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San Quentin begins prison reform – but not for those on death row

March 19, 2024 World Justice News 0

California is transferring everyone on death row at San Quentin prison to other places, as it tries to reinvent the state’s most notorious facility as a rehabilitation centre. Many in this group will now have […]

Glynn Simmons: Freedom ‘exhilarating’ for man exonerated after 48 years

January 7, 2024 World Justice News 0

Glynn Simmons took a long glance out the window of the car passenger seat as he drove with a friend along the freeway to Tulsa, Oklahoma. His gaze was fixated on the night sky, lit […]

Imprisonment for Public Protection jail terms ‘a death sentence’

March 19, 2021 World Justice News 0

Karl Maroni, 33, has spent all his adult life in jail. Aged 18 he committed three violent offences and was convicted. He was told the minimum time he’d be in prison would be three and […]

Meek Mill pleads guilty to gun charge to end 12-year case

August 27, 2019 World Justice News 0

Meek Mill has pleaded guilty to a misdemeanor gun charge, in a plea deal which ends a 12-year long case. The US rapper was granted a new trial in July because judges ruled that his […]

Australia

Australian murderer loses bid to eat Vegemite in prison

October 26, 2026 0

A convicted murderer serving a life sentence in Australia has lost his bid to overturn a ban on prisoners consuming Vegemite – the salty yeast-based spread that has become a national symbol. Andre McKechnie argued […]

Human Rights

Patients in chains rescued from suspected illegal rehab centre in South Africa

October 16, 2026 0

A pastor and his wife have been arrested in South Africa after 200 people, some in chains, were found held at a suspected illegal rehabilitation centre in the north-eastern part of the country. The facility, […]

Human Rights

UK threatens to ban Eritreans over migrant return policy

October 15, 2026 0

Home Secretary Shabana Mahmood has threatened to ban all Eritreans from entering the UK if the east African country’s government does not accept more returns of small boat migrants and foreign national offenders. From Thursday, […]