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Army veteran who gave tactical training to neo-Nazis learns his fate

Kyle Christopher Benton, 29, of Snohomish, Washington, was sentenced to two years in prison for illegal gun possession after training extremists.

The Independent UK

Venezuelans deported by Trump to brutal El Salvador prison are transferred to Caracas in exchange for Americans

Dozens of newly released Venezuelans could expose conditions inside notorious prison after months-long legal battles

The Independent UK

U.S. Reportedly Orchestrates Prisoner Swap with Venezuela Using Detainees Deported To El Salvador

The United States has reportedly arranged for El Salvador to transfer Venezuelan detainees to Caracas in exchange for the release of ten individuals held by the Venezuelan government

Latin Times

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Trinidad and Tobago imposes state of emergency after prison plot to kill officials uncovered

Under the state of emergency, police can conduct searches and make arrests without a warrant. A curfew has not been put into effect.

Euronews

Trinidad and Tobago imposes another state of emergency after uncovering plot to kill key officials

Authorities in Trinidad and Tobago have declared a new state of emergency after accusing “a coordinated and highly dangerous criminal network” operating in prisons across the country of plotting to kill key government officials and attack public institutions

The Independent UK

Tom Girard Girardi begins 7-year sentence for funding ‘Real Housewife’ lifestyle with plane crash victims’ money

Lavish lifestyle prison sentence.

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Man accused of crimes against humanity at Libyan prison arrested in Germany, ICC says

The United Nations Security Council called on the ICC to open an investigation in Libya in 2011 amid violence that led to the toppling of Muammar Gaddafi and morphed into a crippling civil war.

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Why do US prosecutors want a one-day sentence for Breonna Taylor shooting?

Taylor, an emergency medical technician, was killed in her home during a botched police raid in March 2020.

Al Jazeera

Gavin Newsom says Alcatraz will reopen the ‘same day Trump releases the Epstein files’

A spokesperson dismissed the idea previously touted by the president, following a visit to the island by Interior Secretary Doug Burgum and U.S. Attorney General Pam Bondi on Thursday

The Independent UK

‘I just couldn’t stop crying’: How prison affects Black men’s mental health long after they’ve been released

Mike returned home to Philadelphia after a 15-year prison sentence and suffered an emotional breakdown.

The Conversation

$6 million Bitcoin theft lands cop five and a half years in prison — officer stole 50 Bitcoins from Silk Road 2.0 founder during investigation, inside job unravelled by the man he was trying to put away

A member of the NCA took advantage of their know-how and access to steal 50 Bitcoins from the Silk Road 2.0 founder.

Tom’s Hardware

Post your questions for Guy Pearce

As he stars in hard-hitting prison drama Inside, the candid Aussie actor will answer questions on his 40-year career from Neighbours to The Brutalist

The Guardian - UK

Hong Kong tightens prison rules, allowing visit restrictions on national security grounds

Hong Kong has tightened prison rules, allowing authorities to restrict visits on national security grounds

The Independent UK

Family plead for alleged China pilot trainer's freedom

Australian Daniel Duggan faces up to 60 years in prison for allegedly training Chinese military personnel after leaving the US Marine Corps.

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The Independent UK

Ten more years of injustice: Figures lay bare scale of IPP scandal

Government ‘must go further and faster’ to help prisoners trapped on abolished indefinite jail terms as first releases hit all-time low, experts warn

The Independent UK

Prisoners let out ‘in error’ or held illegally beyond their release date in ‘squalid’ prison, watchdog warns

Inspector issues urgent notification over mice and cockroach infested HMP Pentonville after staff monitoring suicidal inmates caught sleeping on the job

Evening Standard

Cockroach-infested London prison held inmates illegally

The chief inspector of prisons also said the backlog in sentencing calculations at HMP Pentonville has seen some prisoners freed early.

The Independent UK

Cockroach-infested jail put into special measures for illegally detaining prisoners

Inmates had been kept in prison after their release date because staff “failed to calculate sentences accurately”

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The Independent UK

5 US immigrants deported to Eswatini in Africa are being held in solitary confinement

Five immigrants deported by the United States to the small southern African nation of Eswatini under the Trump administration’s secretive third-country program are in prison, where they will be held in solitary confinement for an undetermined time

Radio France Internationale

French court orders release of Lebanese militant after four decades in prison

A French appeals court on Thursday ordered the release of pro-Palestinian Lebanese militant Georges Ibrahim Abdallah, who has been imprisoned for 40 years for the 1982 killing of two diplomats.

Al Jazeera

Prosecutors recommend one day of prison for officer in Breonna Taylor death

Under President Donald Trump, the Justice Department has asked a judge to consider a significantly lighter sentencing.

The Guardian - US

Trump officials tour Alcatraz in bid to reopen prison amid outcry from California leaders

Doug Burgum, interior secretary, and Pam Bondi, attorney general, visit island as Nancy Pelosi calls idea ‘lunacy’

The Independent UK

US Justice Department wants no prison time for ex-officer convicted in Breonna Taylor raid

The U.S. Justice Department is recommending an ex-Kentucky police officer convicted of using excessive force during the deadly Breonna Taylor raid should serve no prison time

The Texas Tribune

Texas judge dismisses case against migrant deported to El Salvador for being an alleged gang member

DPS troopers labeled Pedro Luis Salazar-Cuervo, who remains in a Salvadoran prison, a Venezuelan Tren de Aragua gang member based on a photo of him with a tattooed man.

Latin Times

Hacked Data Shows Dozens More Were Deported To El Salvador's Mega Prison Than Previously Acknowledged: Report

Hacked data shows dozens more people were deported to El Salvador's mega-prison than previously disclosed

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