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Inside notorious and deadly Iran prison as prisoner shares 12-hour interrogations

Anoosheh Ashoori was sentenced to spent time at Evin Prison in Tehran, Iran, in August 2017 where he spent nearly five years - he returned to the UK in March of this year

Daily Mirror

Russian court hears appeal by Griner against 9-year sentence

A Russian court has started hearing American basketball star Brittney Griner’s appeal against her nine-year prison sentence for drug possession

The Independent UK

Trans inmates need access to gender-affirming care. Often they have to sue to get it

Lawyers and health experts, as well as incarcerated and formerly incarcerated individuals, say getting gender-affirming care in prison often comes only after threats of lawsuits or a full legal fight.

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Egyptian Presidency Pardons Former MP Zyad Elelaimy

Egypt’s President Abdel Fattah el-Sisi issued on Monday a decree pardoning the Egyptian political activist and former lawmaker, Zyad Elelaimy. Sisi’s decision to release Elelaimy came in response to calls from political forces and the pardon committee. It also comes in line with the President’s call to activate the work…

Asharq Al-Awsat

Man who stormed U.S. Capitol with Confederate flag-wielding father gets 2 years in prison

The pair were among the first to breach the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021.

Axios

Shot inmate was 'quicker than expected'

The prison officer whose colleague fatally shot an inmate was surprised at how fast the shackled man could run, a NSW court has been told.

AAP

Government TD Eamon O Cuiv paid personal visit to Jonathan Dowdall in prison

Mr O Cuiv, 72, visited Dowdall in the final weeks of his eight-year sentence for falsely detaining a businessman and waterboarding him in his house, just months before gardai charged him over the Regency Hotel murder of David Byrne

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Qld denies hindering UN prison inspectors

The Queensland government has denied hindering UN prison inspectors, saying they were only stopped from visiting some detainees with severe mental illness.

AAP

Off death row, Scott Peterson moves from San Quentin to prison in Amador County

Scott Peterson has been moved from San Quentin State Prison, where he’s spent the past 17 years, to a prison that has yards for inmates with “sensitive needs.”

Tribune News Service

Catfish's jail term increased after appeal

'Catfish' Lydia Abdelmalek has been handed a longer prison sentence after she lost an appeal of her sentence in Victoria's County Court.

AAP

Weinstein alleged rapes detailed at trial

Jurors will hear from eight women accusing Harvey Weinstein of sexual assault during his time as a powerful Hollywood producer.

The New Daily

WA prisoners in 'inhumane' conditions as mental health hospital Frankland Centre's waitlist grows

Advocates say inmates with severe mental illness do not have access to appropriate care because the Frankland Centre — built to service a third of the current prison population — is full.

ABC News

Conspiracy theorist Jacob Wohl pleads guilty to felony over 2020 election robocalls

Right-wing activist faces up to one year in prison when sentenced next month

The Independent UK

New US prisons chief pledges truth, reform for ailing system

The outsider brought in to reform the ailing federal Bureau of Prisons has pledged to hold accountable any employees who sexually assault inmates and reform the agency’s archaic hiring practices

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Man who sold gun used in Colleyville synagogue hostage situation sentenced to 8 years

The man who sold the gun used by Malik Faisal Akram to take hostages at a Colleyville synagogue in January was sentenced to nearly eight years in federal prison on a gun charge, authorities said Monday.

Reason

Biden's Marijuana Pardons Did Not Free a Single Federal Prisoner or Deliver the Expungement He Promised

A protest at the White House calls attention to the thousands of federal cannabis offenders who remain incarcerated.

The Independent UK

Texas man who sold gun to hostage-taker gets nearly 8 years

The Department of Justice says a man who sold a pistol to a man who used it to hold four hostages inside a Texas synagogue before being fatally shot by the FBI has been sentenced to nearly eight years in prison for a federal gun crime

The Independent UK

Man who stormed Capitol with dad gets 2 years in prison

A Delaware man who stormed the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021, with his Confederate flag-toting father has been sentenced to two years behind bars

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Rikers Island Sees 17th Prisoner Death This Year

Is a federal takeover of the troubled jail pending?

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Former US police officer pleads guilty in George Floyd killing

Second officer to plead guilty to state charge agrees to deal that calls for three and a half years in prison.

The Guardian - US

Ex-Minneapolis officer pleads guilty to abetting murder of George Floyd

J Alexander Kueng to serve 3.5 years in prison to run concurrently with previous sentence he was given in federal trial

WEKU

Brittney Griner will appeal her prison sentence in Russia on Tuesday

"Brittney does not expect any miracles to happen but hopes that the appeal court will hear the arguments of the defense and reduce the term," her lawyers said in a statement.

Tribune News Service

Colombian drug dealers’ dirty lawyers caught selling sweetheart deals to avoid US prison

DALLAS – The Colombian cocaine kingpins faced extradition to the U.S. on serious drug trafficking charges and a lifetime in federal prison. They were desperate, wealthy and needed excellent legal advice.

The Independent UK

She was burnt alive by the man she loved. Then Judy Malinowski testified at her own murder trial

Ohio mother Judy Malinowski miraculously survived for almost two years after her boyfriend doused her in gasoline and set her alight. Suffering unimaginable pain, she used that time to fight for other victims and record testimony in her own murder trial that sent her attacker to prison for life, writes…

Wales Online

Man died in prison cell after his medication 'was not prescribed to him'

Robert Lee Evans was described as a much-loved member of his family. The 37-year-old's death prompted an inquest which has led to a report from a coroner identifying serious shortcomings

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