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Short of prison space, UK looks to US model of time off for good conduct
New York Times, Published on 23/05/2025
» LONDON — In February, Britain’s justice secretary, Shabana Mahmood, travelled to Texas. As a lawmaker from the centre-left Labour Party, her trip to the Republican state was somewhat off-brand, but she was on a serious mission: to try to find solutions to Britain’s chronic prison overcrowding crisis.
Iran adds prison time for Nobel winner
New York Times, Published on 16/01/2024
» The Iranian regime sentenced Narges Mohammadi, the jailed human rights activist who received the 2023 Nobel Peace Prize, to 15 more months in prison, her family said Monday.
Police officer, convicted of murdering George Floyd, stabbed in prison
New York Times, Published on 25/11/2023
» NEW YORK - Derek Chauvin, the former Minneapolis police officer who was convicted of murdering George Floyd during a 2020 arrest that set off a wave of protests, was stabbed at a federal prison in Tucson, Arizona, on Friday, according to two people with knowledge of the situation.
Video reveals how Russian mercenaries recruit inmates for Ukraine war
New York Times, Published on 17/09/2022
» In a video that emerged Tuesday, the de facto leader of a Russian mercenary outfit known as the Wagner Group is seen promising convicts release from prison in return for a six-month combat tour in Russia’s war against Ukraine.