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'Immense relief' for families after French couple freed from Iran prison

French citizens Cécile Kohler and Jacques Paris have been released from prison in Iran after more than three years in detention, President Emmanuel Macron announced late on Tuesday. The couple, accused by Tehran of espionage, are now under French protection in the Iranian capital.

Radio France Internationale

Video shows guards roughly treat inmate who had seizure

Prison guards who roughly handled a one-legged inmate who had just had a seizure suspected he had taken illicit drugs, an inquest into his death has heard.

AAP

Man sent to prison for trafficking victims to Myanmar scam compound

Several people were promised good pay in Thailand, only to find themselves trafficked to scam centres

The Independent UK

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Pregnant British drug mule Bella Culley arrives back in UK after being freed from Georgia prison

Pregnant teenager Bella May Culley, 19, touched down in the country this evening after prison release

Evening Standard

2 French nationals freed from Iranian prison after more than 3 years in detention

French President Emmanuel Macron says two French nationals have been released from an Iranian prison

The Independent UK

Victor Conte, founder of BALCO company at centre of performance-enhancing drugs scandal, dies aged 75

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The Independent UK

I’m a criminologist and grieving aunt. Here’s why Ottawa’s bail reform won’t make Canada safer

The federal government has announced it’s introducing legislation to make bail more difficult to secure, along with lengthening sentences for certain offences.

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“World’s Smartest Man” From South Korea Brutally Mocked For Seeking US Asylum Over “Dumb” Reasons

“The ICE members are waiting for you to lock you up in prison and then deport…”

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How Diddy Just Landed A Legal Win Following His Prison Transfer

This marks a step forward for Diddy.

Cinemablend

Prisoners spending entire jail term in police cells as Victoria’s justice system buckles

Prisoners in police cells often have less access to healthcare and less chance of being visited by family and lawyers

The Guardian - AU

Rape culture is a problem for everyone – here are three ways to tackle it

Rape, as a crime, is widely deplored. Society and media condemn rapists, and rape and other sexually-related crimes carry potentially heavy prison sentences when perpetrators are convicted. So why, given this apparent intolerance for rape, do criminologists like me (and many others) still say that we live in a “rape…

The Conversation

Baby Emmanuel's Killer Father Jailed for Life After Faking Kidnapping to Hide Murder

California father Jake Haro has been jailed for life after murdering his seven-month-old son Emmanuel and staging a fake kidnapping to hide the horrific crime.

International Business Times UK

Fans Outraged as Ex-NBA Star Sebastian Telfair Meets Diddy in Jail Amid Backlash Over 'Women Deserve It' Remark

Former NBA player Sebastian Telfair's viral prison meeting with Diddy reignites backlash over his disturbing VladTV comment about women

International Business Times UK

Bodycam Footage Sparks Anger as Teen Sex Offender Jesse Butler Avoids Prison Despite Violent Charges

Backlash grows after Oklahoma teen Jesse Butler avoids jail for violent sex assaults. New arrest video sparks outrage as victims' families say justice 'failed'.

International Business Times UK

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Squid Game: The Challenge season two review – nothing you see here is OK

Cash-strapped people forced to do shameful things because they’re desperate for money? How can this rot be real? If I recreated the idea in my local park, I’d surely end up in prison

The Guardian - UK

Torture in Israeli prisons rose sharply during war, says freed Palestinian author

Nasser Abu Srour says prisons became like ‘another front’ in Gaza conflict and tells of struggle to adjust to life outside

Euronews

France treats cyber harassment differently to rest of EU. These are the other high-profile cases

Brigitte Macron mounted a cyber harassment case against 10 people who claimed France’s first lady is transgender or was born a man. What other cases are there in France?

AAP

Rules not followed in watching inmate who had a seizure

An inmate who suffered a seizure and later died had been swinging his limbs about and screaming as officers tried to calm him, an inquest has been told.

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The Independent UK

California father who killed his 7-month-old son sentenced to more than 30 years in prison

A Southern California father who killed his 7-month-old son has been sentenced to more than 30 years in prison

The Guardian - US

Two courts urge ICE to halt deportation of man wrongfully imprisoned for more than 40 years

Legal resident ‘Subu’ Vedam being held in short-term center after getting murder conviction overturned earlier this year

The Independent UK

Baby Emmanuel’s father Jake Haro sentenced to decades in prison for 7-month-old son’s murder in faked disappearance case

Emmanuel’s grandmother told the court that the father’s crime had ‘destroyed my whole family’

The Independent UK

George Banks, one of America’s most notorious mass murderers, dies at 83

He passed away on Sunday afternoon at Phoenix state prison in Pennsylvania

The Independent UK

Courts order ICE not to deport man who spent 43 years in prison before murder case overturned

Two courts have ordered immigration officials not to deport a Pennsylvania man who spent four decades in prison before his murder conviction was overturned

The Independent UK

Israel rocked by scandal as top military lawyer resigns, goes missing, is found and thrown into jail

A political scandal has erupted in Israel over a leaked video at the center of an investigation into allegations of severe abuses of Palestinians at a notorious military prison

The Guardian - US

Chile to end Pinochet henchmen’s pampered prison life of tennis and barbecues

Punta Peuco – where military human rights offenders enjoy privileged conditions – set to join public prison network

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