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Arrests after protesters breach London prison grounds
The Met Police say they have detained a group of protesters who "breached prison grounds" at Wormwood Scrubs jail in west London on…
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Mandela's prison key, sunglasses and shirt can be sold after daughter wins court battle
A South African court has dismissed an appeal by the country's heritage body to stop the sale and export of various artefacts connected to…
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Egyptian-British activist Alaa Abd el-Fattah arrives in UK after release from Egyptian prison
Abd el-Fattah, 44, has become Egypt's most prominent political prisoner after spending much of his adult life in and out of detention due…
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Russian court sentences pro-war activist and Putin critic to 6 years in prison
A court in Russia on Thursday convicted a pro-war activist and critic of President Vladimir Putin of justifying terrorism and sentenced…
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Is This What Got Ghislaine Maxwell Her Cushy Prison Transfer?
Newly released transcripts of Ghislaine Maxwell’s July interview with the Justice Department depict a surprisingly chilly relationship…
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Uganda prison officer sacked for 'politicking' on TikTok
A Uganda prison officer has been sacked for criticising the government on TikTok, in a rare move authorities said amounted to "gross…
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How Nicolas Sarkozy Survived Twenty Days Behind Bars
Sarkozy is assigned prisoner number 320535. “Four days earlier, I had been Nicolas Sarkozy, the former President of the Republic, being…
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Bill that could reduce Brazilian ex-President Jair Bolsonaro's prison time advances in Congress
RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — Brazil’s lower house of Congress approved a bill early Wednesday that could reduce the amount of time former that…
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Israel faces worst prison overcrowding crisis in its history, report warns
Aspects of daily life behind bars include cells so crowded that detainees cannot move without climbing over one another, and inmates…
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What Is Femicide? Italy Makes It Punishable With Life In Prison
Italy has introduced a new law to protect women from violence. The country has now ruled that perpetrators who commit femicide may be…
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Italy now recognizes the crime of femicide and punishes it with life in prison
ROME (AP) — Italy's parliament on Tuesday approved a law that introduces femicide into the country’s criminal law and punishes it with…
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Brazil's Bolsonaro arrested 'preventively' ahead of prison term
Brazil's former president Jair Bolsonaro has been arrested "preventively" before his upcoming prison sentence starts, media outlets in the…
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Fraudster Trump Pardoned Is Going Back to Prison ... for Fraud
One counterprotester decided that Lang needed to be taught a lesson, and, while pretending to march next to him, suddenly turned and…
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Ghislaine Maxwell’s Prison Fires Four People After Whistleblower Leak
Several prison employees at the facility holding Ghislaine Maxwell have been fired since internal whistleblowers revealed the extent of…
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Convicted Child Sex Predator Avoids Prison Thanks to Trump Pardon
Taake was convicted of attacking a police officer at the Capitol with bear spray and a whip during the riots. He had also previously been…
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The Disturbing Prison Abuse Case Coming Before the Supreme Court
A Fifth Circuit panel described what happened next. “Upon arrival, Landor was met by an intake guard,” Judge Edith Brown Clement wrote for…
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The Case That Could Rein in Private Prison Abuses—or Turn Them Loose
Geo’s opponents say that private companies don’t get the government’s immunity from being sued. Instead, they say that if contractors act…
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Why France's ex-President Sarkozy may be released from prison after just 20 days
PARIS (AP) — A court in Paris will decide whether to release France's former President Nicolas Sarkozy from prison on Monday, just 20 days…
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Why is a 16-year-old Palestinian American boy still being held in an Israeli prison?
TAYBEH, West Bank — The three military vehicles growled to a stop in front of Zaher Ibrahim’s elegant two-story home in this village in…
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Convicted sex offender who was mistakenly released from a UK prison is deported to Ethiopia
LONDON (AP) — An Ethiopian man who was mistakenly released from a British prison after being convicted of sexually assaulting a teenager…
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'Good luck George, have a great life!' Trump commutes George Santos' prison sentence
President Trump said Friday he was commuting the sentence of disgraced former Rep. George Santos of New York, who was serving more than…
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Marwan Barghouti’s son says family fears for his life in Israeli prison
The son of prominent Palestinian political leader Marwan Barghouti says he fears for his father’s life in Israeli prison amid witness…
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From Life in Prison to the Eras Tour
Still, over time, I earned a reputation. “Joe’s straight,” guys would say, with some mix of mockery and begrudging respect. The prison…
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Palestinian prisoner slated for release attacks female prison guard
A Palestinian inmate slated for release under the Israel-Hamas ceasefire deal attacked a female prison guard before being restrained and…