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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.

Reason

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

The Independent UK

Two held for stealing granite idol from temple near Ranipet

Kalavai police arrested two trans persons for stealing a granite idol from Chenneri village temple. Idol was 1.5ft tall and worshipped for 40+ yrs. Accused confessed to crime, planning to build temple and believed idol would gain power. Idol recovered and accused lodged in Vellore prison.

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We don't know how many victims of modern slavery are in prison – why that's a problem

Modern slavery affects an estimated 120,000 people in the UK. Under international law, countries must identify and protect survivors, while prosecuting and punishing those who traffic and exploit them.

The Conversation

Plan to send inmates abroad shows prison system ‘completely broken’ by Tory failures, union chief warns

Prisons yet to recover from austerity ‘race to the bottom’, with nine Tory justice secretaries achieving ‘nothing but decline’, warns Andrea Albutt

The Independent UK

Eileen movie review: desire runs riot in this Ottessa Moshfegh adaptation

Eileen is the drabbest of them all... until glamourous new prison psychiatrist Rebecca comes swanning into town, that is

Evening Standard

Human rights of Danish sub killer were not violated when prison banned letters, visits, court says

A Danish court has ruled that the human rights of a Danish man who was convicted of murdering a Swedish journalist on his homemade submarine were not violated as he had claimed

The Independent UK

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Blinken keen for truce to ‘continue to move forward’ – as it happened

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Israel must act ‘in accordance with the laws of war’, Blinken says in Tel Aviv

Speaking from Tel Aviv on Thursday, US Secretary of State Antony Blinken stressed that Israel must conduct its military operations “in accordance with the laws of war” and called for more to be done to protect civilians as a Gaza truce extension was set to expire Friday morning. Six Israeli…

France 24

Colombian judge orders prison for 2 suspects in the kidnapping of parents of Liverpool soccer player

Two suspects in the kidnapping of the parents of Liverpool soccer player Luis Díaz were ordered sent to prison by a judge, according to Colombia’s Prosecutor’s Office, which accused one of the men of being the link to a person close to the family who provided information about the victims

The Independent UK

Youth block of adult prison to shut after teen's death

A high-security youth wing at an adult prison where Indigenous teenager Cleveland Dodd recently fatally self-harmed will be closed and replaced.

AAP

Jan. 6 suspect who later fired a gun toward Texas officers gets 2 years for firearm charge

A Texas man who shot toward sheriff’s deputies making a welfare call to his house on the day he’d agreed to surrender on charges for taking part in the in the U.S. Capitol riot has been sentenced to two years in prison on a firearm charge

The Independent UK

Texas man who set fire to an Austin synagogue sentenced to 10 years

A Texas man who set fire to an Austin synagogue in an antisemitic attack two years ago has been sentenced to 10 years in prison

The Independent UK

South Africa 2021 riots: Alleged instigator sentenced to 12 years in prison

In tonight's edition: For the first time, a South African court has sentenced a man to 12 years in prison for inciting unrest. More than 350 people died during days of unrest in 2021 sparked by the incarceration of ex-president Jacob Zuma. Also, with COP28 is set to begin, we…

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Hurt, scared but free now. Palestinian boy recalls abuse in Israeli prison

Mohammad Salhab Tamimi, 18, was returned to his family on Tuesday as part of an ongoing prisoner exchange deal.

The Independent UK

Locked up with no charge, Palestinian prisoners tell of pain and sorrow as they are freed in hostage exchange

Dozens of women and children released from prison in Israel were held without trial or charge, a practice rights group says violates international law, writes Bel Trew

The Independent UK

The twenty drugs to be made class A by the government

Possession of Class A drugs carries a sentence of seven years inprisonment

Al Jazeera

Jailed without charge: How Israel holds thousands of Palestinian prisoners

Israel has called Palestinians released under a truce with Hamas violent ‘terrorists.’ But most haven’t been charged.

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Irish Prison for Edgelords and Hotheads?

Plus: Repealing tobacco bans, UN pointlessness, Substack's "Nazi problem," and more…

The Hindu

Andhra Pradesh| Kadapa court grants bail to TDP leader B.Tech Ravi

TDP in-charge of Pulivendula Assembly constituency, Mareddi Ravindranath Reddy (B.Tech Ravi), granted bail by YSR Kadapa district court on Wed. He was in Kadapa central prison since Nov 14 in a case filed in Vallur police station in Jan. Senior TDP leaders & cadres welcomed his release. Case was filed…

The Hindu

Head constable suspended in Tirupattur for consuming liquor on jail premises

Suspended head constable Jayakumar found consuming liquor on jail premises; public outrage led to suspension order. Further inquiry underway.

International Business Times

'Welcome Back': Joy In West Bank As Freed Prisoners Return

A red keffiyeh scarf around her neck and a beaming smile on her face, Rouba Assi fell into her friends' arms after being freed from an Israeli prison.

Caixin Global

Former Guangdong Prison Chief Expelled From Party for Graft

Li Jingyan has also been booted from public office for misconduct including ‘wanting to be an official as well as getting rich,’ local authorities say

International Business Times UK

Dani Alves Rape Case: Former Barcelona Star Denied Bail Again

The case is set to go to trial in early 2024, and Alves is facing a possible nine-year prison term.

The Independent UK

Activist who acknowledged helping flip police car during 2020 protest sentenced to 1 year in prison

A well-known west Philadelphia activist who acknowledged having helped overturn a police car during 2020 protests following the death of George Floyd has been sentenced to a year in prison

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