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Iran ‘using Gaza conflict as cover’ for execution of 127 people since war began

Human rights groups record alarming rise in number of people put to death by Tehran regime since 7 October

The Guardian - UK

Derek Chauvin: George Floyd's killer stabbed '22 times by former mafia member'

The former Minneapolis police officer convicted in the death of George Floyd was stabbed 22 times by an ex-mafia member in prison.

Evening Standard

Russia brings new charges against jailed Kremlin foe Navalny

Imprisoned opposition leader Alexei Navalny has been handed new charges by Russian prosecutors

The Independent UK

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Hidden history of the Monroe Doctrine

Retracing the legacies of racism and colonialism on the 200th anniversary of the Monroe Doctrine

Salon

Ex-Met officer sentenced over unauthorised searches on police systems

A former Metropolitan Police officer who made unauthorised searches on computer systems for his own purposes has received a suspended prison sentence.

Evening Standard

Is Israel criminalising Palestinian thoughts too, amid Gaza war?

Israel is taking a variety of actions to crack down on any form of support for the Palestinian cause.

Al Jazeera

Inmate who stabbed Derek Chauvin 22 times is charged with attempted murder

John Turscak stabbed Chauvin 22 times at the Federal Correctional Institution in Tucson and said he would've killed Chauvin had correctional officers not responded so quickly, federal prosecutors say.

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Former Memphis officer charged in Tyre Nichols' death had some violations in prior prison guard job

One of the five former Memphis Police officers charged in the death of Tyre Nichols had incurred some policy violations in a prior prison guard job and faced accusations of excessive force that his department deemed unfounded or unsubstantiated

The Independent UK

Ex-correctional officer at federal prison in California gets 5 years for sexually abusing inmates

A federal correctional officer has been sentenced to more than five years in prison for sexually abusing two inmates at a women’s prison in California where the warden and other employees were charged with similar conduct

The Independent UK

Inmate charged with attempted murder over prison attack on Derek Chauvin

John Turscak, an incarcerated former gang member, was charged on Friday after allegedly stabbing the ex-Minneapolis officer 22 times

The Independent UK

Inmate stabbed Derek Chauvin 22 times, charged with attempted murder, prosecutors say

A federal inmate was charged Friday with attempted murder in the Nov. 24 prison stabbing of Derek Chauvin, the former Minneapolis police officer convicted of murdering George Floyd

The Independent UK

Short Circuit: A Roundup of Recent Federal Court Decisions

Retaliating against a harbormaster, retaliating against a prisoner, and official-act immunity.

Reason

Kenyan cult leader sentenced to 18 months for film violations but still not charged over mass graves

The leader of a doomsday cult in Kenya has been sentenced to 18 months in prison for the illegal distribution of films and operating a film studio without licenses

The Independent UK

Retired Chicago firefighter gets 2 months in prison for taking part in ‘Tunnel’ siege at U.S. Capitol

Joseph Pavlik spent 33 years as a firefighter before retiring in 2013, prosecutors said. He went to the Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021, with a tactical vest, helmet, goggles, a gas mask and a can of chemical spray.

Chicago Sun-Times

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Evening Standard

OPINION - Havering council's attempt to cancel Hanukkah sent a truly chilling message

The sky was rarely darker than on a moonless night in Theresienstadt. Of the 140,000 Czech Jews imprisoned in the concentration camp-ghetto in Nazi-occupied Czechoslovakia, a quarter died of disease or starvation. The rest were carted away, murdered in Auschwitz-Birkenau and other death camps in the East. Yet even in…

Evening Standard

Felicity Huffman breaks silence on 2019 college admissions scandal

Huffman, 60, spent 11 days in prison for paying to falsify her daughter's SATs

International Business Times

Ex-Inmate Says SBF Was On Suicide Watch In Jail, Didn't Eat And Shower For Days

In an interview with a crypto blogger, mob enforcer-turned-informant Gene Borrello talked about Bankman-Fried and his condition inside the Brooklyn Metropolitan Detention Center as he awaits his sentencing next year.

Latin Times

Honduras Prison Riot: Police Bullets Found In Some Bodies Among 46 Died

However, the deputy security minister did not mention the exact number of bodies from which the bullets were recovered.

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International Business Times

Spain Bets On Mixed Gender Prisons

At a jail in northwestern Spain, a sole female inmate played football with 21 male convicts, part of a push towards mixed prison living that remains rare in Europe.

The Guardian - UK

Chinese prisoner’s ID card apparently found in lining of Regatta coat

UK brand says investigation shows individual was paid employee, not inmate, as Derbyshire customer raises concern over prison labour [update - see footnote]

The Guardian - UK

Israel launches strikes on Gaza as fighting resumes after truce expires

More than 170 Palestinians killed as Red Cross head warns ‘nightmarish situation’ for civilians has returned

The Independent UK

Detainees in El Salvador's gang crackdown cite abuse during months in jail

Thousands of detainees swept up in El Salvador's gang crackdown over the past 1 1/2 years have been released from pre-trial detention

The Independent UK

Mom convicted of killing kids in Idaho taken to Arizona in murder conspiracy case

A woman is in an Arizona jail facing charges in a killing after she was sentenced to life in an Idaho prison for murdering her two youngest children and another woman

Reason

Biden Threatens To Block GOP Plan To Send 3,000 People Back to Federal Prison

The White House cited the extraordinarily low recidivism rates among those released and the savings to taxpayers in its veto threat.

The Independent UK

Trucking boss gets 7 years for role in 2019 smuggling that led to deaths of 39 Vietnamese migrants

The final member in a migrant smuggling ring that was responsible for the deaths of 39 Vietnamese immigrants who suffocated in a shipping container in 2019 has been sentenced by a London judge to seven years in prison

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