51 h. ago Two teenagers found with 5,000 ants could serve 12 months in prison

The pair have been fined $7,700 or the option to serve the maximum penalty for violating wildlife conservation laws in prison

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53 h. ago Two Belgian teenagers found with 5,000 ants in Kenya given $7,700 fine or 1

Two Belgian teenagers found with 5,000 ants in Kenya have been fined $7,700 or the option to serve 12 months in prison — the maximum penalty for the offense — for violating wildlife conservation laws

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2 d. ago How Ohio became a hotbed of white supremacism, spreading its tentacles globally | Stephen Starr

The rise of a resurgent American white supremacism is reaching around the globe, often with deadly consequencesBy many accounts, Hilliard, a leafy suburb west of downtown Columbus, is a midwestern success story: its progressive school district gives a vacation day for all students to mark the Muslim holiday of Eid al-Fitr – the first in Ohio to do so – and its homes are highly sought-after by a growing number of diverse families where locals enjoy shopping at the oldest Asian grocery in the state.But it is also where Christopher Brenner Cook, a convicted terrorist, grew up. In April 2023, Cook and two others were sentenced for conspiring to attack America’s electrical grid, and he was given a 92-month prison term. Continue reading...

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3 d. ago Trump meets with American ballerina who was held in Russian prison for 15 months

Ksenia Karelina was arrested in Russia last year after she donated to a charity that sends aid to Ukraine

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3 d. ago Trump to meet with American ballerina who was held in Russian prison for 15 months

Ksenia Karelina was arrested in Russia last year after she donated to a charity that sends aid to Ukraine

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6 d. ago This Met Gala is filled with pro athletes. Dressing them is a unique challenge

When Brittney Griner became the first WNBA player to attend the Met Gala in 2023, just months after being released from a Russian prison in a high-profile prisoner swap, she wowed in a custom-made Calvin Klein suit

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6 d. ago DUNCAN FERGUSON I feared being slashed inside Britain's most notorious prison

Everton hero Duncan Ferguson was sentenced to three months at the infamous Barlinnie prison in Glasgow - now he speaks for the first time on his terrifying time inside

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1 week ago American tourist who trespassed on killer uncontacted tribe's island freed on bail... but there's a big catch

Mykhailo Viktorovych Polyakov, 24, is facing five years in prison after being arrested for landing on Sentinel Island last month and leaving a can of coke for an uncontacted tribe.

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1 week ago Detained Chinese immigrants carved their anguish into a wall a century ago. Those words inspired a ballet

Oakland Ballet Company takes on a harrowing chapter of US-Chinese history with a piece about Angel Island, ‘the Ellis Island of the west’One sunny March day on Angel Island, a hilly landmass in the middle of the San Francisco Bay, a dancer with a 40-ft braid attached to her head glided across a narrow concrete walkway. The audience sat on chairs in front of a long wooden building: a former detention center where – from 1910 to 1940 – half a million people, the majority Chinese, were held for months, even years, in prison-like conditions.Sometimes called “the Ellis Island of the west”, Angel Island’s immigration station is the unlikely setting, and inspiration, for an ambitious new work by the Oakland Ballet Company. It’s based on the people from 80 countries who were confined to the the island’s detention center, which was the result of the Chinese Exclusion Act and other racist laws designed to keep Asian people out of the United States. In response, the detainees carved over 200 p...

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2 w. ago Corrupt police officer, 27, who handed intelligence over to two crook associates she had flings with is jailed

Choni Kenny, 27, (pictured) who joined Greater Manchester Police (GMP) in 2020, was given a three-year and nine month prison sentence at Liverpool Crown Court today.

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2 w. ago UK prison opens Iceland and 'JP Sports' behind bars – lags even have sweet shop

The Iceland Foods opened in the Category C jail near Wolverhampton - the largest prison in the country - last month. Governor Sean Oliver said the move will also help prisoners learn how to budget

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2 w. ago Raver jailed after trying to smuggle drugs into Creamfields inside Irn

Blake Holmes from Dalkeith has been jailed for 32 months in prison after he attempted to smuggle MDMA, ketamine and cocaine into the popular dance music festival in Darlesbury.

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3 w. ago They were supposed to be guarding murderers, armed robbers and gangsters

Last month it was revealed 40 female prison officers have been sacked in the last four years over illicit relationships with male inmates

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3 w. ago Protective gear review for prison guards after Manchester bomb plotter attack

The Justice Secretary announced a snap review by the Prison Service to report back in the coming months.

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3 w. ago What is a ‘criminal’ immigrant? The word is an American rhetorical trap | Jonathan Ben

Allegations of criminality have always been deployed to justify state violence but even ‘imperfect’ victims deserve basic rightsUS politics live – latest updatesLast month, the Trump administration flew 238 Venezuelan immigrants to a brutal prison in El Salvador. Federal officials alleged that the detainees were members of the Tren de Aragua gang, calling them “heinous monsters” ,“criminal aliens”, “the worst of the worst”. The federal government has also revoked visas for a thousand international students over their alleged participation in protests against Israel’s genocide in Palestine. Some were abducted, like Mahmoud Khalil, who has spent more than a month incarcerated in one of the worst jails in the US. Officials alleged that Mahmoud “sided with terrorists who have killed innocent men, women, and children”.Media reports quickly revealed that the Trump administration is lying about “innocent” people to justify abducting them. But this raises a more important question: if Trump...

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3 w. ago Man, 19, who was upset his girlfriend's family went on a cruise without him while he looked after their pets is jailed for sending false bomb threat to ship she was on

A Michigan man who was upset that he had to watch pets while his girlfriend's family went on a cruise was sentenced to eight months in prison for making a false bomb threat.

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3 w. ago Killer left unmonitored for two months after release from prison, investigation reveals

Serco has repeatedly come under fire for delays in fitting offenders with tags since it took over the Ministry of Justice’s tagging contract in 2023

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3 w. ago Trump lawyers confirm wrongly deported Maryland man in El Salvador prison

Administration fails to show they have taken any steps to facilitate the return of Kilmar Abrego García The Trump administration on Saturday confirmed to a federal judge that a Maryland man who was wrongly deported last month remains confined in a notorious prison in El Salvador.However, the White House filing did not address the judge’s demands that the administration detail the steps it was taking to return Kilmar Abrego García to the United States. The White House only confirmed that García was under the authority of the El Salvador government. Continue reading...

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3 w. ago US won't say whether it's facilitating return of mistakenly deported man, despite judge's order

The Trump administration has confirmed to a federal judge that a Maryland man who was mistakenly deported last month remained confined in a notorious prison in El Salvador

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3 w. ago Rogue landlords fined more than £270,000 for illegally converting home into flats

Failure to comply with the confiscation order could result in a prison sentence of two years and nine months

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