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fromLGBTQ Nation
1 week ago

Alaska is fighting to deny a trans woman gender-affirming surgery. 24 states are backing them up. - LGBTQ Nation

Idaho and Indiana support Alaska's challenge against a federal ruling for gender-affirming surgery for a trans prisoner.
UK news
fromwww.theguardian.com
2 weeks ago

Tens of thousands of prisoners in England and Wales at risk of cell fires

The government abandoned its pledge to make all prison cells fire-safe by end of 2027, leaving tens of thousands of prisoners at risk despite knowing for nearly two decades that a quarter of prison places are unsafe.
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UK news
fromwww.theguardian.com
1 month ago

The scandal of women handcuffed while in labour: I was so shocked when the restraints weren't removed'

Pregnant prisoners in the UK remain handcuffed during labour despite guidelines stating they should not be, violating their rights and compromising birth experiences.
UK news
fromwww.theguardian.com
1 month ago

The scandal of women handcuffed while in labour: I was so shocked when the restraints weren't removed'

Pregnant prisoners in the UK remain handcuffed during labour despite guidelines stating they should not be, violating their rights and compromising birth experiences.
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fromwww.independent.co.uk
2 months ago

I've spent almost 20 years in prison for robbing 20. Now UK wants to deport me'

Sheldon Coore, 47, says Huddersfield is all he has ever known since his mother brought him to the UK in 1988 at just 16 months old to join his grandparents, who settled during Windrush. He was handed an Imprisonment for Public Protection (IPP) jail term in 2005 after he put a man in a headlock and stole 20 from his pocket, having already racked up a string of previous convictions to fund his drug addiction.
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US politics
fromKqed
4 months ago

Advocates Demand Investigation After Women Say SF Jail Deputies Recorded Strip Searches | KQED

Male deputies were present and body-worn cameras were activated during women's strip-searches, violating policies requiring private, female-only, non-indiscriminate searches and prompting oversight calls.
US politics
fromwww.independent.co.uk
8 months ago

Judges reveal regret at handing out indefinite jail terms and call for end to scandal

Senior judges regret imposing indefinite jail terms that unjustly trapped minor offenders in prison for decades.
Public health
fromwww.standard.co.uk
9 months ago

West London prison staff failed to spot epilepsy risk before man, 32, found dead in cell

Review of information sharing regarding medical conditions for prisoners is necessary after a death related to epilepsy in a west London prison.
fromNew York Post
10 months ago

'Model prisoner' Luigi Mangione whines about wearing handcuffs, bulletproof vest - makes request to judge

Forcing the 27-year-old accused killer to continue appearing with his hands cuffed and sporting the vest will 'perpetuate a false narrative that Mr. Mangione is an unusual danger requiring extraordinary security measures,' his lawyer Karen Friedman Agnifilo wrote in a legal filing.
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fromwww.nytimes.com
10 months ago

Officer Pleads Guilty to Fatal Beating of Prisoner Seen on Camera

Christopher Walrath, a corrections officer, pleaded guilty to first-degree manslaughter for his role in the beating death of prisoner Robert Brooks.
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