditions

The Independent UK

Will Just One of the Menendez Brothers Go Free? Their Re-Sentencing Could Separate Them Again.

The resentencing of Lyle and Erik Menendez's trial for the murder of their parents could free one of the brothers while the other stays in prison.

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The Independent UK

AP PHOTOS: Glimpses of horror emerge inside Syria's Saydnaya prison, dubbed 'The Slaughterhouse'

Behind the coils of razor wire and concrete walls, glimpses of the horror emerge from the warren of dank, airless corridors of what has been dubbed “The Slaughterhouse.”

The Guardian - US

Indiana man receives 130 years in prison for murders of teenaged girls in 2017

Richard Allen received the maximum term for the killings in Delphi of Abigail Williams, 13, and Liberty German, 14

The Independent UK

Takeaways from The Associated Press’ reporting on prison labor in Alabama

No state has a longer, more profit-driven history of contracting prisoners out to private companies than Alabama

The Independent UK

Alabama profits off prisoners safe enough to work at McDonald’s, deems them too dangerous for parole

No state has a longer, more profit-driven history of contracting prisoners out to private companies than Alabama

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International Business Times

Ex-IMF Chief Rato Gets Four-year Jail Term In Spain For Tax Crimes

A Madrid court sentenced ex-IMF chief and Spanish economy minister Rodrigo Rato to more than four years in prison for tax crimes, money laundering and corruption, it said Friday.

The Independent UK

Poet handed three more years in prison for criticising Thai monarchy while dressed as Harry Potter

Arnon Nampa faces 14 cases under the controversial lese-majeste laws that prohibit criticism of the monarchy

Evening Standard

Convicted killer who battered neighbour to death jailed for rest of his life

Brian Whitelock assaulted Wendy Buckney, 71, with various weapons in a savage assault in August 2022.

The Guardian - UK

Record number of protesters will be in UK prisons this Christmas

Forty people, aged 22 to 58, incarcerated for direct actions on climate and Gaza actions amid crackdown on dissent

Metal Hammer

"Babymetal were written into the script as a placeholder. I didn’t think we’d actually get them!" Heavier Trip director Juuso Laatio on making 2024's most metal movie

Juuso Laatio talks directing Babymetal, 'playing' Wacken and whether we'll ever get that Impaled Rektum album

The Texas Tribune

Cartels turn to social media to lure Americans into human smuggling as Texas enforces stricter laws

Thousands of people have been arrested under Texas’ human smuggling law. Now they face at least a decade in prison under sentencing guidelines that took effect this year.

Al Jazeera

Who are the 51 men in Gisele Pelicot rape case; will old cases be reopened?

Investigators in France have reopened old cases, investigating Dominique Pelicot for rape and murder in the 1990s.

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