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Is going to prison the same as starting a new job? This FTX exec thinks so

Former FTX co-founder Ryan Salame updates his 'job position' on LinkedIn to 'inmate' before beginning a 7.5-year prison sentence

Behind prisoner swap: Spies, a killer, secret messages, unseen diplomacy

Quiet negotiations between the United States and Russia over a possible prisoner swap had dragged on for more than a year

Russia seeks 18-year sentence for WSJ's Gershkovich on espionage charges

Russian prosecutors sought a prison sentence of 18 years on Friday for Wall Street Journal reporter Evan Gershkovich, who is on trial on espionage charges that he, his employer and the US vehemently deny. Court officials said the prosecutors made the request during closing arguments in a closed-door court session in Yekaterinburg in the Ural Mountains. US officials and The Wall Street Journal have denounced the secretive and rapid trial in the country's highly politicized legal system as a sham and illegitimate. Gershkovich, 32, was detained in March 2023 while on a reporting trip to Yekaterinburg and accused of spying for the US. He has been behind bars ever since.

Derek Chauvin, convicted in George Floyd's killing, stabbed in prison

Derek Chauvin, the former Minneapolis police officer convicted of murdering George Floyd, was stabbed by another inmate and seriously injured on Friday at a federal prison in Arizona, a person familiar with the matter told AP. The attack happened at the Federal Correctional Institution, Tucson, a medium-security prison that has been plagued by security lapses and staffing shortages. The person was not authorised to publicly discuss details of the attack and spoke to the AP on the condition of anonymity. The Bureau of Prisons confirmed that an incarcerated person was assaulted at FCI Tucson at around 12.30 pm local time on Friday. In a statement, the agency said responding employees contained the incident and performed "life-saving measures" before the inmate, who it did not name, was taken to a hospital for further treatment and evaluation. No employees were injured and the FBI was notified, the Bureau of Prisons said. Visiting at the facility, which has about 380 inmates, has been

Deaths in US prisons up by 50% during 1st year of Covid pandemic: Report

US state and federal prisons saw deaths surging nearly 50 per cent during the first year of the Covid-19 pandemic, and in six states they had more than doubled, a media report revealed

US states shutting down prisons, transferring inmates as Covid takes over

There have been more than 480,000 confirmed coronavirus infections and at least 2,100 deaths among inmates and guards in prisons

Wikileaks founder may end up in Colorado Supermax jail, UK court told

Assange's defense team says he is entitled to First Amendment protections for the publication of leaked documents that exposed U.S. military wrongdoing in Iraq and Afghanistan

US jail riot: 7 inmates dead, 17 injured at South Carolina prison; updates

South Carolina jail riot was one of the deadliest US prison incidents in years