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Hundreds of prison officers may have to leave UK after Labour’s visa rule change

Prison Officers’ Association says change in eligibility for skilled work visas is ‘disgraceful’ and ‘pandering to Reform’

The Guardian - UK

This Country's Daisy May Cooper and Charlie reunite for spooktacular new BBC2 show

First stop is a haunted prison!

WhatToWatch

Brazil's Bolsonaro Faces Prison After Coup Plotting Conviction

Brazil's Supreme Court on Thursday convicted firebrand ex-president Jair Bolsonaro of plotting a coup, sealing his fate with a 4-1 vote that could send him to prison for the rest of his life.

International Business Times

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Nadine Menendez, Wife of Former New Jersey Sen. Bob Menendez, Sentenced to Over Four Years in Prison

Speaking before her sentencing, Nadine Menendez described her husband as a "manipulative liar" who exerted control over her. "I put my life in his hands and he strung me like a puppet," she told the judge.

Latin Times

Brazil's former president Jair Bolsonaro guilty of coup plot

The former president is facing a potential decades-long prison sentence for attempting to unlawfully remain in power after his defeat in the 2022 election

Evening Standard

Belarus frees 52 political prisoners, including foreigners, after visit by US delegation

Move seen as effort to win US favour and sanctions relief, as crackdown on dissent continues

The Guardian - UK

Immigrant detainees begin arriving at former prison in rural Tennessee town

A company says detainees have started arriving at a former Tennessee prison that’s been turned into a U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement detention center

The Independent UK

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Brazil's Bolsonaro faces final votes by Supreme Court's justices in his attempted coup trial

Brazil’s Supreme Court is to deliver the final two votes by its justices on former President Jair Bolsonaro alleged coup attempt — votes that could send the far-right politician to prison within weeks and deeply impact the nation’s politics

The Independent UK

House passes bill to increase penalties for illegal entry into US - Roll Call

The House passed a bill Thursday that would boost prison sentences for migrants convicted of repeatedly entering the United States illegally.

Roll Call

Overcrowding and violence in Belgium's prisons: 'I was the victim of four assassination attempts'

The repurposed Forest prison in Brussels has opened its doors to the public to highlight the difficulties facing the prison system in Belgium, as overcrowding threatens inmates’ safety and hinders their reintegration.

Euronews

Puerto Rican Prisons Allowed Inmates To Work for Themselves. It Was a Huge Success.

These self-employed prisoners earned more than inmates in traditional prison jobs and were more likely than other inmates to be rehabilitated.

Reason

After years living quietly in Florida, Shah of Iran’s alleged ‘chief torturer’ must face accusations in court

Parviz Sabeti crafted a low-profile life for his family – but now he faces a $225m lawsuit over atrocities committed in prisons in Tehran and elsewhere

The Guardian - US

Timeline of Mandelson’s association with paedophile financier Epstein

The British ambassador to the US’s links to Jeffrey Epstein go back decades.

Evening Standard

Timeline of Peter Mandelson’s controversial relationship with Jeffrey Epstein

British ambassador to US was sacked over his ties to paedophile financier

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The Guardian - AU

Terry Irving awarded $130,000 after decades fighting for justice over five years of wrongful imprisonment

Queensland supreme court judge says Irving ‘fought for some 30 years to have the state recognise the wrong that occurred, without any apology’

The Independent UK

Wife of ex-Sen. Bob Menendez set to be sentenced for role in bribery scheme

The wife of former U.S. Sen. Bob Menendez is set to be sentenced for her role in a bribery scheme that sent the once-influential Democrat to prison

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Mom of Student Jailed For Life In Dubai For “Stupid Mistake” Lashes Out At “Haters” In Scathing Post

"She was studying law? She didn't study too hard."

The Independent UK

Trump paid El Salvador $5M to jail deportees – with conditions on abortion and DEI but not preventing torture

Secret memos made public this week show Trump administration’s arrangement with Nayib Bukele to jail Venezuelans

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Latin Times

La Luz del Mundo Mexican Megachurch Leader Already in Prison Now Indicted by New York Grand Jury

Naasón Joaquín García, the self-proclaimed "Apostle of Jesus Christ" and head of the Mexican megachurch La Luz del Mundo, was formally indicted Tuesday in a federal court in Manhattan on charges of sex trafficking, child exploitation, and conspiracy to engage in organized crime.

Euronews

UK ambassador to US Peter Mandelson faces criticism over links to 'best pal' Jeffrey Epstein

Epstein took his own life in prison in August 2019 while awaiting trial on sex-trafficking charges, more than a decade after his conviction for soliciting prostitution from a minor.

The Guardian - UK

Syrian man gets life imprisonment for stabbings in German city of Solingen

Issa al-Hasan, 27, who contacted Islamic State handler before attack, acted out of ‘treacherous and base motives’

The Independent UK

7 Chinese sentenced to 20 years each for trafficking and forced labor in South Africa

A court in Johannesburg has sentenced seven Chinese nationals to terms of 20 years in prison each for trafficking people from Malawi and forcing them to work at a factory in South Africa

The Independent UK

She was adopted into an abusive US home. Decades later, immigration policies sent her back to Brazil

When Maria Pires was adopted from Brazil as a child, she believed she was officially an American

Euronews

Man convicted of murder in knife attack at German festival and sentenced to life in prison

The state court in Düsseldorf convicted him of three counts of murder, 10 of attempted murder and membership of the so-called Islamic State, German news agency dpa reported.

The Independent UK

Suspect convicted of murder in knife attack at German festival and sentenced to life in prison

A German court has convicted the suspect in last year’s knife attack at a festival in Solingen of murder and membership in the Islamic State group and sentenced him to life in prison

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