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American Family Faces 12-Year Sentence In Turks And Caicos

American tourists face legal challenges in Turks and Caicos due to ammunition possession, risking lengthy prison sentences.

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Louisiana Moves To Make Abortion Pills a Controlled Substance

The war on drugs meets abortion...

Reason

Police chiefs defy calls to arrest fewer people to ease prison overcrowding

The Met said they will ‘never agree’ to pause arrests while Hampshire Constabulary vowed to continue ‘relentlessly pursuing criminals’

The Independent UK

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UK ruling on Assange extradition ‘resets the game’. What happens next?

Rights groups laud latest decision as an investigative journalist warns Assange ‘might be entombed in prison for life’.

Al Jazeera

Lock them up: Scotland Yard hits back at edict for police to detain fewer suspects

Ministers were facing a furious backlash on Wednesday from Scotland Yard over calls to arrest fewer people because of a lack of prison space as Sir Mark Rowley told his officers to carry on detaining every suspect possible.

Evening Standard

Sunak says Labour taking victory for granted as Starmer calls on voters to ‘stop the chaos’ – as it happened

Prime minister announces early summer election with date putting parties on campaign trail for six weeks

The Guardian - UK

Man feared going back to prison before girl's death

A neighbour who came across Justin Stein digging for "treasure" says he later feared returning to prison if the girl he's accused of murdering didn't go home.

AAP

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Zhang Zhan is released from prison after 4 years for 'provoking trouble' while reporting on COVID

Zhang Zhan has been released from prison after serving four years for charges related to reporting on the COVID-19 outbreak in Wuhan

The Independent UK

Inmates dug through Winchester prison walls with plastic cutlery, report finds

One in 10 prisons in England and Wales barely fit for purpose, says audit of prisoner treatment

The Guardian - UK

Sen. Cory Booker questions US prison labor policies, calls for change

Sen. Cory Booker says prisoners should be learning professional skills that help prepare them for their release instead of being forced to work

The Independent UK

Police chiefs say prison crisis in England and Wales is ‘unsustainable’

Public safety said to be at risk as a result of crisis measures such as freeing convicted criminals to ease overcrowding

The Guardian - UK

Ex-Trump official Peter Navarro predicts ‘mass deportations’ in second Trump term in new prison interview

Navarro, 74, is currently serving a four-month sentence at the low-security FCI Miami prison in Florida, after he was convicted on two counts of criminal contempt of Congress

The Independent UK

Peter Navarro Predicts Second Trump Term Agenda From Prison

Peter Navarro, in prison for contempt of Congress, shares insights on potential Trump administration policies.

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Crucial reforms to help thousands trapped in indeterminate jail terms fail after Labour peers ‘bottle it’

Baroness Fox praised The Independent for shining a light on the plight of IPP prisoners in a House of Lords debate

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Serial killer who bragged about slaying dozens of women brutally attacked in prison

The Canadian inmate was speared in the head, according to news outlets

The Independent UK

Sarah Wayne Callies says male Prison Break co-star ‘spit in my face’

Actor said she doesn’t recognize herself when she rewatches the series because she ‘was so young and so new to the business’

The Independent UK

Gypsy Rose Blanchard shares recipe for prison energy drink

Blanchard was released from prison on 28 December 2023

The Independent UK

Dying ex-doctor serving life for murder may soon be free after a conditional pardon and 2-year wait

Vince Gilmer, the former North Carolina doctor whose murder conviction and medical mystery captured widespread attention after being documented in a popular radio show and a book, is set to be released from a Virginia prison

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The Independent UK

A serial killer convicted for killing 26 women is hospitalized after assault in a Quebec prison

Canadian authorities say serial killer Robert Pickton who killed over 20 women has been hospitalized and is in a life-threatening condition after an assault at a Quebec prison

The Guardian - US

Jailed Trump adviser predicts mass deportations as second term priority

Peter Navarro says first acts of Trump presidency would be firing Fed chair and intensifying China trade war in prison interview

International Business Times

Schools, Prison Checked After Quake 'Swarm' Near Naples

Italian authorities were checking schools and a prison on Tuesday after 150 tremors, including the biggest for 40 years, hit the volcanic region near Naples overnight, causing no major damage or injuries but sparking widespread fear.

The Independent UK

Panic in Naples as earthquake strikes active volcano

Hundreds of people were evacuated, including from a women’s prison in Naples

The Guardian - US

‘You feel like you’re in prison’: workers claim Amazon’s surveillance violates labor law

Exclusive: employees at a Missouri warehouse file charges against firm alleging use of ‘intrusive algorithms’ to deter union efforts

AAP

Warrants 'invalid' for secret police prison recordings

A review into secret police recordings linked to a convicted murderer has found surveillance warrants were technically invalid.

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Kosovo Renews Efforts To Rent Prison Cells To Denmark

Kosovo proposes renting prison cells to Denmark to alleviate overpopulation. Agreement includes terms on inmate transfers and management.

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