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Lawyer for Australian detainee in Iraq says Foreign Affairs response ‘shameful and lazy’
Robert Pether, who has been arbitrarily detained in Iraq since 2021, is facing new 'confected and ludicrous' accusations ...
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Israeli cabinet delays ceasefire vote
Israel will vote on Friday whether to approve the Gaza ceasefire as it accuses Hamas of trying to change the terms of the ...
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End state-sanctioned secrecy in South Carolina’s penal system
The state’s policy governing “Employee and Inmate Relations With News Media” does more than conceal information about the conduct of executions in South Carolina. It also prohibits ...
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Inmate firefighters: Over 1,000 prisoners deployed to battle Los Angeles fires
The inmate firefighting program dates back to 1915 but largely expanded in California in the 1940s because of firefighter shortages during World War II, according to the CDCR. The state's Assembly ...
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Hundreds of California prisoners are fighting the LA fires, with some earning little more than $1 an hour
Hundreds of Californian prisoners have been deployed to help battle ... accounted for as much as 30% of the state's wildfire force. According to the CDCR, fire crew members earn between $5.80 ...
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Four more suspended after death of inmate Robert Brooks at Marcy Correctional Facility
The Department of Corrections and Community Supervision has suspended three more corrections officers and a registered nurse.
Arizona Daily Sun13d
An Arizona prisoner is asking to be executed sooner than the state wants
PHOENIX — An Arizona death row prisoner asked the state’s highest court to skip legal formalities and schedule his execution earlier than authorities were aiming for, pushing as he had in the ...
Los Angeles Times7d
How you can help the incarcerated firefighters battling L.A. wildfires
In any given year, up to 30% of the state’s wildfire-fighting force earns as little as $26.90 for a 24-hour shift. That’s because they’re prisoners in the California Department of ...
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Former Inmates Are Sharing Things About Prison That Most People Don’t Know, And I’m Shocked I Didn’t Know Any Of This
but it starts well before and ends well after prison. Everything has a cost: parole (you pay a parole fee), community service (you pay a community service fee), court costs, and you owe the state ...
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Prisoner swap program eyed for detained OFWs
MANILA, Philippines — The minority leader in the House of Representatives yesterday proposed to the government a prisoner swap program with other countries, under which jailed overseas Filipino ...
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13 prisoners escape after drunk detective opened cells and told inmates they were free to go, Zambia police say
The detective "in a state of intoxication, forcibly seized cell keys" from Constable Serah Banda and "unlocked both the male and female cells and instructed the suspects to leave, stating they ...
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Inmate dead following altercation at Valdosta State Prison
VALDOSTA, Ga. (WALB) - One inmate is dead following an altercation at Valdosta State Prison. According to Joan Heath, Director of Communications with the Georgia Department of Corrections (GDC ...