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Victoria's Centre of Excellence VET program helps prisoners gain skills to prepare for employment

One participant started using drugs at 16, was trafficking by 21 and has been in and out of jail for much of her adult life. Now, she's using construction skills she learnt while incarcerated to build herself a better future.

ABC News · Mar 22, 2023

Man sentenced to 30 years after police officer shot friend

A judge reduced the prison sentence from 55 to 30 years for an Alabama man convicted of murder when a police officer shot his friend

The Independent UK · Mar 22, 2023

Ireland may need to change laws around trans prisoners – Varadkar

Taoiseach says any response to cases like the Isla Bryson one in Scotland would be dealt with 'in a similar way'

Dublin Live · Mar 21, 2023

Tucker Carlson says Trump’s payoff to a porn actress is ‘ordinary in America’

Fox host ignores context of Michael Cohen’s prison sentence as he portrays Daniels payment as harmless

The Independent UK · Mar 21, 2023

Fox hosts sad over possible Trump arrest

"If he's the nominee, you're putting 74 million votes in prison. And that's how I see it," said Jesse Watters

Salon · Mar 21, 2023

Man gets 4 years for attacking police at Jan. 6 Capitol riot

A Virginia man who assaulted police with a stolen baton and used a flashing strobe light to disorient officers trying to defend the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021 has been sentenced to more than four years in prison

The Independent UK · Mar 21, 2023

Chad sentences 441 rebels to life in prison over ex-president Deby's death

A court in Chad sentenced more than 400 rebels to life in prison on Tuesday over the death of former president Idriss Deby, who was killed on the frontline of a battle against their group in 2021, their lawyer said.

Reuters · Mar 21, 2023

The many lives of French abbeys

Once important seats of Christian worship, and now treasures of the country's heritage, French abbeys often have surprising histories. That’s the case of Fontevraud abbey, in the former duchy of Anjou. Run by a woman during its heyday, the abbey was turned into a prison after the French Revolution. In…

France 24 · Mar 21, 2023

Italian anarchist in solitary confinement warns of his death

Alfredo Cospito’s hunger strike began last October in protest against a harsh and controversial regime known as 41-bis.

Al Jazeera · Mar 21, 2023

The legacy of the Soviet Gulag with 'Varlam' author Michael Prazan

The Gulag is synonymous with some of the worst mass human rights abuses of the 20th century, and also some of the lesser known. As many as 24 million people were imprisoned and some 1.6 million killed in the Soviet prison system. But no one was ever held accountable for…

France 24 · Mar 21, 2023