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First sighting of Belarusian political prisoner in more than 600 days

Maria Kolesnikova, jailed for her part in mass political protests in 2020, was allowed to see her father.

Pentagon leaker Jack Teixeira sentenced to 15 years in prison

A judge on Tuesday sentenced former Massachusetts Air National Guard member Jack Teixeira to 15 years in prison for leaking classified Pentagon documents on social media. The 22-year-old pleaded ...

At least 15 inmates killed in a fight in Ecuador's largest prison

A fight among inmates has left 15 dead and 14 injured at Ecuador’s largest prison

World - ABC News - November 12

In Trump's deportation plan, the private prison industry sees a lucrative opportunity

As Donald Trump prepares to make good on his promise to deport possibly millions of undocumented immigrants, the private prison industry appears poised to cash in.

Prison officer to The Voice star: 'I felt like Hannah Montana'

Hollie Peabody returns to work in the prisons service after getting to the semi-finals of The Voice.

Daniel Khalife denies asking Iran for help after prison escape

The former soldier has pleaded guilty to escaping from prison but still faces other charges.

Ecuador's largest and most dangerous prison riot leaves at least 17 dead

Authorities say the number of inmates killed in a riot in Ecuador’s largest and most dangerous prison has risen to 17, a day after the goriest prison episode under the watch of President Daniel ...

World - ABC News - November 13

Remains of U.S. WWII airman identified after dying as prisoner of war

U.S. Army Air Forces Pvt. 1st Class Bernard J. Calvi, 23, died in a prisoner of war camp in the Philippines during World War II.

Charles Manson admits to additional murders in unearthed prison phone call

In docuseries preview, audio shows cult leader, behind 1960s killings, saying he ‘left some dead people’ in Mexico. In newly released audio, Charles Manson , the cult leader behind a string of ...

World - The Guardian - November 13

Prison officers deal drugs and ask inmates for sex, BBC told

Staff and former inmates say corruption is rife because guards know "how to fiddle the system".

Major bitcoin hacker Lichtenstein gets five years in prison for crypto laundering scheme

The value of the bitcoin stolen by hacker Ilya Lichstenstein from Bitfinex in 2016 is worth more than $10 billion now.

Business - CNBC - November 15

Former classmate sentenced to life in prison in murder of gay teen Blaze Bernstein

Samuel Woodward was found guilty of murdering his former classmate, Blaze Bernstein, in a hate crime.

Venezuela releases from prison some of the thousands detained after presidential election

World - Yahoo News - November 16

‘I felt like a prisoner’: the domestic workers ‘trapped’ by Canberra’s diplomatic employers

One staff member was paid as little as 65 cents an hour and worked a seven-day week with no respite. Advocates say it’s modern slavery. Follow our Australia news live blog for latest updates ...

World - The Guardian - 5 days ago

Hong Kong sentences 45 activists to prison in landmark security trial

Legal scholar Benny Tai receives 10-year penalty as authorities stamp out dissent in Chinese territory

World - Financial Times - 5 days ago

Prison stocks slumped under Trump. Why are they soaring now?

Maga trades may not turn out to be winners even if policies are followed through

World - Financial Times - 4 days ago

Gary Wang, a Top FTX Executive, Is Given No Prison Time

Mr. Wang is the last close colleague of the FTX founder Sam Bankman-Fried to be sentenced for the fraud that caused the crypto exchange to collapse in 2022.

Tech - The New York Times - 3 days ago

FTX co-founder Gary Wang receives no prison sentence for crypto fraud

Prosecutors hailed ‘first FTX cooperator to come in the door’, helping put away Sam Bankman-Fried for decades. An apologetic FTX co-founder was sentenced on Wednesday to no time in prison after a ...

World - The Guardian - 3 days ago

Laken Riley's killer Jose Ibarra sentenced to life in prison without parole

The Georgia judge who convicted Jose Ibarra for charges related to the death of nursing student Laken Riley sentenced the undocumented immigrant to life in prison without the possibility of parole. ...

Archegos Founder Bill Hwang Sentenced to 18 Years in Prison

His firm’s collapse wiped $100 billion in market value, prosecutors said.

Business - The Wall Street Journal - 3 days ago

Former doctor is sentenced to life in prison after conviction for sexually abusing patients

A former doctor has been sentenced to life in prison after being convicted of sexually abusing multiple patients, including children, over the span of years in the New York area

Health - ABC News - 3 days ago

Urologist Who Sexually Abused Patients Is Sentenced to Life in Prison

Darius A. Paduch, a fertility specialist, assaulted men and boys for years at prominent New York hospitals, prosecutors said.

Top stories - The New York Times - 3 days ago

Archegos' Bill Hwang sentenced to 18 years in prison for massive U.S. fraud

Former billionaire investor Sung Kook “Bill” Hwang was sentenced to 18 years in prison on Wednesday over the collapse of Archegos Capital Management, which cost Wall Street banks more than $10 ...

Man sentenced to life in prison for murder of Georgia nursing student Laken Riley

A judge on Wednesday found Jose Ibarra guilty on all 10 counts in the murder of University of Georgia student Laken Riley. Ibarra was sentenced to life in prison without the possibility of parole.

Georgia woman convicted of killing her toddler gets life in prison

Leilani Simon was spared the maximum punishment of life without a chance of parole.

Iran’s imprisoned Nobel Peace Prize laureate sentenced to another 6 months in prison

A group campaigning for Iran's Nobel Peace Prize laureate Narges Mohammadi says Iranian authorities have issued an additional six-month prison sentence against her

World - ABC News - October 25

Ex-commander of a Ugandan rebel group has been sentenced to 40 years in prison

A court in Uganda has sentenced a former commander of the Lord’s Resistance Army rebels to 40 years in prison for brutal crimes committed by the group during its insurgency that started in the 1980s