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Why has Nicaragua suddenly released more than 200 political prisoners?

Jailed opponents of authoritarian leader Daniel Ortega freed and deported to US

The Independent UK

Marina Ovsyannikova says she still fears for her life after ‘chaotic’ escape to France

Former Russian TV editor, who was under house arrest, described her journey across Europe last October

The Guardian - UK

‘I won’t leave my homeland’: Bishop imprisoned over criticism of Nicaragua’s Ortega refuses US flight

Bishop Rolando Alvarez did not board a flight to Washington along with 222 freed political prisoners – and will now face trial for ‘spreading false news’ in a case decried by human rights activists

The Independent UK

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Government will NOT appeal over decision to release notorious rapist who struck across Greater Manchester

"The Secretary of State for Justice knows that the public will not be safe if Andrew Barlow is released from prison."

Manchester Evening News

Man released from jail homeless found lying in middle of road

He said he felt 'let down' after threatening police officers and being recalled to prison just two days following his release

Wales Online

R. Kelly attorneys ask for sentence of about 11 years for Chicago federal conviction stemming from sex abuse of teen girls

CHICAGO — Lawyers for R. Kelly early Friday asked a federal judge in Chicago to sentence the disgraced R&B singer to about 11 years in prison for his conviction last year for repeatedly sexually abusing his teenage goddaughter and others on videotape decades ago.

Chicago Tribune

Why Russia lionises inmates fighting in Ukraine

The Kremlin has lauded mercenaries with the powerful private Wagner Group, of which thousands are ex-prisoners.

Al Jazeera

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Transgender prisoners in Scotland to be placed according to birth gender after Isla Bryson outcry

Isla Bryson was found guilty of raping two women in 2016 and 2019 in Clydebank and Glasgow before changing gender

Evening Standard

Palestinian dies after falling into coma while in Israeli custody

Palestinian prisoner group accuses Israel of negligence, saying Abu Ali did not receive treatment for his disease.

Al Jazeera

Transgender double rapist Isla Bryson cost taxpayers almost £30k in legal aid

Isla Bryson, formally known as Adam Graham, was convicted of raping two vulnerable victims while still living as a man.

Daily Record

Scotland to house trans prisoners based on birth gender in U-turn on Sturgeon policy

Decision is switch from previous inclusive policy that prioritised social gender over biological gender

The Independent UK

Man fell to his death from wall after 10-day drugs binge

Carl Bage had just been released from prison

Wales Online

Iran Releases 7 Women Activists from Prison

Iran has released several prominent women activists and journalists from a prison in Tehran, campaigners said Thursday, with a video showing them defiantly chanting pro-protest slogans outside the jail, according to AFP. Media based outside Iran said a total of seven women were released, while Iran continues to press a…

Asharq Al-Awsat

‘He’s really dangerous’: fear as Wagner convict soldiers return from Ukraine

Murderers and other hardened criminals among those recruited by Russian mercenary group in exchange for freedom

The Guardian - UK

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Miami Herald

Former Mexican mayor who directed massive meth shipment to Miami sentenced to 10 years

A former Mexican mayor was sentenced to 10 years in prison on Thursday after pleading guilty to a conspiracy charge accusing him of directing the largest shipment of methamphetamine to Miami-Dade in the county’s history.

Reuters

Factbox-Who was freed in Nicaragua's surprise political prisoners release?

Presidential contenders, Catholic clergy and a leading student activist were among the more than 200 people released from Nicaraguan prison cells or house arrest late Wednesday and then flown to the United States on Thursday.

Tribune News Service

Trump supporter in California bomb plot begs judge to accept plea deal that could net 9 years

One of the two Donald Trump supporters accused of plotting to firebomb Sacramento’s state Democratic headquarters building is asking a federal judge to accept a plea deal that would net him up to nine years in prison, and “begging you for a chance to redeem myself.”

ABC News

Christopher Browne sentenced to 15 months' jail over buggy death after Office of Public Prosecutions appeal

Christopher Browne, whose toddler son was killed in a buggy crash on Christmas Day in 2020, has been sentenced to 15 months' imprisonment with a non-parole period of six months following an appeal into his original sentence.

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The Independent UK

Former worker at US women's prison sentenced for sex abuse

A former worker at a federal women’s prison in California has been sentenced to 20 months in prison for sexually abusing an inmate

ABC News

WA inquest into Cally Graham's death criticises prison healthcare, praises 'heroic' cellmate

A WA woman who died after going into cardiac arrest in prison only received the chance for "lifesaving CPR" because of her cellmate's "heroic" actions, after a nurse rushing to help took an empty oxygen tank, a coroner finds.

The Independent UK

Jan 6 rioter who threatened Capitol officer with Confederate flag is jailed for three years

A Delaware man who threatened a Black police officer with a pole attached to a Confederate battle flag as he stormed the US Capitol has been sentenced to three years in prison

The Independent UK

Family: Suspect in power grid plot embraced racist ideology

Relatives of a Maryland woman who allegedly conspired with a Florida-based neo-Nazi leader to plan a crippling attack on Baltimore's power grid say she has a long history of white supremacist beliefs

The Independent UK

Rioter who menaced officer with Confederate flag gets prison

A Delaware man who threatened a Black police officer with a pole attached to a Confederate battle flag as he stormed the U.S. Capitol has been sentenced to three years in prison

The Guardian - UK

Trans prisoners in Scotland to be first sent to jails matching their birth gender

Previous inclusive policy on initial assignments reversed after furore over rapist sent to female prison

Nottingham Post

Illegal immigrant living in Newark arranged for family to join him in UK

He committed an offence which carries a maximum sentence of life imprisonment

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