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Nashville Attorney Sues Federal Judges Over Gag Order Barring Him From Talking About a Notorious Prison

Daniel Horwitz often represents people illegally silenced by the government. This time he says a court violated his First Amendment rights when it gagged him from publicly speaking about a troubled state prison.

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Trump conspiracist clerk sentenced

The Trump-supporting former clerk was sentenced to 9 years in prison on election tampering-related charges

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Belarus Opposition Leader Urges Release Of Political Prisoners

Belarusian opposition leader calls for release of political prisoners in Belarus amid crackdown by Lukashenko. Ongoing human rights violations underscore n...

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Singapore Ex-minister Jailed In Rare Graft Trial

A Singaporean former minister was sentenced Thursday to 12 months in prison for obstruction of justice and accepting illegal gifts in the city-state's first political graft trial for nearly half a century.

International Business Times

Montana Man Faces Years in Federal Prison for Angry Calls to Republican Leader Over Chinese Balloon

Prosecutors said the man made more than 100 threatening phone calls to former House Speaker Kevin McCarthy's office, plus 150 more to the FBI tip line.

Latin Times

Supreme Court scraps caste-based discrimination rules in prisons

The Top Court directed that the "caste" column and any references to caste in undertrial and/or convicts' prisoners' registers inside the prisons shall be deleted. Read further on Dynamite News:

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SC ends caste-based work allotment in prisons after journalist’s ‘well-researched’ plea

The Supreme Court has struck down the provisions of state prison manuals that faciliated allotment of work to prisoners on the basis of their castes and classified denotified tribes as habitual offenders. Calling these practices “unconstitutional”, the court also laid down guidelines to prevent caste-based discrimination in prisons, Livelaw reported.

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Former Singapore minister sentenced to a year in prison for receiving illegal gifts

A former Singaporean cabinet minister has been sentenced to a year in prison after he pleaded guilty to charges of receiving illegal gifts, in a rare criminal case involving a minister in the Asian financial hub

The Independent UK

Man who was mad about Chinese spy balloon is convicted of threatening former Speaker McCarthy

A Montana man has been convicted of threatening to assault former House Speaker Kevin McCarthy

The Independent UK

Former Los Angeles cop charged with giving meth to and sexually assaulting a 14-year-old girl

Former deputy Benny Caluya started his law enforcement career in 1979 and faces 10 years in prison if convicted

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Over 40 Members of White Supremacist Group in California Arrested on Multiple Charges, Including Drug Trafficking and Fraud

The indictment charges 68 defendants, some of whom could face life in prison if found guilty

Latin Times

MS-13 Member Involved in the Murder of Four Young Men in 2017 is Sentenced to 50 Years in Federal Prison

More than a dozen MS-13 gang members and associates have also been charged in connection to the attack

Latin Times

Texas' Prison System Could Run Out of Beds for Those Incarcerated by Late 2025, New Report Says

Moreover, some prisons in the state are operating with up to 70% of prison guard positions unfilled as shortages continue

The Independent UK

R Kelly’s daughter to share ‘heartbreaking secret’ about disgraced father in new documentary

‘I will not be taking my son to prison to meet his grandfather,’ Joanne Kelly said in a trailer for ‘R Kelly’s Karma: A Daughter’s Journey’

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Federal appeals court rejects Alex Murdaugh's appeal that his 40-year theft sentence is too harsh

A federal court has rejected Alex Murdaugh’s request to throw out his 40-year sentence for stealing from clients and his law firm

The Conversation

Football can improve wellbeing of people in prison – and could help stop reoffending

The prison overcrowding crisis in the UK has shown the public what researchers and those working in criminal justice have known for years: prisons are unsafe for those serving time and working there.

The Independent UK

Arizona mom decapitated by son when she should have been celebrating at own surprise birthday party, cops say

Alejandro David Gonzalez allegedly confessing to killing his mom while on drugs – just 24 hours after he was released from prison

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Savannah Chrisley slams judge in Julie Chrisley's resentencing

Savannah Chrisley has accused the judge who recently upheld her mother Julie Chrisley's prison sentence of "retaliation".

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Council of Europe recognises Julian Assange held as political prisoner

THE Council of Europe has voted to recognise WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange was held as a political prisoner.

The Independent UK

Madeleine McCann suspect should receive a 15-year prison term in unrelated trial, say prosecutors

German prosecutors have called for a 15-year prison sentence for a man who is also under investigation over the disappearance Madeleine McCann

The National (Scotland)

Dozens of prisoners freed early to tackle overcrowding 'reoffend' in Scotland

MORE than 50 prisoners have reoffended and been returned to jail after being released early under the Scottish Government’s emergency release…

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