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Australia 'stained' by its treatment of child offenders

Australia has been slammed for its juvenile justice laws as UN experts sound the alarm over the growing number of people in prison without a sentence.

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Tina Peters' Pardon Explained After Trump Announcement: What Did She Do and Why It Doesn't Free Her

Tina Peters stays in state prison despite Trump's pardon claim. Learn what she was convicted of and why federal pardons cannot overturn Colorado charges.

International Business Times UK

'Be careful': warning as ex-Marist brother jailed

A former Marist brother who molested a teen pupil in a school office 40 years ago has been told not to mention anything about his crimes if asked in prison.

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Union ends statewide prison lockdown, court closures

Strike action that closed most of Adelaide's courtrooms and forced public prisons into a 96-hour lockdown has ended, as a union "considers options".

AAP

Trump says he's pardoned Tina Peters, but that may not save her from prison

Trump has no jurisdiction over state-level cases to offer the pardon.

Axios

Why whole-life imprisonment is rising in England and Wales

In England and Wales, whole-life imprisonment is the harshest sanction available to the courts, emerging in the decades after the abolition of the death penalty. The whole-life order requires people to spend their whole lives in prison with no prospect of release, except on exceptional compassionate grounds.

The Conversation

Helldivers 2 High Command gets passive aggressive over how much we suck on magma planets, but don't worry, at least the Killzone collab is returning

"Millions of legally-mandated volunteers" are being taken from prison to make up for divers' shortcomings

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OPINION - Don't mock... Nicolas Sarkozy's prison conversion may be for real

In his Prison Diary, the former president says he fell to his knees and prayed on his first night in La Santé

Evening Standard

Fugitive in Italy arrested after hiding in nativity scene as fake statue

A 38-year-old was arrested in southern Italy on Saturday after the town's mayor spotted him posing as a statue in a Christmas nativity scene. The man was wanted for assaulting a police officer and had escaped a prison sentence in Bologna.

Euronews

How to Get All Endings in Dig to Escape

Dig to Escape is a prison escape experience on Roblox where players have to dig a hole to escape from prison. But there are other ways to escape the

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‘Human trafficking behind prison walls’: women jailed in Texas allege rampant sexual abuse

Women at FMC Carswell – long a focus of sexual abuse investigations – say prison officials have turned a blind eye

The Guardian - US

‘She was very, very thin’: witness tells of Ukrainian journalist’s final days in Russian prison

Soldier’s account corroborates reports Viktoriia Roshchyna was taken to prison deep inside Russia, where it is believed she died

The Guardian - UK

‘The only way out for me is in a body bag’: The desperate final days of IPP prisoner Taylor Atkinson

JAILED WITHOUT HOPE: FIGHTING FOR JUSTICE: Exclusive: After serving 13 years on a ‘hopeless, desperate, barbaric’ indefinite jail term, Taylor Atkinson ended his own life. This week an inquest concluded that his IPP sentence was likely the most significant reason for his death, Amy-Clare Martin reports

The Independent UK

‘Tough on crime’ policies are causing Indigenous people to die in custody

When a First Nations person dies in custody, it sends shockwaves through families and communities. The trauma of losing a loved one adds to a sense of despair that First Nations lives are expendable, that no one is held to account, and that nothing changes.

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Vote looms as strike closes courts, locks down prisons

A strike that has shut a state's courts and forced prisons into lockdown remains unresolved, with union members expected to vote on possible further action.

The Independent UK

Prison officials tell judge ex-Abercrombie & Fitch CEO is competent to stand trial

Federal prison officials say the former CEO of Abercrombie & Fitch is fit to stand trial on federal sex trafficking charges

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RHOSLC’s Jen Shah Released From Prison After Multiple Sentence Reductions

Jen Shah, guilty of committing wire fraud.... and being Shah-mazing, served just 33 months of her six-and-a-half year sentence.

The Mary Sue

Jen Shah is out of prison. So why was the Bravo star there to begin with?

After 33 months, Jen Shah, star of the Real Housewives of Salt Lake City, has been released from prison. People magazine confirmed that the reality star was released on December 10, 2025, from the Federal Prison Camp in Bryan, Texas. Shah has been behind bars since February 17, 2023 and…

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Euronews

'Diary of a Prisoner': Why is Nicolas Sarkozy's prison memoir already a big hit?

Rushed to print to take control of the narrative, the book has become a powerful political tool for the former head of state.

The Guardian - UK

Jailed Welsh women and their children face an additional trauma

Letter: Mary Wrenn points out that women given custodial sentences in Wales are sent to prisons in England, which has a negative impact on families

The Independent UK

Former 'Real Housewives' star moved from prison to community program for remainder of her sentence

Jennifer Shah, a former star on “The Real Housewives of Salt Lake City,” has been moved from a federal prison into a community confinement program after serving less than half of her sentence for defrauding thousands of people

AAP

Indigenous deaths in custody reach 'horrific' high

Australia has recorded the highest number of Indigenous deaths in custody since 1979/80, with advocates calling for action on incarceration rates.

Texas Observer

Ex-Con Congressman Attempts a Texas Comeback

Steve Stockman, the felonious GOP politician, wants to return to Washington with a bid for a newly gerrymandered Houston-area district.

International Business Times UK

50 Cent Rapper Mocks Diddy In Prison Uniform, Claims Rival Was 'Saying Very Nasty Things' About Him

Rapper 50 Cent trolls his rival P. Diddy with a savage AI prison uniform clip after Diddy's conviction.

The Independent UK

Jen Shah released from prison early after Andy Cohen said he ‘never’ wants to see RHOSLC alum again

Shah was behind bars for two years and nine months

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