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Jailed Egyptian hunger striker is hospitalized, family says

Family say Egyptian prison authorities have intervened medically with jailed pro-democracy activist Alaa Abdel-Fattah, who this week escalated a food and hunger strike demanding his release

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

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

The basketball star was finally released on 8 December after being detained in Moscow for 10 months

The Independent UK

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Alaa Abd El-Fattah: British Egyptian hunger striker taken into medical care in prison

The prominent human rights activist stopped drinking water on Sunday

The Independent UK

Egyptian authorities intervene in prisoner's hunger strike, family says

The family of jailed Egyptian-British hunger striker Alaa Abd el-Fattah said on Thursday they had been informed by prison authorities that medical intervention was taken to maintain his health, four days after he escalated his protest.

Reuters

Palestinian seeks early release in case that shook Jerusalem

A 13-year-old Palestinian boy whose case became a lightning rod for the Israeli-Palestinian conflict seven years ago is now a man languishing in solitary confinement and struggling with schizophrenia

The Independent UK

Family of Bahrain activist granted special visit but worry about health

The family of a Bahraini activist on death row was allowed physical contact with Mohammed Ramadhan for the first time in years on a prison visit this week, his wife said, though adding she believed he was not getting proper medical treatment.

Reuters

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Retired miner sentenced to federal prison after FBI finds homemade pipe bombs across Michigan

DETROIT — A retired miner accused of leaving pipe bombs and threatening letters across northern Michigan and the Upper Peninsula was sentenced to more than six years in federal prison Wednesday in a case that raised fears of an imminent domestic terror attack.

Tribune News Service

Death row killer says 'I don't want to leave you baby' to wife before being executed

Death row prisoner Tracy Beatty, 61, said "I don't want to leave you baby" in last words reportedly to his wife before he was given a lethal injection at Huntsville state penitentiary

Daily Mirror

Laws hamper Tas prison bugging probe

A review into the use of police surveillance devices in Tasmanian prisons has been hampered by laws that prevent crucial information from being accessed.

AAP

Olympian Scott Miller jailed three years

Former Olympic swimming star Scott Miller has been sentenced to a minimum three years in prison for his pivotal role in a NSW drug ring worth millions.

AAP

Biden ‘Determined’ to Bring Brittney Griner Home From Russia

Now, after the U.S. midterm elections, the president hopes Putin will be ”willing to talk more seriously about a prisoner exchange.”

Sports Illustrated

Ex-Yale coach gets 5 months in admissions bribery scandal

The former Yale University women’s soccer coach whose cooperation with authorities helped blow the lid off the nationwide college admissions bribery scandal by leading the FBI to the scheme’s mastermind has been sentenced to five months in prison

The Independent UK

'Great danger': Couple sentenced in submarine secrets case

A Navy engineer and his wife have been given lengthy prison terms for a plot to sell secrets about nuclear submarines

The Independent UK

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Angel Cabrera sentenced to more jail time, says ‘prison has done me good’

“He says prison has done him well. And that he needed it and boy do I know that.” -- Charlie Epps on Cabrera

Reason

Voters Approve Anti-Slavery Ballot Measures in 4 States

On Tuesday, voters in Alabama, Tennessee, Vermont, and Oregon approved ballot measures that removed exceptions to anti-slavery laws in their state's constitutions, effectively banning forced prison labor.

Daily Mirror

Brittney Griner faces 'slave-like' Russian prison amid reports of torture and sleep deprivation

WNBA superstar Brittney Griner is being moved to a penal colony after unsuccessfully appealing her nine-year prison sentence, and the sporting world is calling on Joe Biden to secure a prisoner swap

The Independent UK

Cain Velasquez: Former UFC champion speaks after being released from prison on bail

Following his arrest on an attempted murder charge in February, Velasquez claimed that the man he had allegedly shot had molested the ex-UFC heavyweight champion’s four-year-old son

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Brittney Griner’s already fraught wrongful imprisonment in Russia just got even worse in a horrifying way

Here's everything you need to know about Brittney Griner's horrifying situation

Daily Mirror

Mum and son will be sent to prison if they meet up to see each other for next TWO years

Tina Lean, 54, and her son Jamie Power, 31, have been ordered to stay away from each other after police imposed a civil injunction on the pair with "great reluctance"

Wales Online

Charles Bronson granted request for Parole Board hearing to be held in public

The 66-year-old is one of the country's longest serving prisoners

Salon

“Andor” and the exploitative Dark Side

The latest episodes see our hero play out the real world reality of prison slave labor in service of the Empire

The Independent UK

Iowa teen who killed rapist being held in jail after escape

An 18-year-old sex trafficking victim who killed her rapist was being held in an Iowa jail and could face a prison term after she walked away from a Des Moines women’s shelter where she was serving probation for a manslaughter conviction

Daily Mirror

Notorious prisoner Charles Bronson wins bid for parole hearing to be held in PUBLIC

Charles Bronson - dubbed one of Britain's most violent offenders - will have a public Parole Board hearing in 2023 following an application by the notorious prisoner's lawyers

The Independent UK

Judges dismiss bid to increase sentence of burglar who raped mother and daughter

Joshua Carney was sentenced to life imprisonment and ordered to serve a minimum of 10 years in prison.

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