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Colorado Men Tried to Use Cannon to Smuggle Drugs Into Prison by Launching Items Over Security Fence: Police

Two Colorado men were arrested for attempting to use a compressed-air cannon to launch drugs and tobacco into a Louisiana federal prison.

Latin Times

Trump "disappearing" immigrants at Gitmo

The Trump administration is refusing to say who it is sending to Guantánamo Bay or why

Salon

Terrorist recalled to prison can be re-released from jail, Parole Board says

Shah Rahman, then aged 29, was one of four al Qaida-inspired British extremists jailed over a plot to bomb London Stock Exchange in 2012.

Evening Standard

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Top Tory accidentally exposes party’s shocking record on prison spaces

Exclusive: Responding to a written question from Tory MP Richard Holden, a justice minister revealed that the Conservatives increased the capacity of the prison estate by less than 500 spaces in fourteen years

The Independent UK

A$AP Rocky Found Not Guilty On Assault Charges

A$AP Rocky acquitted of felony assault charges by Los Angeles jury, avoiding potential 24-year prison sentence. High-profile legal battle ends.

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Native American Activist Leonard Peltier Released After Decades

Leonard Peltier, Native American activist, released from prison after serving time for FBI agents' killings. Supporters eagerly await his return in North D...

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A$AP Rocky’s six words to jurors after acquittal in assault trial

The rapper literally leapt with joy into the lap of his superstar partner Rhianna as the verdict was delivered

The Independent UK

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Knife crime strategy needs to focus on stopping supply as well as possession, says policing minister – as it happened

Diana Johnson defends Labour’s knife crime plan amid crisis in prison capacity in England and Wales

The Guardian - UK

Man who threw pipe bomb at Japan’s ex-PM Kishida gets 10 years in prison

Court says the attack was a serious challenge to democracy and posed a significant danger to many people.

Al Jazeera

Native American activist released from prison will be welcomed to North Dakota home

Supporters plan to welcome Native American activist Leonard Peltier back to his North Dakota community after his release from a Florida prison where he had been serving a life sentence in the 1975 killings of two FBI agents

The Independent UK

Dominican officials cram thousands of inmates facing no charges into overcrowded prisons

They’re known as “frog men,” inmates who are forced to sleep on prison floors across the Dominican Republic, often next to overflowing toilets or holes in the ground that serve as one

The Independent UK

Former Brazilian President Bolsonaro Charged In Alleged Coup Plot

Former Brazilian President Bolsonaro charged in alleged coup plot to overturn election results. Denies wrongdoing, faces up to 28 years in prison if convicted.

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British Couple Detained in Iran Ignored Travel Warnings—Now Face Years In Jail or Execution

British couple Craig and Lindsay Foreman were arrested in Iran after ignoring travel warnings, now facing espionage charges that could lead to years in prison or the death penalty.

International Business Times UK

Texas Man Who Pleaded Guilty To Smuggling 36 People Inside a Trailer Said He Was Paid $1,000 Per Person

Eusebio Cavazos faces up to five years in federal prison and a $250,000 fine

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The Guardian - UK

The Guardian view on the Gauke review: prison isn’t working

Editorial: A performative ‘tough on crime’ approach by politicians has been both ineffective and ruinously expensive

Al Jazeera

Native American activist Leonard Peltier released from US prison

Supporters celebrate the release of an Indigenous activist imprisoned for killing of FBI agents after a flawed trial.

The Guardian - US

Indigenous activist Leonard Peltier released from prison: ‘Finally free’

Native American activist moves to home imprisonment after Joe Biden commuted sentence at end of presidency

Evening Standard

Man convicted over plot to commit FGM in ‘landmark case’ has sentence increased

Emad Kaky, 48, had his sentenced increased to seven years’ imprisonment after the case was referred to the Court of Appeal

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Digital Camera World

71-year-old Canadian tourist could face up to 3 years in prison for using drone to photograph Cape Canaveral military base

Xiao Guang Pan was originally born in China, and immigrated to Canada in 2001

Texas Observer

Inside Fort Worth’s Narcotic Farm Experiment

Rehab on the Range tells the story of Texas’ role in one of the largest federal forays into drug treatment.

Evening Standard

Hunger-strike mother calling for release of son from Cairo to stop No 10 visits

Laila Soueif has been on hunger strike for 142 days as of Tuesday, in protest at her son Alaa Abd El-Fattah’s continued imprisonment in Cairo.

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Memphis Man Sentenced To 261 Years For Five Murders

Memphis man Joshua Dotson sentenced to 261 years in prison for multiple murders after admitting guilt in five deaths.

Evening Standard

Actor Stephen Graham backs new organisation to help ex-offenders find work

The Rebuilding Futures Alliance has been launched to offer former inmates the chance to learn a skilled trade in the transport sector.

Radio France Internationale

Paul Watson: unshaken by prison and still fighting for whales

Despite enduring five months of imprisonment in 2024, environmental activist Paul Watson remains more determined than ever to combat illegal whaling. Recently granted honorary citizenship by the city of Paris, he eagerly anticipates sharing his message at the UN Ocean Summit in Nice this June.

The National (Scotland)

Scottish prisons to begin release of hundreds of prisoners to tackle overpopulation

SHORT-TERM Scottish prisoners in their hundreds will be given early releases in a bid to tackle overcrowding.

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