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MP calls for change in prison release days to stop gangs picking up ex-inmates

Campaigners say curbing Friday releases would cut reoffending.

The Independent UK

Arizona death row prisoner's clemency bid rejected by board

Arizona’s clemency board has declined to recommend the governor commute a man's death sentence to life in prison, keeping the inmate's planned execution on track for his conviction in two 1980 killings

The Independent UK

After Methodist shooting, some police officers, ACLU agree: Ankle monitors don’t prevent violence

DALLAS — After police say a man on parole opened fire in a Dallas hospital, killing two medical workers, the city’s top cop took aim at what he billed a failure of the criminal justice system: ankle monitors.

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US embassy officials visit Brittney Griner in Russian prison

White House spokeswoman says jailed US basketball star is ‘doing as well as can be expected under the circumstances’.

Al Jazeera

US Officials In Moscow Visit Brittney Griner In Prison, Griner's Wife Speaks With ABC's 'The View'

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Benzinga

Morning Mail: Imran Khan wounded in ‘assassination attempt’, cybercrime threat, Chalmers’s energy pledge

In today’s newsletter: former Pakistan PM survives attack by gunman; signals directorate warns of risk of increased hacking; cost of prison system soars as more women jailed

The Guardian - AU

U.S. officials visit Brittney Griner in Russia prison

State Department spokesman Ned Price said in a tweet that the American representatives “saw firsthand her tenacity and perseverance despite her present circumstances.”

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Friday essay: 'not for me' – Amy Thunig on the stigma of having a dad in 'lock-up', and the embrace of Indigenous academia

The energy of academic conferences isn’t like your average conference. It is the bringing together of academics from universities all around the country, sometimes around the globe, all working within similar or related specialisations. This means one thing: niche gossip and lots of it. There’s a reason why so many…

The Conversation

US Embassy officials visit Brittney Griner in Russia prison

Officials at the U.S. Embassy in Moscow have visited jailed WNBA star Brittney Griner, just weeks after a Russian court rejected her appeal of her nine-year sentence for drug possession

The Independent UK

Couple gets life in prison; wanted in 5 killings in 3 states

A man and his girlfriend suspected of killing five people in three states last year have pleaded guilty to two of the killings in South Carolina

The Independent UK

Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe joins Downing Street protest demanding return of jailed Scot

The woman freed from an Iranian prison earlier this year joined hundreds of people in support of fellow detained British citizen Jagtar Singh Johal.

Daily Record

For Palestinians, Netanyahu’s victory is merely a changing of the prison guards

There will always be support for the continued oppression of Palestinians, says Yara Hawari, a senior policy fellow at Al Shabaka, the Palestinian Policy Network

The Guardian - UK

Man avoids prison sentence after judge says he has grown up and is looking after his children

"There is every prospect that you will be able to stay out of trouble"

Nottingham Post

France sentences Liberian rebel to life in prison for war crimes

Rights groups on Thursday lauded the conviction in Paris of former Liberian rebel commander Kunti Kamara, who was sentenced to life in prison for atrocities committed during the West African country's first civil war.

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Brittney Griner faces bleak life in Russian penal colony

Tedious manual work, poor hygiene and lack of access to medical care - such are the conditions awaiting U.S. basketball star Brittney Griner in a Russian penal colony after she lost her appeal last week against a nine-year drug sentence.

Daily Mirror

Joe Exotic moves to new prison after vomiting every day for the past six months

Joe Exotic is moving to a new prison as the Tiger King star continues to struggle with his health, after being placed in remission from prostate cancer, his power of attorney has confirmed

Irish Mirror

Rory O’Connor reveals upcoming RTE show with prisoners in Mountjoy is 'groundbreaking TV'

The new show will air on RTE next spring and sees the Rory’s Stories comedian team up with GAA footballer Philly McMahon to coach a team of prisoners in Gaelic football

The Guardian - AU

Australia’s prisons to cost $7bn a year by 2030 as number of women incarcerated grows faster than men – study

Committee for Economic Development of Australia says bail reform and other measures are needed to reduce prison populations

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Berlin urges German nationals to leave Iran or risk arrest

Germany's government on Thursday urged its citizens to leave Iran or risk arbitrary arrest and long prison terms there, warning that dual nationals were particularly at risk.

WEKU

Guards who sexually abuse inmates haven't been punished harshly enough, DOJ memo says

The Justice Department report urges an overhaul in the way the Bureau of Prisons works to prevent and investigate sexual abuse by prison employees against women in their custody.

The National (Scotland)

Migrants beg for help at Manston with message in a bottle

MIGRANTS being held in the Manston processing centre have begged for help as they described conditions as a “prison”.

ABC News

WA prisoner sentenced after making Escape from Alcatraz-style decoy in Pardelup jailbreak

Blake Cavanough was found sitting in a cafe 16 hours after walking a considerable distance during the night.

The Guardian - UK

Political prisoner Alaa Abd El-Fattah will escalate hunger strike during Cop27

British-Egyptian activist says he will cease drinking, raising fears he may die while officials attend summit

Al Jazeera

Myanmar court sentences ex-politician to 173 years in prison

Sentence appears to be the longest jail term given to a member of Aung San Suu Kyi’s overthrown government and party.

The Guardian - UK

Bahraini death row prisoner pleads with pope to aid his release

Exclusive: Mohammed Ramadhan, who alleges he was tortured into confessing to deadly bombing, urges pontiff to act on visit to Gulf state

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