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Putin critic Navalny says he’s in punishment cell at Russian Arctic prison

‘Polar Wolf’ colony is among the harshest in Russia’s prison system, whose inmates have been convicted for grave crimes.

Al Jazeera

Wednesday briefing: Why masked gang members stormed an Ecuadorian TV station

Ecuador’s president has declared a state of “internal armed conflict”. How did the country find itself in the grip of armed gangs?

The Guardian - UK

Hot, crowded jails spark danger fears, calls for action

Incarceration and recidivism rates in the Northern Territory are the highest in the nation, with corrections facilities at capacity and temperatures high.

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North Carolina man settles for millions after wrongful conviction, 44 years in prison

The settlement, which will end a wrongful incarceration lawsuit filed by attorneys for Ronnie Wallace Long, also included a public apology from the city of Concord for its role in his imprisonment.

WEKU

"We are on air!" Masked gunmen storm TV studio in Ecuador as gang attacks in the country escalate

It was a day like any other at the TC Television studio in Guayaquil, Ecuador, with its mid-afternoon newscast underway, when the masked gunmen burst in unleashing at least 15 minutes of threats and fear – all broadcast live

The Independent UK

Armed attack during live broadcast at Ecuadorian TV station. What's behind the spiraling violence?

A group of armed, masked men in Ecuador launched an audacious attack on a television station during a live broadcast and so revealed the country’s spiraling violence in the wake of an apparent recent prison escape

The Independent UK

Armed gangs and prison breaks: how Ecuador was plunged into chaos and bloodshed

President declares state of ‘internal armed conflict’ as gang leader escapes from jail and gunmen invade TV studio

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In $25M settlement, North Carolina city `deeply remorseful' for man's wrongful conviction, prison

Lawyers for a man wrongfully convicted and imprisoned for 44 years say he's reached a $25 million combined settlement with a central North Carolina city and the state of North Carolina

The Independent UK

Man who attacked Las Vegas judge has schizophrenia and bipolar disorder, says lawyer

Deobra Redden’s foster mother says his mental health was not taken into consideration in his court sentence

The Guardian - US

U.S. Navy sailor sentenced to over 2 years in prison for accepting bribes from Chinese officer

A U.S. Navy sailor has been sentenced to 27 months in federal prison for transmitting sensitive U.S. military information to a Chinese government’s intelligence officer

The Independent UK

Ecuadorian President Declares 'Internal Armed Conflict' After Gangs Go on Violent Spree

Daniel Noboa identified several groups as "terrorist organizations and non-state belligerent actors"

Latin Times

Armed men are arrested after storming an Ecuador TV studio during a live broadcast

The men armed with pistols and what looked like sticks of dynamite entered the set of the TC Television network. Prosecutors say the 13 arrested will be charged with terrorism.

WEKU

Armed Band Takes Over Live News Broadcast in Ecuador Amid Surge of Violence

"This is so you know you don't mess around with the gangs," said one of the people in the studio

Latin Times

Armed gang storms Ecuador TV station as state of ‘internal armed conflict’ declared

Gangsters unleashed wave of terror following move by President Daniel Noboa in response to gang leader’s prison escape

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The Independent UK

Former prisons chief blasts ‘panicky’ response to overcrowding crisis

Emergency proposals to ease capacity do not solve ‘fundamental problem’ of prisons crisis, a former prison chief inspector has warned

The Hindu

Justice for Bilkis Bano, questions on remission

A blanket denial of remission for crime categories, rather than ensuring effective compliance with remission conditions, takes us towards a punishment framework that is retributive

Cinemablend

What Julie Chrisley’s Family Is Reportedly Planning For Her Birthday Ahead Of Her And Husband Todd’s Appeal

Julie Chrisley's family reportedly has plans for her first birthday since she reported to prison alongside husband Todd.

The Independent UK

Kremlin foe Navalny says he's been put in a punishment cell in an Arctic prison colony

Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny says officials at the Arctic prison colony where he is serving a 19-year term have isolated him in a tiny punishment cell over a minor infraction

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The Guardian - US

Russia arrests US man on drug trafficking charges

Robert Romanov Woodland is at least third American detained by country and faces 20-year prison sentence if convicted

Evening Standard

Former gang leader held over Tupac Shakur killing should be freed from jail, lawyers say

Duane Davis has been accused of making threats in a phone call from prison

Al Jazeera

The Great British Post Office scandal explained

How did UK postal workers end up wrongly imprisoned for fraud?

The Independent UK

A new wave of violence sweeps across Ecuador after a gang leader's apparent escape from prison

Ecuador has been rocked by a series of attacks after the government imposed a state of emergency in the wake of the apparent escape of a powerful gang leader from prison

Radio France Internationale

Lawyers of French former associate of Epstein demand probe into suicide

The lawyers of a top French modelling agent who killed himself in prison while charged with rape called for a probe Tuesday into what they said were the judiciary's failings in the case.

The Hindu

KRV president Narayana Gowda released on bail, arrested and sent to jail again in another case

Minutes after he was released on bail from the central prison at Parappana Agrahara on Tuesday, Karnataka Rakshana Vedike president T.A. Narayana Gowda was arrested in another case that dates back to 2017 by the city police.

International Business Times

Ecuador Gangsters Hold Police Hostage In Crisis For New President

Ecuador's new president grappled Tuesday with a security nightmare as gangsters held four police officers hostage after he declared a state of emergency in response to a drug kingpin's escape from prison.

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