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Ex-correctional officer at federal prison in California gets five years for sexually abusing inmates
FILE - The Federal Correctional Institution stands in Dublin, Calif., on Dec. 5, 2022. A former federal correctional officer was sentenced Friday, Dec. 1, 2023, to more than five years in prison for sexually abusing two inmates at a women's prison in California where the warden and other employees were charged with similar conduct. A federal jury in June found John Russell Bellhouse guilty on five counts of sexual abuse for incidents involving the two women between 2019 and 2020 at FCI Dublin, about 20 miles (30 kilometers) east of Oakland. (AP Photo/Jeff Chiu, File)
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Iran sends a hip-hop artist who rapped about hijab protests back to jail
FILE PHOTO: The Iranian flag waves in front of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) headquarters in Vienna, Austria, March 1, 2021. REUTERS/Lisi Niesner/File Photo
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Sierra Leone minister says 13 military officers are under arrest for trying to stage a coup, a minister says
Members of the Sierra Leonean Police Forces guard the entrance to the Sierra Leone Broadcasting Corporation in Freetown on November 27, 2023. Clashes that shook Sierra Leone's capital Freetown on November 26, 2023 left 13 dead in the ranks of the army loyal to the government, and were orchestrated by active and retired soldiers, the army spokesperson said November 27, 2023. (Photo by Saidu BAH / AFP) (Photo by SAIDU BAH/AFP via Getty Images)
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Nearly 20% of inmates homeless upon release from Ontario jails, data show
Dale Guenter, a physician at The Hub, a drop-in resource centre for people experiencing homelessness, poses for a photograph in the clinic in Hamilton Ontario on October 27, 2023. Carlos Osorio for The Globe and Mail
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Derek Chauvin’s family has received no updates after prison stabbing, attorney says
FILE - In this image taken from video, former Minneapolis police Officer Derek Chauvin addresses the court at the Hennepin County Courthouse, June 25, 2021, in Minneapolis. Chauvin, the former Minneapolis police officer convicted of murdering George Floyd, was stabbed by another inmate and seriously injured Friday, Nov. 24, 2023, at a federal prison in Arizona, a person familiar with the matter told The Associated Press. (Court TV via AP, Pool, File)
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Ex-officer Derek Chauvin convicted in George Floyd’s killing stabbed in prison, source says
FILE PHOTO: Community members visit one of the murals at George Floyd Square, now behind barricades that formerly blocked the street, after city employees began to reopen George Floyd Square, the area where George Floyd was killed in Minneapolis police custody the year before, in Minneapolis, Minnesota, U.S. June 3, 2021. REUTERS/Nicole Neri/File Photo
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Moncton Mountie killer Justin Bourque charged with assaulting another inmate, RCMP say
Justin Bourque is depicted in an artist's sketch at his sentencing hearing in Moncton, N.B., on Tuesday, Oct. 28, 2014. The man who fatally shot three New Brunswick Mounties in 2014 has been charged for allegedly assaulting another inmate in prison. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Carol Taylor
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Coroner’s inquest continues for Soleiman Faqiri, mentally ill man who died in jail
Soleiman Faqiri is shown in this undated family handout photo. In the 11 days before Faqiri's death, family members tried to visit him four times, making the hour-long drive to the Ontario jail where he was being held, his brother said. THE CANADIAN PRESS/HO, Yusuf Faqiri *MANDATORY CREDIT*
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Inquest jury sees video of Soleiman Faqiri’s final moments at Ontario jail
A coroner's inquest examining the death of a mentally ill man who died in an Ontario jail cell in 2016 is set to begin today. Signage for the Central East Correctional Centre is seen in Lindsay, Ont., Friday, April 17, 2020. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Frank Gunn
sports
Oscar Pistorius to have another chance at parole on Friday after nearly a decade in prison
