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Belarusian President Pardons Protest-Related Prisoners

Belarusian President Lukashenko pardons protesters amid ongoing political repression and international scrutiny. Opposition leader calls for release of all...

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Congo Prison Tragedy Sparks Outrage Over Inhumane Conditions

Families seek answers and justice after a deadly jailbreak attempt in Congo's overcrowded Makala Central Prison. Calls for investigation into the tragic ev...

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Questions swirl around attempted jailbreak in Congo as families of victims demand accountability

Families of those killed in what officials called an attempted jailbreak in Congo’s biggest prison are demanding answers as activists denounce what they say are inhumane conditions in the nation’s overcrowded penitentiaries

The Independent UK

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MoJ plan to free up prison spaces set to fail ‘because cells being filled by rioters’

Prison governors’ leader urges ministers to consider further measures to cut jail population or build new cells

The Guardian - UK

Prison inmates are training hard-to-adopt dogs as part of P.A.W.S. program (and everyone is benefiting)

Both the inmates and dogs alike are getting so much from the initiative.

PetsRadar

Brickbat: Room at the Inn

In Wales, Michael O'Brien spent 11 years and 43 days in prison for murder. A U.K. appellate court eventually tossed out his conviction after all the witnesses recanted their testimony and a police department investigation found that officers committed more than 100 breaches of law or department policy while investigating…

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'I'm Not Okay!' Crypto Outrage Over Treatment Of Binance's Tigran Gambaryan In Nigeria

The crypto community on X is raging over a video that showed a Nigerian prison guard rejecting Binance compliance officer Tigran Gambaryan's request for assistance while walking on a crutch on his way to trial.

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Former Maryland Resident Sentenced For Congressional Office Harassment

Former Maryland resident sentenced to prison for making threatening calls to congressional offices, highlighting the seriousness of threats against elected...

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Death penalty inmate says prison didn’t share enough about what’s inside lethal injection drug

Owens said signing the form would be like suicide and a sin in his faith because he would take an active role in his death

The Independent UK

Prison early release scheme to include some serious offenders, MoJ admits

Prisoners serving time for lesser crime following serious one will be eligible under plan to free up jail space, officials confirm

The Guardian - UK

Man sentenced to prison for threat, calls to congressional offices - Roll Call

A federal judge on Tuesday sentenced a man to 13 months in prison for threatening a congressional staffer and thousands of calls to offices.

Roll Call

Mpox detected at Fort Dodge Correctional Facility in Iowa

The prison facility is yet to confirm the number of infected prisoners

The Independent UK

Mexican prosecutors suggest a son of 'El Chapo' made a deal with the U.S. to get his brother out of prison

Ovidio Guzmán reportedly entered a witness protection program. The news surfaced a month after his brother Joaquín and Ismael "El Mayo" Zambada were arrested in the U.S.

Latin Times

DR Congo Jail Break Attempt Leaves 129 Dead

An attempted jail break from DR Congo's largest prison has left at least 129 people dead and led to women being raped, the interior minister said Tuesday.

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Fake engineer: A top South African railway official is sentenced to prison for forged qualifications

A former top official at South Africa’s state-owned passenger railway company has received a 15-year concurrent prison sentence for faking his engineering qualifications and other cases of fraud

Radio France Internationale

Dozens killed during attempt to break out of DR Congo’s largest prison

At least 129 people were killed as prisoners tried to break out of the Democratic Republic of Congo’s largest prison, which is chronically overcrowded.

The Guardian - US

They went from rehab and jail to owning a real estate portfolio: ‘You own the hell out of this house!’

Workers in recovery and back from prison formed the Waterbottle Co-op to fix up houses in Baltimore

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Deadly Mass Prison Break Attempt In Democratic Republic Of Congo

Tragic incident at Makala Central Prison in DRC results in 129 fatalities during a violent breakout, highlighting the urgent need for prison system reforms.

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Evening Standard

Baby P’s mother recalled to jail after breaching licence terms again

Tracey Connelly’s 17-month-old son Peter suffered more than 50 injuries despite being on the at-risk register in Tottenham

The Guardian - UK

Top Russian physicist jailed for 15 years for ‘state treason’

Sentencing of Alexander Shiplyuk is latest prison term for scientists working on military programmes

The Independent UK

Baby P’s mother recalled to prison after breaching licence conditions

Baby P was found with more than 50 injuries in the eight months leading up to his death

Al Jazeera

UAE pardons 57 Bangladeshis jailed for anti-Hasina protests

The Bangladeshi nationals were sentenced to long prison terms for protesting against the unrest in their home country.

The Independent UK

Congo says at least 129 people died during an attempted jailbreak, most of them in a stampede

Congolese authorities say at least 129 people died during an attempted jailbreak in the country's main prison in the capital early Monday

The National (Scotland)

Violent Gourock man dies in prison weeks after being jailed for three years

A VIOLENT Gourock offender has died in jail less than a fortnight after being locked up for a series of life-endangering assaults on a woman...

The Independent UK

UAE leader pardons 57 Bangladeshis imprisoned for rallying in the Arab nation over turmoil back home

The leader of the United Arab Emirates has pardoned 57 Bangladeshi nationals convicted in rapid trials over their involvement in protests in the Arabian Peninsula nation about unrest back home

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