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Hurricane Orlene heads for Mexico's former prison islands

Hurricane Orlene has rapidly strengthened as it swirls toward Mexico’s northwest Pacific coast, with a likely close brush with former prison islands being developed by the government as an ecotourism destination

The Independent UK

Shepparton disability provider Gallawah rapidly growing thanks to unique service

Tina Powney wondered whether her son, who lives with a range of disabilities, would be the next Indigenous person to die in custody during one of his periods in jail. She decided to create the kind of service she needed but could not find.

ABC News

Iranian American held in Tehran for seven years granted temporary release

Siamak Namazi, convicted along with father on espionage charges freed from Evin prison on one-week renewable furlough

The Guardian - US

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U.S. citizen allowed to leave Iranian prison for a week

Siamak Namazi, an Iranian American imprisoned in Iran for nearly seven years on espionage-related charges rejected by Washington as baseless, has been allowed out of Tehran's Evin prison on a one-week furlough, his lawyer said on Saturday.

Reuters

Iran, U.S. prisoner swap mediated by regional state -Nournews

A regional country has mediated between Iran and the United States for the "simultaneous release of prisoners," Iran's Nournews said on Saturday, shortly after Tehran allowed an Iranian-American businessman out of prison on a one-week furlough.

Reuters

US wins release of Venezuela-held Americans in swap with Maduro

President Joe Biden’s administration said Venezuela freed seven detained Americans, including several U.S. oil executives, in a prisoner swap involving two members of Venezuelan leader Nicolas Maduro’s family.

Tribune News Service

Venezuela releases 7 jailed Americans; US frees 2 prisoners

Venezuela’s government has freed seven Americans imprisoned in the South American country in exchange for the release of two nephews of President Nicholas Maduro’s wife who had been jailed for years by the United States on drug smuggling convictions

The Independent UK

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Heavily pregnant Scots mum 'jailed in Tenerife over unpaid fines' as fears raised for unborn baby

Officials found Jamielee Fielding, from West Lothian, had failed to pay the 420 Euro fines which were incurred in September 2021 and deemed her a fugitive.

Daily Record

Chhattisgarh HC alters murder charge to culpable homicide not amounting to murder, releases convict

RAIPUR: Chhattisgarh High Court has provided relief to a person, convicted by the Dantewada session court for the murder of his wife, by altering the charges to culpable homicide not amounting to murder and also ordered his release as he had already served ten years in prison.

The Times of India

Pregnant West Lothian woman jailed in Tenerife after failing to pay small fines

Jamielee Fielding had travelled to the popular holiday destination to meet her father and brother for a trip in the sun, but was instead arrested upon her arrival.

Edinburgh Live

What it's like serving a life sentence in prison with no chance of release

When Calvin Duncan was 19 years old, he was arrested for a murder he didn't commit. Now, he's helping to tell the stories of other men who have found themselves behind bars for life.

WEKU

Murderer who beheaded student, 21, with saw kills himself in his prison cell

Mustafa Murat Ayhan had confessed to murdering victim Azra Gulendam Haytaoglu and brutally cutting her body into 13 pieces in Turkey before killing himself in his prison cell in Diyarbakir

Daily Mirror

What’s Prison For? Concise diagnosis of a huge American problem

Bill Keller, once editor of the New York Times, now with the Marshall Project, shows how the US came to imprison so many of its citizens, disproportionately Black and brown, and how such a gross injustice might yet be addressed

The Guardian - US

SNP MP calls on Foreign Secretary to help pregnant Scot imprisoned abroad

A LIVINGSTON MP has called for the release of a pregnant woman who is imprisoned overseas.

The National (Scotland)

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The Independent UK

Newsom has mixed verdict on California criminal justice laws

California Gov. Gavin Newsom delivered a mixed verdict on more than three dozen criminal justice laws before his bill-signing deadline Friday

Reason

An Iowa Jury Awards $12 Million in Damages to a Man Who Was Wrongly Imprisoned for Sexual Abuse

A former guidance counselor served six years of a 25-year sentence thanks to a public defender's incompetence.

Reason

Bill Introduced To Bring Independent Oversight to Federal Prison System

The Federal Prison Oversight Act would create an independent ombudsman to investigate complaints about the Bureau of Prisons, something prison advocacy groups have long called for.

Chronicle Live

Protester who tied himself to goalpost at Everton v Newcastle match given six-week prison sentence

Louis McKechnie was found guilty of aggravated trespass after going onto the pitch

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Irish Mirror

Meet the man who killed Jeffrey Dahmer and the sole reason he said he did it

Dahmer – Monster: The Jeffrey Dahmer Story looks at the life of the killer, known as the 'Milwaukee Monster' and his trail of murders

Al Jazeera

California governor vetoes limits on solitary confinement

Bill vetoed by Gavin Newsom would have imposed variety of limits on a practice UN expert says can be a form of torture.

Evening Standard

Police investigation after Stephen Lawrence killer accused of using phone in prison cell

A Prison Service spokesman said: ‘We can confirm this matter has been referred to the police for investigation.’

The Independent UK

Stephen Lawrence killer referred to police after ‘taking selfies from cell’

David Norris was given a life sentence in 2012.

The Independent UK

Did Jeffrey Dahmer kill the son of America’s Most Wanted host John Walsh?

Investigator who interviewed Dahmer in prison convinced that he was responsible for 1981 murder of Adam Walsh in case that shocked America

The Independent UK

Nevada governor orders prison head to resign after escape

The head of Nevada’s Department of Corrections has resigned at the request of Gov. Steve Sisolak in the wake of an escape by a convicted bombmaker that went unreported for four days

Evening Standard

Climate change protester given six-week prison sentence for tying himself to goalpost

Louis McKechnie, 21, denied aggravated trespass and going onto the playing area at the game at Everton’s Goodison Park stadium but was found guilty.

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