FILE - Oscar Pistorius leaves the High Court in Pretoria, South Africa, Tuesday June 14, 2016 during his trail for the murder of girlfriend Reeva Steenkamp. Pistorius will have a second chance at parole at a hearing on Friday, Nov. 24, 2023 after he was wrongly ruled ineligible for early release from jail in March. South Africa’s department of corrections said in a statement on Monday, Nov. 20 that a parole board will consider the former Olympic runner’s case again this week. Pistorius turns 37 on Wednesday and has been in prison for nearly a decade. (AP Photo/Themba Hadebe, File)
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Detained Iranian rapper Toomaj Salehi released on bail after year in jail
Smog covers Tehran on November 14, 2023, as Iranian authorities urged young schoolchildren and many civil servants in the capital to stay at home and warned people against engaging in any "outdoor activities" due to a spike in air pollution levels. Tehran, a city of around nine million people, suffers from chronic air pollution and regularly ranks among the world's most polluted cities. (Photo by ATTA KENARE / AFP) (Photo by ATTA KENARE/AFP via Getty Images)
canada
Quebec jail violated rights of Black man left naked in cell for hours, tribunal says
The yard of the Orsainville Detention Centre, near Quebec City, is shown on June 7, 2014. Quebec's human rights tribunal has found that provincial jail guards violated the rights of a Black inmate who was left for hours naked and wet in a cell without a mattress. Judge Christian Brunelle has ordered the provincial government and several guards at a Quebec City jail to pay Samuel Toussaint a total of $41,500 in damages and ordered the province's public security department to create a plan to fight discriminatory profiling. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Francis Vachon
british columbia
Drugs at B.C. prison ‘insane’ with multiple drone drops daily, says union boss
A correctional officer drives past the main gate to the Mountain Institution, Sunday, March 30, 2008. A union leader says the prison in British Columbia's Fraser Valley is experiencing an "insane" drug problem, with drones making multiple deliveries to prisoners each day. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Jonathan Hayward
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Colorado funeral home owner, wife, arrested on charges linked to the handling of at least 189 bodies
FILE - A hearse and debris can be seen at the rear of the Return to Nature Funeral Home in Penrose, Colo., Oct. 5, 2023. A family filed a lawsuit Monday, Oct. 30, against the Colorado funeral home where 189 decaying bodies were found alleging that the owners, a husband and wife, allowed the remains of their loved ones and to “rot” away while they sent families fake ashes. (Jerilee Bennett/The Gazette via AP, File)
canada
Man who pleaded guilty to reckless driving in death of two UBC students sentenced to three years in prison
Evan Smith (left) and Emily Selwood (right), who were studying social sciences and engineering at UBC. The pair, 18-year-olds, were killed walking through campus by a drunk driver just three weeks into their first year of studies. SOURCE: UBC/THE UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA
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Health professionals, not police should care for intoxicated prisoners, B.C. watchdog says
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Prison officer union against needle exchange after B.C. inmate overdose death
RCMP say a 33-year-old man has died after a fight among inmates at Stony Mountain Institution. The RCMP logo is seen outside the force's 'E' division headquarters in Surrey, B.C., on Thursday, March 16, 2023. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Darryl Dyck
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U.S. man sentenced to 20 years in prison for sex exploitation of three B.C. children
canada
Canadian researcher released from Algerian prison after sentence reduced on appeal
The lawyer for a a Canadian researcher detained in Algeria since February says his client has been sentenced to two years in prison. Raouf Farrah, who was born in Algeria but came to Canada as a teenager, is scheduled to stand trial Aug. 8 in the city of Constantine. Farrah appears in this undated handout photo. THE CANADIAN PRESS/HO-Farrah family *MANDATORY CREDIT*
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Crown drops bail violation charge against convoy organizer Tamara Lich
