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Bones found on holiday island could have colonial past

Police are investigating whether bones found on a popular holiday island that was once an Aboriginal prison are human.

AAP

Treat jailed drug dealers like radical extremists, says prisons watchdog

Charlie Taylor, inspector of prisons for England and Wales, says dealers should be isolated and ‘assertively managed’

The Guardian - UK

Epstein enabler and convicted trafficker Ghislaine Maxwell is asking for a pardon in return for an explosive bargaining chip

Ghislaine Maxwell, the convicted sex trafficker and longtime associate of Jeffrey Epstein, is reportedly making a significant play for her freedom, offering an explosive bargaining chip in return for a pardon or a reduction in her 20-year prison sentence. Maxwell, who was sentenced in 2021 for assisting, facilitating, and participating…

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Daughter’s Journal Detailed Dark Thoughts About Her Dad, Then She Smiled In Court With A Shocking Statement

“I’m okay with going to prison for however long,” the daughter said.

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French couple held in Iran 'free and on their way to France', says Macron

Cecile Kohler and Jacques Paris, two French nationals held in Iran since 2022, are on their way back home, President Emmanuel Macron said on Tuesday, following their release in November after more than three years in prison on espionage charges.

Radio France Internationale

‘We still deserve due process,’ says Cambodian man deported by US to Eswatini

Pheap Rom was one of 15 people sent to prison in African kingdom last year despite completing US sentences

The Guardian - UK

France's Sarkozy maintains innocence at Libya election funding trial

Sarkozy was sentenced to five years in prison for his alleged part in a scheme to obtain funds from the government of Libya's leader Muammar Gaddafi in exchange for political and diplomatic favours.

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Iran allows two French former detainees to leave the country, Macron says

Macron has distanced France from the war in Iran, saying his country wasn't consulted in advance about the US-Israel strikes and didn’t want the war.

Euronews

Luigi Mangione is Reportedly Exchanging Letters With a MAGA Podcaster Patrick Bet-David From Prison

Luigi Mangione is reportedly exchanging letters with podcaster Patrick Bet-David from prison, with the correspondence touching on books, public backlash, and personal reflection.

International Business Times UK

Streak of deaths leaves Chicago jail baffled until guards realize prisoners are overdosing on books

A whole new meaning to “Books can be dangerous.”

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Update in case of journalist imprisoned in Iran for three months

A Japanese national, detained in Iran since January, has been released on bail. Chief Cabinet Secretary Minoru Kihara said the release was verified on Monday, with Japan now pressing Iranian authorities for a full release of the individual, believed to be a journalist for Japan’s public broadcaster, NHK. The Committee…

The Independent UK

Indian-origin Subu Vedam avoids deportation after 40 years in prison for murder conviction, judge says he 'has grown as a person'

After spending more than four decades in prison and consistently avoiding deportation for a murder conviction that was later overturned, Indian-origin Subramanyam “Subu” Vedam has won a crucial legal battle to remain in the United States.

The Times of India

Deaths At Chicago Prison Show That Soaked Papers Are A Previously Unheard Form of Drug Smuggling: Report

A string of deaths at Chicago's Cook County Jail were found to be tied to an unlikely source: paper.

International Business Times

Jeffrey Epstein’s billionaire pal created a shockingly detailed escape plan to avoid the law as the predator left prison

Epstein’s friends never fail to stun.

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From serving the nation to serving a sentence

New Flinders University research warns many veterans and their families are being failed long after their service ends.

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‘Nothing about this makes any sense’: CA Governor Newsom flabbergasted by Trump’s ridiculous ask for ‘fiscal’ blackhole Alcatraz

New prisons over daycares!

The Guardian - US

Trump requests $152m funding to restore Alcatraz as prison

Budget proposal released on Friday outlines president’s desire to revive former federal prison in San Francisco Bay

Reason

Short Circuit: An inexhaustive weekly compendium of rulings from the federal courts of appeal

Brotherly crooks, dueling bourbons, and a law from 1785.

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What to know about the controversial practice of ‘orgasmic meditation’

The practice touted by Nicole Daedone combined spirituality, mindfulness and sexuality. Then came the controversy – and prison sentence

The Independent UK

How the number of young people facing lengthy prison sentences almost doubled in a decade

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The Independent UK

Number of young adults facing life behind bars or indeterminate sentences almost doubles in a decade

Exclusive: Increasing numbers of 18-20-year-olds are being handed long-term sentences which are often equal to or longer than their age, a report warns

The Independent UK

How ‘blind panic’ exposed prison inmates and staff to dangerous radon gas

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The Independent UK

How the Ministry of Justice knowingly exposed hundreds to cancer-causing gas in Dartmoor prison

SPECIAL REPORT: Exclusive: In the midst of a growing prison overcrowding crisis, men were piled into HMP Dartmoor. Officials had been warned parts of the ageing Victorian prison were filled with dangerous levels of a toxic gas linked to 1,100 lung cancer deaths each year. But in its desperate scramble…

The Guardian - AU

‘I will not yield’: Taiwan convulsed by 17-year prison sentence for populist opposition figure

The opposition Taiwan People’s party stands by founder Ko Wen-je despite sentence, alleging prosecutors were pressured by ruling DPP party

Evening Standard

Corrupt prison guard and gang jailed over smuggling operation

The officer has been jailed for four and a half years after helping smuggle drugs, phones and USB sticks into a London jail

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