A care home resident has been granted her unusual birthday wish – to be taken to the local prison in the state of New York, as part of her 104th birthday wish.
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UK: Woman Wrongly Sent To Men’s Prison For ‘Masculine Features’
An investigation is underway after a woman spent the night in a maximum-security prison in Scotland when police kept her there for having supposedly “masculine features.”
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School Blamed For Actions Of Autistic Teen Who Beat Teacher’s Assistant Over Video Game
The autistic Florida teenager who ruthlessly beat a teacher’s assistant unconscious over a video game was a “ticking time bomb,” his attorneys claimed in a petition filed against the school.
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AUSTRALIA: Teen Held For 10days In U.S. Prison After Traveling For Job Interview
A 19-year-old Australian’s first travel experience saw him being held in a federal detention center in Hawaii for 10 days after he was deemed ineligible for the visa waiver program.
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Missing Inmate Voluntarily Returns To Prison After Absconding
An inmate in Nebraska dues for parole on his 21 years sentence for robbery decided to abscond from the Community Corrections Center – Lincoln, only to voluntarily return to the facility.
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BOLIVIA: Inmates To Cut Prison Term By Reading Books
Prisoners in Bolivia are now able to reduce their jail time by reading books in a new program that aims to spread literacy and give hope despite a notoriously slow judicial process.
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SOUTH AFRICA: Opposition Reacts To Zuma’s Medical Parole
The release of former president Jacob Zuma from prison on medical parole has sparked a major debate and South Africans did not hold back their thoughts on the news. While Zuma supporters have welcomed the development, others are outraged and claim he took a page out of Schabir Shaik’s book, his former financial advisor.
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IRELAND: Jailed Friends Challenge Quarantine Laws After ‘Boob Job’ Trip To Dubai
Two Irish women who were jailed for refusing mandatory hotel quarantine on arriving Dublin Airport after traveling to Dubai for cosmetic breast surgery mounting a constitutional challenge against Ireland’s coronavirus rules after their release.
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