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Prisoners' bird boxes aim to aid struggling swifts
Inmates at Dumfries prison have been building bird nesting boxes to help bolster the population of common swifts in the ...
Moscow and Kiev swap more prisoners of war under Istanbul deal
Russia and Ukraine have conducted a further exchange of prisoners of war, the Ministry of Defence in Moscow said on Friday, ...
Inside prison walls, here's how a book program is changing lives
Accessing reading material in prisons is hard, but Freedom Reads co-founder Reginald Betts, a former inmate, went beyond ...
Does new 'Cognify' tech allow prisoners to complete years of social rehabilitation in minutes?
Claims about a brain implant technology that compresses prison sentences into minutes are based on a concept, not actual ...
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Redefining freedom of creativity in captivity: The art of Ukrainian prisoners
In today's Ukraine, just as under the Soviet period, art also flourishes in prison, made by men and women alike, and deserves ...
Belarus frees more prisoners while simultaneously cracking down on dissent
Belarus’ President Alexander Lukashenko has pardoned 16 more prisoners, continuing his selective releases while also cracking ...
This bill would allow more DE prisoners to argue for early release based on rehabilitation
A bill expanding a Delaware process by which prisoners can argue they are rehabilitated and should be released passed a final ...
Inmate steals occupied jail van during transfer of prisoners near Ellensburg
Around 9:50 a.m., a van was parked for a routine transfer of inmates between county jails when 27-year-old Rebecca Tupuola of ...
Lord Woodley’s intervention on IPP will only get prisoners’ hopes up
Lord Woodley is right that it’s time IPP prisoners were released, writes Andrea Coomber, Chief Executive of the Howard League ...