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Commentary: Here in San Quentin, I see why solitary confinement must end

Advocates almost succeeded this year in curbing the use of solitary confinement in California’s prisons and jails. The California Mandela Act, named after the long-imprisoned South African president, received the support it needed in August to pass the Assembly 41-16 and land on Gov. Gavin Newsom’s desk. He vetoed the…

Los Angeles Times

Porsche driver Pusey taken to court naked

Richard Pusey, who refused to attend a hearing over their use of graphic Eastern Freeway crash photos, has been carried naked from their prison cell to court.

AAP

Dig finds evidence of Revolutionary War prison camp location

Researchers say they have solved a decades-old riddle by finding remnants of the stockade and therefore the site of a prison camp in York, Pennsylvania, that housed British soldiers for nearly two years during the American Revolutionary War

The Independent UK

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Cabbies helped snare taxi rapist in biggest manhunt in Merseyside history

Operation Hackney was one of the most extraordinary policing operations of the 1990s

Liverpool Echo

Sex trafficker Ghislaine Maxwell spotted jogging behind prison gates

A prison source said disgraced Maxwell will run every day and when she doesn't she will walk with one of her friends.

Daily Record

Former UN official who drugged and raped unconscious women on work trips to Middle East over two decades sentenced to 15 years

NEW YORK — A former United Nations official who drugged and raped unconscious women over two decades during humanitarian missions in the Middle East was sentenced to 15 years in prison on Thursday.

Tribune News Service

Texas diverts $359.6 million from prisons to keep Greg Abbott’s border mission operating

The latest infusion was among $874.6 million in “emergency” budget transfers requested by the Texas Legislative Budget Board, which is composed of GOP state leaders and budget writers.

The Texas Tribune

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Federal prison worker pleads guilty to inmate sex abuse

One of five workers accused of sexually abusing inmates at a federal women’s prison in California has pleaded guilty and could face up to two years in prison

The Independent UK

Australian women and children returning to Sydney from Syrian detention camp, where they were held after the fall of Islamic State

The first group of Australian women and children held in Syria is returning to Sydney after spending four years languishing in a detention camp.

ABC News

Death row inmate cuts off his own penis after being denied suicide watch

Henry Hodges mutilated himself after a prison official allegedly denied his request to be put on suicide watch

The Independent UK

Sentence handed down for slaying of New Mexico girl

A man convicted of child abuse and other charges stemming from the 2016 death and dismemberment of an Albuquerque girl has been sentenced to 37 1/2 years in prison

The Independent UK

Attorney: Death row inmate on suicide watch severed penis

An attorney for Tennessee death row inmate Henry Hodges says he cut off his own penis in a prison cell after slitting his wrists and asking to be put on suicide watch

The Independent UK

‘Wendell & Wild’ review: Key and Peele voice an animated Netflix tale of demons, earthlings and ... the evils of the prison industrial complex?

Somehow, the marriage of two singular film talents has produced the least special work either has ever done.

Chicago Tribune

Jan 6 rioter who dragged officer Michael Fanone into mob gets over seven years in prison

A Tennessee man who dragged a police officer into a mob of rioters during the U.S. Capitol attack has been sentenced to more than seven years in prison

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Daily Record

Brother of Scots woman who died in prison says authorities 'continue to let down sister'

The families of young Scots who died by suicide in jail have argued that the Scottish Prison Service has not been held accountable over their deaths.

The Independent UK

Man who dragged officer into mob gets over 7 years in prison

A Tennessee man who dragged a police officer into a mob of rioters during the U.S. Capitol attack has been sentenced to more than seven years in prison

Irish Mirror

Horse racing figure Stephen Mahon avoids prison for assault on farmer with horse whip

Judge Mary Larkin told solicitor for Mr Mahon Martina Moran: 'I think your client should do an anger management course and whatever else the Probation Services direct'

The Independent UK

Amal Clooney says five-year-old son drew a picture of prison and said ‘Putin should be here’

The lawyer opened up about how her twins have noticed her advocacy work while speaking at an event on Tuesday.

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Where did Biden’s pardon of marijuana charges leave the hundreds of Texans imprisoned?

DALLAS — President Joe Biden pardoned federal marijuana possession convictions in early October, asking state governors to do the same. Where did that leave the hundreds of Texans imprisoned on state marijuana possession charges?

The Independent UK

What happened to WNBA star Brittney Griner and why is she detained in Russia?

The basketball star has been detained in Moscow for five months and counting

The Independent UK

What is a penal colony? Brittney Griner follows Navalny and Pussy Riot to notorious ‘concentration camp’ prison

The WNBA star’s lawyers said their client will be transferred to a Russian penal colony in the next few months

The Independent UK

Officer admits misconduct over ‘intimate’ relationship with prisoner

Rachel Martin entered guilty pleas to eight charges of misconduct and a single charge of encouraging the possession of a mobile phone in prison.

Daily Record

Family of Scots dad jailed in Iraq protest outside Holyrood demanding action to bring him home

Brian Glendinning' was arrested in Iraq on September 4 over a £20,000 debt to a Qatar bank.

Dynamite News

SP Leader Azam Khan Gets 3 Years In Prison In 2019 Hate Speech Case

Samajwadi Party leader Azam Khan and 2 other accused sentenced to 3 years in prison along with a fine of Rs 2000 in the hate speech case of 2019 against Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath today. Read on for details:

Daily Mirror

Woman too scared to leave her house after dog was viciously attacked on walk

Debbie Buckley has launched a petition to change the law on dog attacks after her miniature dachshund was thrown into the air by two Staffordshire bull terriers during a walk

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