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Hanged under the cover of war: letters and videos tell stories of Iran’s death row victims

Testimony emerges from Babak Alipour, who spent three years on death row before being taken to gallows in March

The Guardian - UK

Operation Gangsta's Paradise in Southern California Leads To Arrest of More Than 40 Mexican Mafia Members

During the April 23 raids, authorities seized four kilograms of fentanyl, 54.4 kilograms of methamphetamine, 0.9 kilogram of heroin, three kilograms of cocaine, 25 firearms and more than $30,000 in cash.

Latin Times

Man jailed for attempting to murder wife by pouring hot oil on her head

Raju Mollah, 50, has been sentenced to 26 years in prison for attempting to murder his wife in Birmingham. Mollah attacked his wife by pouring hot oil over her head and repeatedly striking her with a frying pan after asking her to make him an omelette. The victim suffered severe…

The Independent UK

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Kosovo court sentences 3 ethnic Serbs to life, 30 years in prison over 2023 clash

A court in Kosovo has sentenced two ethnic Serbs to life in prison and another to 30 years over a 2023 clash with police that left four people dead

The Independent UK

Two women risked everything after US raid to protest Venezuela's detentions of their husbands

Venezuelan women have spent the year protesting to demand the release of hundreds of political prisoners

The Independent UK

US soldier involved in Maduro raid charged over alleged bets on capture

Gannon Ken Van Dyke, who allegedly made more than $400,000 on Polymarket, could face up to 60 years in prison

The Guardian - US

More than 21,000 prison places in England and Wales still lack basic fire safety measures, report finds

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The Independent UK

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Voices: Prisoners should not be housed in unsanitary death traps

THE INDEPENDENT VIEW: Editorial: We must not wait for a repeat of the Grenfell fire to notice that, behind the forbidding walls and barbed wire of Britain’s prison estate, there are fatal cell fires waiting to happen

The Independent UK

Dems say ‘hell no’ to Republicans considering Trump pardon for Ghislaine Maxwell: ‘Shameful way to treat survivors’

Some GOP members on a House committee investigating Epstein are open to the idea of Trump pardoning the convicted trafficker

The Independent UK

Giggling killer tells judge she is ‘amusing’ as he’s sentenced to life in prison for brutal murder

Marcus Terry, 43, was found guilty of second-degree murder in December for killing his cellmate Ray Matos in 2021

The Independent UK

Breaking the cycle of drugs, debt and violence in prisons

Letters: John Podmore calls for consistent leadership, clear accountability and purposeful regimes, while Enver Solomon says drugs flourish in conditions shaped by staff shortages and a lack of meaningful activity

The Guardian - UK

‘National scandal’ as ministers U-turn on lifesaving fire safety plans for overcrowded prisons

SPECIAL REPORT: Eleven prisoners have died while ministers drag their heels over legally required fire safety measures in overcrowded British prisons, where there are an average of eight fires a day, Amy-Clare Martin reports

The Independent UK

Kristi Noem purse theft sees migrant sentenced to three years in prison

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The Independent UK

Police probe launched as boy, 16, dies at London young offenders' institution

The boy, 16, was found unresponsive in his cell at Feltham Young Offenders' Institute on Monday

Evening Standard

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AAP

Man bailed despite 'brutal' stomp that hospitalised cop

A man who stomped on a police officer's head so hard that a crack could be heard will be released from prison as he prepares to appeal his sentence.

The Independent UK

Migrant who boosted Kristi Noem’s purse from Washington DC restaurant learns prison fate

Kristi Noem’s Gucci handbag was stolen last year as she dined with family

Latin Times

Trump Says 8 Iranian Women Were Saved Thanks to Him, but Tehran Says It Never Planned to Kill Them

President Donald Trump stepped into the center of Iran's human rights crisis Wednesday with a triumphant message that read like a rescue announcement. "Very good news!" he wrote, saying he had just been informed that eight women protesters who were to be executed that night in Iran would no longer…

AAP

Teen's killer avoids extra time after prison assault

A woman who murdered a teenager over a pair of headphones has not been handed any more jail time for biting a prison officer on the arm.

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Latin Times

Brazil's PCC prison gang is becoming a global cocaine powerhouse, with reach into Europe and the U.S

A gang born in Brazil's brutal prison system is no longer just a domestic security threat. The Primeiro Comando da Capital, or PCC, has evolved into a sprawling transnational criminal organization that prosecutors, U.S. officials and recent international reporting say is reshaping cocaine routes from South America to Europe and…

TechRadar

Ransomware negotiator recruited by BlackCat ransomware gang pleads guilty to 2023 attacks, faces 20 years in prison

The third co-conspirator pleads guilty, and now faces up to 20 years in prison.

The Independent UK

Man who swiped Noem's purse in a DC restaurant is sentenced to 3 years in prison

A man who stole a purse from then-Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem while she dined at a restaurant under the protection of Secret Service agents has been sentenced to three years in prison for a string of thefts in the nation’s capital

Tom’s Hardware

Samsung engineer sentenced to 7 years in prison for selling chipmaking trade secrets to Chinese chipmaker — ex-employee supplied 10nm DRAM data to CXMT for $2 million

An ex-Samsung employee accused of corporate espionage has been sentenced to 7 years in prison for sharing over 600 critical chipmaking steps.

Reason

Prison Doesn't Work the Way You Think

Economist Jennifer Doleac discusses why long sentences don’t reduce crime, how first-time defendants benefit from leniency, and why clearance rates are key to crime reduction.

The Independent UK

Why Pope Leo wants to visit a notorious prison in Equatorial Guinea

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The Independent UK

French-Algerian author Kamel Daoud says Algeria sentenced him to 3 years for award-winning novel

French-Algerian author Kamel Daoud says he has been sentenced to three years in prison in Algeria for his book “Houris.”

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