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The women fighting back against the ‘never-ending story’ of rising female incarceration and lifelong stigma

Women are the fastest-growing part of the criminal justice system, and most of them are mothers. The new documentary ‘Apart’ explores the challenges of being a woman behind bars, and how barriers and stigma remain long after sentences are carried out, Josh Marcus writes

The Independent UK

Melissa Lucio was given the death penalty in Texas for killing her baby. What if she's innocent?

After nearly a decade on death row, Melissa Lucio's life was spared at the 11th hour. Now, she faces another gruelling fight to overturn her conviction.

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Derek Chauvin appeals murder conviction for killing George Floyd

Former Minneapolis police officer was found guilty of murder, sentenced to more than 22 years in prison last year.

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Ban on staff calling prisoners ‘residents’ or ‘clients’

It comes after the Justice Secretary defended a new ‘smart’ prison designed to drive down crime.

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Between crime and punishment

Bex Silver looks for solutions outside of the unnecessary dichotomy of ‘tough on crime’ and ‘soft on crime’.

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Russian returned home in prisoner swap with U.S. says he was tortured in Liberia

A Russian pilot who returned to Moscow from the United States this week as part of a prisoner swap said on Thursday he had been tortured in custody in Liberia before his extradition to America.

Reuters

Inside horrifying home where killer mum kicked young son from bed to sleep with strangers

Laura Heath has been handed a 20 year prison sentence after she was convicted of gross negligence manslaughter over the death of her young son Hakeem Hussain, aged seven.

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Former prison governor jailed over ‘intimate’ WhatsApp messages to inmate

Victoria Laithwaite, 47, sent messages to 30-year-old prisoner James Chalmers after problems in her marriage, Northampton Crown Court heard.

The Independent UK

Inside horror home where killer mum kicked son from bed to have sex with strangers

Laura Heath has been given a 20 years prison sentence after she was convicted of gross negligence manslaughter over the death of her son Hakeen Hussain in Nechells, Birmingham

Daily Mirror

Ex-Marine Reed returns to U.S. after Russia prisoner swap

Former U.S. Marine Trevor Reed arrived back in the United States on Thursday after being freed by Russia in a prisoner swap, with a congressman who met with him saying the 30-year-old Texan's "spirit is strong."

Reuters

Edinburgh prisoner murdered bride-to-be after shouting 'you don't make my lunch'

The High Court in Edinburgh heard how Rory O’Connor had been heard shouting at Diane Nichol on the day before she died. A witness heard O’Connor tell her: “You’re useless, you don’t clean, you don’t make my lunch, you better make it tomorrow.”

Edinburgh Live

Trevor Reed back in US, one day after Russian prisoner swap

Trevor Reed is back in the United States one day after the Marine veteran was swapped for a Russian drug trafficker in a prisoner exchange between Washington and Moscow

The Independent UK

A bite mark, a forensic dentist, a murder: how junk science ruins innocent lives

Charles McCrory has spent decades in prison for the murder of his wife, convicted on the strength of bite mark evidence. The problem? CSI-style forensics is bad science

The Guardian - US

POINT: Why are Republicans so obsessed with gender issues?

What makes a woman a woman? That’s the question Tennessee Sen. Marsha Blackburn asked Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson at her Supreme Court confirmation hearing. Alabama governor Kay Ivey signed legislation that threatens doctors and nurses with up to 10 years in prison for aiding transgender young people in transitioning. Florida’s…

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Sydney gangland murder victim, Mahmoud 'Brownie' Ahmad, was always going to end up 'in the morgue or jail'

Crime figure Mahmoud "Brownie" Ahmad was released from prison just six months ago but he was so embedded in Sydney's underworld he was only ever going to end up in a body bag or back in jail, police say.

Newcastle Herald

Prison guards guilty of assault on colleague, Cessnock court hears

A prison officer who was woken in the middle of the night by three colleagues who held him down, repeatedly questioned him and assaulted him says he was also the victim of another unrelated assault at the hands of a different prison guard.

Daily Record

Fraudster stole £388,000 of friends' life savings to fund gambling addiction

Jay Delaney cried in the dock as she was handed a five year prison sentence after stealing £388,000 from 38 people.

ABC News

Canberra man Hayden Todkill who allegedly stabbed another man at Kingston Foreshore granted bail

Hayden Todkill has been in prison since last month, accused of stabbing a man multiple times in the abdomen and chest outside Canberra pub The Dock.

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Family of Paul Whelan has questions after he is left out of prisoner swap: 'Hope dims'

WASHINGTON — The family of Michigan's Paul Whelan expressed happiness Wednesday at Russia's release of another former Marine, Trevor Reed, while appearing frustrated that the U.S. left their brother and son out of the prisoner swap.

The Independent UK

A look at Trevor Reed, the Texan released in prisoner swap

Trevor Reed’s nearly three year imprisonment in Russia has ended

The Independent UK

EXPLAINER: Will a Russian prisoner exchange impact Griner?

Brittney Griner remains detained in Russia and it’s unclear how an unexpected prisoner exchange between the United States and Russia that freed marine veteran Trevor Reed will affect the status of WNBA star

Tribune News Service

Former US Marine Trevor Reed returns home after Russia imprisonment

FORT WORTH, Texas — Trevor Reed, a former U.S. Marine from Fort Worth, has been released from a Russian prison and reunited with his family after 2 1/2 years in captivity, President Joe Biden announced Wednesday.

The Independent UK

Trevor Reed and Konstantin Yaroshenko: Who’s who in high-stakes US-Russia prisoner swap

Both the US and Russia claimed their nationals were being unjustly imprisoned

Reuters

UK report warns of impact of Islamist groups in prisons

Britain's prisons have failed to recognise the dangers of Islamist "gang-type activity" and the impact of Islamist groups has been underestimated for too long by authorities, an independent report into the prison service said.

Asharq Al-Awsat

Sudan Frees Ex-officials in Effort to End Political Impasse

Sudanese authorities released two outspoken former government officials from prison, lawyers said Wednesday, part of trust-building measures amid efforts to end the country’s political impasse. Sudan was plunged into turmoil after an October military coup upended its short-lived transition to democracy after three decades of repressive rule by former president…

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