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Judge Condemns Efforts to Portray Capitol Rioters as Heroes

U.S. District judges are warning against the efforts to portray Capitol rioters as heroes, calling out the dangerous distortions and false narratives.

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Selena's killer up for parole in 2025

Saldívar fatally shot the Tejano superstar in 1995 and was sentenced to life in prison

Salon

‘Always a bed in prison’: Australia’s housing crisis blamed for rise in unsentenced prisoners

The number of people held on remand is rising rapidly – and Indigenous Australians are significantly overrepresented

The Guardian - AU

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Choirboy, cocaine and crowbars: Cycling's most notorious lawbreakers

Tales of cyclists bending or breaking the rules litter the sport’s history but Chris Marshall-Bell uncovers those that have gone further and broken the law

Cycling Weekly

A Mega-prison And A Mayan 'Pompeii': Five Things About El Salvador

The Central American nation of El Salvador goes to the polls Sunday in an election dominated by President Nayib Bukele's war on gangs.

International Business Times

Martha Stewart "smuggled food" in prison

“Everyone smuggles food out of kitchens. I mean what else are you going to make?"

Salon

'Caught in same vicious cycle': call for prison to be an election issue

Will voters be swayed by ongoing problems with Canberra's jail?

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Landmark alternative justice process set for NT island

One of the first judicially recognised Indigenous justice groups has been established, designed to help judges hand out culturally appropriate sentences.

AAP

Mafia boss who escaped prison using bedsheets recaptured in France

Marco Raduano broke out of high-security wing of a prison in Sardinia in February 2023

The Guardian - UK

Joe Exotic seeks Kardashian help on Instagram, still in prison

Joe Exotic, of Tiger King fame, is seeking help from Kourtney Kardashian on Instagram to be released from prison for his crimes.

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Najib Razak's Jail Sentence Cut, Fine Reduced in Corruption Case

The Pardons Board in Malaysia has reduced former Prime Minister Najib Razak's prison sentence and fine related to a corruption case involving billions of d...

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Brickbat: Royal Trouble

An appeals court in Thailand has sentenced democracy activist Mongkol Thirakot to 50 years in prison for Facebook posts he made that were critical of the country's monarchy. A trial court had sentenced him to 28 years, but the appellate court found him guilty on 11 more counts during his…

Reason

Jailed as collaborators: the stories of Ukrainians who ended up in prison

There is little sympathy for them in their society, but rare prison interviews with those convicted of helping the Russians reveal a complex picture of war

The Guardian - UK

Russian dissident Karamurza moved to brutal prison colony

Learn about the imprisonment of Russian dissident Vladimir Karamurza and the crackdown on opposition figures as President Putin strengthens his grip on power.

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International Business Times

40 Years In Prison For Ex-CIA Coder Who Leaked Hacking Tools To WikiLeaks

A former CIA programmer was sentenced to 40 years in prison on Thursday for leaking the US spy agency's most valuable hacking tools to WikiLeaks.

Reason

"Ohio Man Sentenced to 18 Years in Prison for Firebombing a Church that Planned to Host Drag Show Events"

From a Justice Department press release Jan. 30: Aimenn D. Penny, 20, of Alliance, Ohio, was arrested and charged last year with one count of violating the Church Arson Prevention Act, one count of using fire to commit a federal felony, one count of malicious use of explosive materials, and…

The Canberra Times

Inquiry into Canberra's Indigenous prison rates set to be unveiled

More than one-quarter of ACT prisoners are First Nations people.

Woman & Home

The Ochoa brothers in Griselda: Are they real people and what happened to them?

Here's what you need to know about the Ochoa brothers in Griselda including whether they were ever imprisoned for their crimes

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Gary Bowser, charged with paying Nintendo a sum he'll never be able to afford, talks about his life after prison: 'The sentence was like a message to other people'

"I’ll pay them what I can, which won’t be very much money, that’s for sure."

The Guardian - UK

‘Very dangerous and confusing’: one inmate’s view on joint enterprise law

Alex Henry says he was jailed for ‘associating with bad company’ and, like many others, is hoping for reform to the law

WEKU

Reaching hostages and prisoners, through Israeli and Palestinian radio

An Israeli radio station is broadcasting messages and songs to hostages in Gaza, and a Palestinian station in the West Bank is broadcasting families' messages to relatives recently jailed in Israel.

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Navalny Urges Russians to Protest Against Putin in Elections

Imprisoned opposition leader Alexei Navalny calls for Russians to protest Putin by forming long queues at polling stations on election day.

Latin Times

Ex-Peruvian Spy Chief Gets 19 Years In Prison Over Charges In 1992 Farmer Massacre

The sentence came after the 78-year-old former intelligence chief - who was already in prison due to his other convictions, pleaded guilty earlier this week to charges related to the 1992 massacre of six farmers who were accused of being members of a rebel group.

The Guardian - UK

Thursday briefing: What Imran Khan’s 14-year prison sentence means for Pakistan

In today’s newsletter: The cricket star turned politician has been convicted of corruption and banned from office – but is that the end of his story?

The Guardian - UK

Elderly Uyghur women imprisoned in China for decades-old religious ‘crimes’, leaked files reveal

Hundreds of women sentenced for practices such as studying the Qur’an, dating back as far back as 60s and 70s, analysis of Chinese police files shows

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