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Irishman Bernard Phelan - who was going blind in hellhole Iranian prison - released on 'humanitarian grounds'

The 64-year-old dual Irish/French national spent almost 200 days in a prison in north-east Iran after his arrest in Mashhad in October 2022 while on a trip.

Irish Mirror

Two French citizens held in Iran released, returning to France

Iran on Friday released two French citizens jailed in separate cases and they are both now returning to France, the French foreign minister said.

France 24

Review: Imperfect Victims Documents Women Who Are Prosecuted for Defending Themselves

Author Leigh Goodmark's end goals of abolishing prisons and defunding police are hard to swallow.

Reason

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YouTuber admits DELIBERATELY crashing plane into mountains for a sponsorship deal

Trevor Jacob, a former Olympic snowboarder, faces up to 20 years in prison after he purposely destroyed the wreckage of the small single-engine plane that he crashed in California

Daily Mirror

Warrick Walkerbear pleads guilty to Broome prison escape that sparked Kimberley manhunt

Warrick Walkerbear has admitted to climbing over the fence of a century-old outback prison and leading police on a chase through Broome's streets and mangroves.

ABC News

‘Serious deficiencies’: Coroner calls for SA prison system review after Indigenous man’s death in custody

SA coroner finds a "litany of failings" in the management and care of an Indigenous man who died after an altercation with prison officers

The New Daily

Man accused of deliberately crashing plane to get YouTube views

He could face up to 20 years in prison

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Wayne Fella Morrison died after ‘litany of failings’ by SA corrections officers, coroner finds

Coroner Jayne Basheer makes no adverse findings against officers but attributes 29-year-old Indigenous man’s death in custody to a lack of training

The Guardian - AU

Wayne Fella Morrison's death in custody came after 'litany of serious failings', inquest finds

The South Australian Deputy Coroner finds there were a "litany of serious failings and shortcomings" in how a first-time Aboriginal inmate was managed in the state's highest security prison and in police cells, where conditions were "barbaric and inhumane".

ABC News

‘Litany of failings’ in Indigenous death in custody

The South Australian deputy coroner has ruled that multiple factors were involved in the death of Indigenous man Wayne Fella Morrison in custody in 2016.

The New Daily

Gang who tortured and killed tragic teen all set to be released from prison

Suzanne, just 16 at the time, was tortured and beaten to death in a sickening crime that shocked the nation - with a 22-day trial in 1993 reducing a jury to tears before four people were convicted of. murder

Daily Mirror

Woman accused of aiding 2 men who escaped from Philadelphia prison

Authorities say two inmates who escaped Sunday night from a Philadelphia prison were aided by a woman in the city

The Independent UK

YouTuber accused of deliberately crashing plane for views pleads guilty

Trevor Jacob, 29, faces up to 20 years in prison after purposely destroying wreckage of small plane that he crashed in 2021

The Guardian - US

More than 60 per cent of incarcerated women are mothers — Listen

Mother’s Day is just a few days away. It can be a complicated day. For some, it could mean a bouquet of flowers or a breakfast in bed. For others, it can mean mourning the loss of a loved one or dealing with a haunted past. And still — for…

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Secret report condemns orders keeping convicted terrorist Abdul Nacer Benbrika in prison

A convicted terrorist is being kept in prison using orders that have been condemned in a Home Affairs inquiry. The department kept that report's findings secret — until now.

Wales Online

Every murderer of a tortured teenager set on fire will soon be back on the street

Glyn Powell was part of a gang who tortured teenager Suzanne Capper and burned her alive — he is the last one of her killers still in prison but the parole board has now found him ‘manageable in the community’

The Independent UK

Timeline of Natalee Holloway’s disappearance as prime suspect faces extradition

The prime suspect in the 2005 disappearance of American student Natalee Holloway is now facing extradition to face criminal charges in the United States

Daily Mirror

Guantanamo Bay prisoner's drawings lay bare brutal torture in CIA’s post-9/11 program

WARNING, CONTAINS DISTRESSING IMAGES: Abu Zubaydah, 52, was used as a human guinea pig in the CIA’s post-9/11 torture program and a landmark new report shows the brutal torture he was subject to

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Kiwi locked up in Thailand with no clothes, food or water

The son of a prominent NZ climate scientist arrested for drug possession in Thailand last year has been imprisoned in a Patong jail without clear indication of his future.

Al Jazeera

US Senate panel raises ‘concern’ over Egyptian detainee’s health

Senate Foreign Relations Committee urges Egypt to immediately release academic Salah Soltan amid ‘neglect in prison’.

Wales Online

Inside Swansea Prison's kitchen where Wagamama is teaching inmates to cook its food

'If we can turn one person around, we can prevent future victims'

Nottingham Post

Serving prisoner's 'awful' actions after he gave officer an 'outright soaking'

He had spent the night unhappily gathering the unnecessary materials

The Independent UK

Murderer wins High Court case over transfer to open prison conditions

Stephen Wynne killed Chantel Taylor after picking her up near his home in Birkenhead, Merseyside, in March 2004.

The Independent UK

Natalee Holloway disappearance: Timeline as prime suspect faces extradition

The prime suspect in the 2005 disappearance of American student Natalee Holloway is now facing extradition to face criminal charges in the United States

The Guardian - UK

Josef Fritzl writes book from prison in attempt to be reconciled with his family

Austrian, who was jailed in 2009 for murder, enslavement, rape and incest, co-authors book with his lawyer

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