Tamara Lich arrives at the courthouse in Ottawa, Monday, Oct. 16, 2023. The Crown has dropped a criminal charge against "Freedom Convoy" organizer Lich that alleged she violated her bail conditions last summer.THE CANADIAN PRESS/ Patrick Doyle
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Iran sentences 2 journalists for collaborating with United States. Both covered Mahsa Amini’s death
FILE - A woman holds a placard with a picture of Iranian woman Mahsa Amini during a protest against her death, in Berlin, Germany, on Sept. 28, 2022. A court in Iran sentenced two female journalists to up to seven years in prison for “collaborating” with the United States government among other charges, local reports said Sunday, Oct. 22, 2023. Both have been imprisoned for over a year following their coverage of the death of Mahsa Amini while in police custody in September 2022. (AP Photo/Markus Schreiber, File)
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Russian authorities detain lawyers for Alexei Navalny as pressure mounts on political prisoners
Opposition leader Alexei Navalny's lawyer Alexei Liptser, right, stands in a cage in a courtroom in Moscow, Russia, Friday, Oct. 13, 2023. Russian authorities on Friday detained three lawyers representing imprisoned opposition leader Alexei Navalny after searching their homes, his allies said, a step that comes amid increasing pressure on the Kremlin's critics. (AP Photo/Dmitry Serebryakov)
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Myanmar Supreme Court rejects jailed former leader Suu Kyi appeals
FILE - Myanmar's then leader Aung San Suu Kyi delivers a speech in Naypyitaw, Myanmar, on Jan. 28, 2020. Myanmar’s Supreme Court on Friday, Oct. 6, 2023, declined to hear special appeals from the country’s ousted leader Aung San Suu Kyi against her convictions in six corruption cases where she was found guilty of abusing her authority and accepting bribes, a legal official said. (AP Photo, File)
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Nobel Peace Prize laureate Shirin Ebadi reflects on decades of resistance against Iran’s regime
MADRID, SPAIN - MARCH 29: Iranian human rights lawyer and winner of the Nobel Peace Prize Shirin Ebadi (R) attends WomenNOW Summit by Santander Bank on March 29, 2019 in Madrid, Spain. (Photo by Carlos Alvarez/Getty Images)
canada
In-person visits at Her Majesty’s Penitentiary in St. John’s halted due to mould
Her Majesty's Penitentiary, a minimum security jail in St. John's, N.L., overlooks Quidi Vidi Lake on June 9, 2011. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Paul Daly
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Driver sentenced to 12 years for killing Calgary police officer
Sgt. Andrew Harnett, 37, of the Calgary Police Service is shown in this undated handout image provided by the police service. A judge says she expects to deliver a sentence in September for a young man convicted of manslaughter in the hit-and-run death of the officer. THE CANADIAN PRESS/HO-Calgary Police Service *MANDATORY CREDIT*
canada
Most of Canada’s dangerous offenders housed in medium- and minimum-security prisons
Federal statistics show most of Canada's more than 700 dangerous offenders are housed in medium and minimum security prisons. A correctional officer enters the gate at Millhaven Institution in Bath, Ontario, on Wednesday Oct. 17, 2018. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Lars Hagberg
u.s. politics
Proud Boys leader gets 18-year prison term in U.S. Capitol attack
FILE - Proud Boys members including Zachary Rehl, left, Ethan Nordean, center, and Joseph Biggs, walk toward the U.S. Capitol in Washington, in support of President Donald Trump on Jan. 6, 2021. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster, fFle)
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Rudy Giuliani surrenders in Trump election subversion case, $150,000 bond set
Former Mayor of New York Rudy Giuliani speaks to reporters as he leaves his apartment building in New York, Wednesday, Aug. 23, 2023. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig)
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FTX founder Sam Bankman-Fried ‘subsisting on bread and water’ in jail, lawyer says
FILE — FTX founder Sam Bankman-Fried leaves Manhattan federal court in New York, Feb. 16, 2023. Prosecutors said Monday, Aug. 14, they'll use testimony from Bankman-Fried's “trusted inner circle” of former executives at his collapsed cryptocurrency empire against him at an October trial. (AP Photo/John Minchillo, File)