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Real Madrid boss Carlo Ancelotti facing a potential FIVE YEARS in prison for tax fraud

The 64-year-old has been accused by the Spanish authorities

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Rising Repression In Putin's Russia

Explore Russia's escalating repression under Putin's regime targeting dissenters, activists, and minorities. Learn about crackdowns, political prisoners, a...

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‘Joyful but afraid’: Disabled Indian academic Saibaba’s family on acquittal

Wheelchair-bound ex-Delhi University professor is acquitted after 10 years of imprisonment over alleged Maoist links.

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Gang warfare plunges Haiti's capital into crisis

Sunday's major prison break in the Haitian capital Port-au-Prince, in which gangs allowed thousands of inmates to escape, has plunged the country even deeper into chaos. Authorities declared a state of emergency and curfew in the capital, 80 percent of which is controlled by criminal gangs. Since the shock assassination…

France 24

Who performs a lethal injection in the U.S.? In some states, they're volunteers

A failed execution in Idaho has put a spotlight on the teams of people that prisons use to impose the ultimate penalty on condemned inmates.

WEKU

Police probe death of prisoner after fire in cell

Police are investigating the death of a prisoner at a facility near Perth after a fire broke out in the inmate's cell.

AAP

Villupuram MP calls for immediate steps to end caste-based discrimination in prisons in Tamil Nadu

Villupuram MP urges Tamil Nadu Law Minister to end caste-based discrimination in prisons, citing unconstitutional practices.

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I’m in a Russian prison. This is how my friend Alexei Navalny showed us Putin’s hypocrisy

Putin claims to embody faith and family values only to manipulate ordinary Russians. But my friend truly lived by them, says Russian opposition politician Ilya Yashin

The Guardian - UK

After 17 Years, Feds Stop Trying To Imprison a Licensed Medical Marijuana Provider

Charlie Lynch’s ordeal is a vivid reminder of a senseless prohibition policy that persists thanks to political inertia.

Reason

Rapist officer ‘should never have been employed’ to work in NSW prisons, scathing inquiry finds

Wayne Astill’s file contained complaints of serious criminal misconduct before he was hired to work at women’s prison, report says

The Guardian - AU

'Devastating' reality revealed for Indigenous inmates

An ombudsman's report reveals how Indigenous prisoners deal with deeply confronting and distressing conditions behind bars.

AAP

'Incompetent or corrupt' to employ rapist prison guard

Prisons across NSW will be scrutinised by a task force after a scathing report condemned processes that allowed a guard to rape several inmates.

AAP

Indigenous prisoner used pencil sharpener and tweezers on ingrown toenail after healthcare delay

Victorian ombudsman’s report says prison system is failing to meet needs of Aboriginal people, which is ‘wrong and discriminatory’

The Guardian - AU

Chaos Grips Haiti After Airport Attack, Deadly Unrest

Haiti's police academy came under attack by an armed gang Tuesday as the tiny Caribbean nation fell into deeper isolation in the wake of an assault on the airport and a deadly prison breakout.

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Pharmacy Co-Founder Pleads No Contest To Involuntary Manslaughter

Co-founder of pharmacy in deadly meningitis outbreak pleads no contest to manslaughter, faces prison time.

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Is Wicked Little Letters a true story and what happened to Rose Gooding and her family?

If you're wondering whether Wicked Little Letters is a true story, we delve into what really happened and whether Rose Gooding was a real person who sent poison pen letters.

Woman & Home

Where is Wayne Couzens now and how long is his prison sentence? All you need to know ahead of Sarah Everard: The Search for Justice

Here's what you need to know about Wayne Couzens's current whereabouts ahead of the BBC's new documentary about the murder of Sarah Everard

The Guardian - US

Prisoners in Texas and Florida face biggest risk of increasingly deadly heat

Almost 45% of detention facilities on US mainland suffered rise in hazardous heat days between 1982 and 2020, study says

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The Guardian - UK

What led to the Haiti jailbreak – and can democracy be restored?

A state of emergency has been declared after gangs stormed two prisons and freed thousands of inmates. What will it take to restore order?

International Business Times

US Airman Pleads Guilty To Leaking Military Documents, Faces Lengthy Sentence

The guilty plea is part of a deal with prosecutors that stipulates a prison term between 11 and nearly 17 years.

AAP

Kathleen Folbigg's former husband dies

The former husband of a woman who spent decades in prison before being acquitted of killing their children has died.

Dynamite News

NIA raids multiple locations across 7 states in Bengaluru's prison radicalisation case

The National Investigation Agency (NIA) on Tuesday carried out search operations at 17 places across seven states in connection with its ongoing probe into the Bengaluru prison radicalization case. Read further on Dynamite News:

The Hindu

NIA searches multiple locations in six States in the Bengaluru LeT prison radicalisation case

NIA launches raids in 7 States for LeT radicalisation case involving Bengaluru prison inmates, arms seizure plot foiled.

The Guardian - UK

‘It was so wrong’: why were so many people imprisoned over one protest in Bristol?

The long read: More people have been imprisoned for rioting during a single day in Bristol in 2021 than in any other protest-related disorder since at least the 1980s. What was behind this push to prosecute so harshly?

France 24

Armed gangs try to take control of Haiti's main airport after jailbreak

Heavily armed gangs tried to seize control of Haiti’s main international airport on Monday, exchanging gunfire with police and soldiers in the latest attack on key government sites in an explosion of violence that includes a mass escape from the country’s two biggest prisons.

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