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‘Egregious’: Louisiana prisons have experienced 50% spike in deaths, report says

Healthcare in the state’s prisons is known for being deathly inadequate – and the incarceration rate may keep growing

The Guardian - US

Russian Human Rights Advocate Faces Prison For Criticism

Russian authorities seek harsh prison sentence for Oleg Orlov over criticism of Ukraine war, highlighting crackdown on dissent in Russia.

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Coronation Street star Charlotte Jordan confirms prison scare for Daisy

Coronation Street's Daisy finds herself in big trouble after her terrible crime is exposed.

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Australia Imposes Sanctions On Russian Prison Officers Over Navalny Mistreatment

Australia sanctions Russian prison officers over Navalny's mistreatment. Kremlin denies involvement. Navalny's legacy and impact on Russian politics discussed.

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Aboriginal death in custody inquest to look at parole

Victoria's parole laws will be probed by a coroner examining the death of an Aboriginal woman who was found unconscious by her sister in prison.

AAP

Australia sanctions Russians involved in Navalny death

Seven Russian prison officials involved in the mistreatment of opposition leader Alexei Navalny, who died in jail, have been sanctioned by Australia.

AAP

Idaho Prepares To Execute Longest-Serving Death Row Inmate

Learn about Thomas Eugene Creech, a long-serving death row inmate facing execution in Idaho after 50 years.

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Senator Lindsey Graham Endorses Tim Scott For Vice President

Senator Lindsey Graham predicts Trump's victory in South Carolina primary, supports Nikki Haley, defends Trump's prison reform stance, and endorses Tim Sco...

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Police warn public not to approach offender who ditched electronic tag in south London

Nasar Mohammed Hussein, 33, is wanted on recall to prison

Evening Standard

Prisoner review – this brutal Danish drama grabs you by the scruff of the neck and won’t let go

The Killing’s Sofie Gråbøl leads a cast of officers and inmates in an impossibly taut and compelling series. It’s all-action right from the start – utterly gripping

The Guardian - UK

Navalny's Body Given To His Mother, His Team Says

The body of late Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny has been handed to his mother, more than a week after he died in an Arctic prison colony, his spokesperson said on Saturday.

International Business Times

‘More deaths are coming’: fears over fate of other Russian political prisoners after Navalny’s death

Critics of Ukraine war among dozens who may be at risk in penal system, say campaigners and journalists

The Guardian - UK

Pregnant women and new mothers shouldn’t be sent to jail, UK public says

Poll shared with Observer shows high support for reform of prison sentencing to stop ‘lives being torn apart’

The Guardian - UK

What I learned about the US death penalty from the next man to be executed

This week Ivan Cantu faces execution in Texas for murder. I’ve known him for 20 years and felt the trauma when prisoners die

The Guardian - UK

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Youtuber Ruby Franke Sentenced To Up To 60 Years

Former YouTuber Ruby Franke sentenced to up to 30 years in prison for child abuse. Family scandal unfolds as husband seeks custody and business partner is ...

The Guardian - UK

TV tonight: Sofie Gråbøl is back with another gripping European crime drama

The Killing star plays a prison officer in an award-winning new show. Plus, it’s quarter finals time in the Gladiators’ arena. Here’s what to watch this evening

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Danish Director Gustav Moller's Latest Film 'Sons' Reviewed Critically.

Explore Gustav Moller's film 'Sons' as it delves into a prison officer's quest for revenge amidst a narrative inconsistency.

International Business Times UK

UK Child Activity Workers To Be 'Legally Obliged' To Report Child Sexual Abuse

UK's sex offense laws are going to be strengthened with stricter child sexual abuse law which makes it a punishable offence to hide any child sexual exploitation leading to prison term.

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International Business Times

Biden Slaps Sanctions On 500 Targets In Russia 'War Machine'

The sanctions, described as the largest single tranche since the start of the war, also seek to impose a cost for the death last week in a Siberian prison of Putin's most vocal critic, Alexei Navalny -- with measures taken against three officials.

International Business Times

With Army In Charge, No More Jacuzzis And Clubs In Ecuador Jail

Orange-clad prisoners line up with military precision to exercise and sweep floors at an Ecuador prison where drug lords once enjoyed jacuzzis and nightclubs, and stashed drugs and weapons in the walls.

Reason

The Justice Department Quietly Ends Reprosecution of Man Who Received Clemency From Trump

Philip Esformes was sentenced for charges on which a jury hung. After receiving a commutation, the federal government vowed to try to put him back in prison.

The Guardian - UK

‘It’s a torture regime’: the last days of Alexei Navalny

The fiercest political opponent of Vladimir Putin understood that he might never leave prison alive

The Guardian - UK

QPR’s Ilias Chair sentenced to year in Belgian prison for breaking man’s skull

QPR’s Ilias Chair has been sentenced to a year in prison after being found guilty in Belgium of assaulting a man and breaking his skull with a rock

International Business Times

Russia Threatening To Bury Navalny On Prison Grounds, Team Says

Russian authorities are threatening to bury Alexei Navalny on the grounds of the Arctic prison colony where he died unless his family agrees to a closed funeral, the opposition leader's team said Friday.

The Hindu

Prisoner who escaped from Kannur Central Jail arrested

34-year-old man who escaped from Kannur Central Jail apprehended after manhunt, with accomplices arrested, in Tamil Nadu hideout.

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