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The Menendez Brothers Spent 20 Years Apart; Their Potential Freedom Could Separate Them Again

Lyle and Erik Menendez spent two decades in different prisons after being sentenced to life. They could separate again should they be freed

Latin Times

Marwan Barghouti ‘brutally’ assaulted in Israeli prison, rights groups say

The Palestinian leader held in solitary confinement reportedly suffers numerous injuries in the September 9 attack.

Al Jazeera

British man sentenced to 18 years for using AI to make child sexual abuse imagery

A British man who used artificial intelligence to create images of child abuse was sent to prison for 18 years

The Independent UK

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‘Right-wing’ former prison officer not guilty of stirring up racial hatred on X

Mark Heath was acquitted of stirring up racial hatred by a jury in Loughborough.

Evening Standard

Founder of far-right English Defense League gets 18 months in prison for court contempt

A judge has sentenced the founder of the far-right English Defense League to a year and a half in prison for contempt of court for violating an order barring him from repeating libelous allegations against a Syrian refugee

The Independent UK

Prison population dips 3% as inmates released early to cut overcrowding

there were 85,867 prisoners behind bars in England and Wales on Monday.

Evening Standard

Woman spent night in male prison after being mistaken for man

Police reviewing procedures after woman reportedly housed in maximum-security HMP Perth overnight

The Independent UK

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New Mexico Drug Lord With Ties to Sinaloa Cartel Sentenced to Life in Prison

The drug cartel leader smuggled drugs into the U.S. and illicit money into Mexico.

Latin Times

A teenager was bludgeoned to death the night before Halloween in 1975. A Kennedy cousin was arrested - and then exonerated

On the night before Halloween, 15-year-old Martha Moxley went out with her friends for a traditional “Night of Mischief” in her affluent Connecticut neighborhood. Her slain body was found the next day but it took decades for a conviction, which was later overturned. Andrea Cavallier explains how the murder is…

The Independent UK

Iran’s imprisoned Nobel laureate Narges Mohammadi hospitalised with severe health issues

The main artery of Mohammadi’s heart has again developed a serious complication

The Independent UK

Father goes on the run to escape ‘unfair’ indefinite recall to prison over his love life

Exclusive: Fugitive IPP prisoner spoke to The Independent and said: ‘How can someone not commit another crime yet end up in jail for years?’

The Independent UK

Man on parole for 2008 murder is now accused of killing pregnant wife months after his prison release

The suspect has also been accused of a carjacking near the scene of the murder

The Independent UK

LRA rebel commander jailed in Uganda for war crimes in landmark case

Thomas Kwoyelo, a mid-level commander in the notorious Lord's Resistance Army rebel group, was sentenced to 40 years in prison in Uganda on Friday for war crimes including murder, rape, enslavement, torture and kidnap.

Radio France Internationale

Our first political prisoner? No. Locking up dissenters is an ignoble British tradition

Voices on the right who now criticise the jailing of rioters for racial hate wilfully ignore history

The Guardian - UK

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Patriot by Alexei Navalny review – the man who dared to defy Putin

This remarkable memoir by the bold and fearless Russian opposition leader describes an extraordinary life, from a childhood in the shadow of Chornobyl to surviving a novichok attack and his final days in a remote Arctic penal colony

AAP

'Exploding with prisoners': union fights inmate shift

The union for Northern Territory prison guards has flagged it will go to the Fair Work Commission to stop inmates being shifted to relieve overcrowding.

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Former US Border Inspector Sentenced To 23 Years In Prison

Former US border inspector sentenced to 23 years for accepting bribes to allow drug-laden vehicles into the country.

Evening Standard

Iranian government 'threatens to jail citizens who share footage of Israeli strikes in Tehran'

Anyone found guilty of sharing images or videos of the attack could face 10 years in prison

The Independent UK

The Menendez brothers built a green space in prison modeled on this Norwegian idea

Norway has some of the world’ lowest levels of recidivism

The Guardian - US

How the Menéndez brothers’ case got to resentencing: ‘Paid their debt to society’

Sentenced to life imprisonment for killing their parents, the brothers could finally have a shot at freedom after 35 years

The Independent UK

Chinese lawyer Xu Zhiyong on hunger strike over ‘ill-treatment’ in prison

Xu Zhiyong is serving 14 years in jail for ‘subversion of state power’

The Guardian - UK

‘Mum was ill, not bad’: family call for reform of England’s justice system after prison suicide

Exclusive: family say case of Kay Melhuish is stark reminder of the dangers of criminalising vulnerable women

The Independent UK

What to know about the Menendez brothers' bid for freedom

The district attorney of Los Angeles County has recommended resentencing for Erik and Lyle Menendez who were convicted for killing their parents in 1989 and may now have a pathway to freedom after spending 34 years behind bars

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