Prisoners

2022 - 8 - 29

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Women political prisoners at record high under military council (Burma News International)

According to the data released by the Assistance Association for Political Prisoners (AAPP), the number of women political prisoners hit a record under the ...

Among the women arrested were CDM staff, PDF, activists, female human rights activists, and female journalists. Similarly, women employees in education, health, and other sectors have joined the Non-Violent Civil Disobedience Movement (CDM). After their arrest, women in interrogation centers, prisons, and detention centers are subjected to abuse, sexual assault, and violations of their basic human rights, according to the survivors.

California passes bill limiting solitary confinement for prisoners to no ... (Fox News)

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"Basically, we have no tools to keep other prisoners safe from people who are very violent in prison," Dahle said. [CLICK HERE TO GET THE FOX NEWS APP](https://www.foxnews.com/apps-products?pid=AppArticleLink) [Assemblyman Chris Holden, D-Pasadena](https://www.foxnews.com/category/politics/state-and-local), who introduced the bill in February, previously called solitary confinement "cruel and a racial justice issue that does nothing for the rehabilitation of a person." Gavin Newsom](https://www.foxnews.com/category/person/gavin-newsom), has criticized the bill, arguing that it would allow gang leaders to be free among the general population. [California Mandela Act, AB 2632](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billTextClient.xhtml?bill_id=202120220AB2632), solitary confinement would be limited to no more than 15 consecutive days and no more than 45 days total in a 180-day period. [lawmakers](https://www.foxnews.com/category/us/us-regions/west/california) are on the verge of passing a bill that would significantly scale back solitary confinement in prisons, jails and private immigration detention centers.

Park County jail accused of denying access to legal publications for ... (Casper Star-Tribune Online)

About a month later, HRDC sent six different items to 10 individuals incarcerated in the Cody jail — copies of Prison Legal News and Criminal Legal News, two ...

Some prisons and jails in the U.S. Prison Legal News contains stories about prisons and jails across the U.S., spanning new policies, court rulings or scandals. Joe Torczon, according to the complaint, called HRDC and said the magazines were not allowed because of their staples, and the books were not allowed without pre-approval. This is the first lawsuit HRDC has brought in Wyoming, Wright said, likely because the state’s prison and jail populations are much smaller than most others. The complaint alleges the mail policy violates the publisher’s right to free speech, and is a “de facto ban” on HRDC’s publications. HRDC alleges the mail policy is “unconstitutional” as written and enforced.

Authorities have crushed least 15 protests by political prisoners ... (Radio Free Asia)

The crackdowns came in response to peaceful protests in solidarity with anti-junta activists. By RFA Burmese 2022.08.29.

“For example, they take food from the prison because if they refuse, it’d amount to a protest. “After the executions … They do not have direct confrontations with the prison authorities like before … “Female political prisoners also face all kinds of threats [at the prison]. They are still doing it now,” the prisoner said. “Some prison staff said let’s see how persistent these guys are, how much pain they can take, etc.

Prisoners escaped via hole in cell ceiling (The Canberra Times)

It took prison guards more than 12 hours to notice two young inmates had escaped through a hole...

Police found him inside a motel room on August 8, where he tried to flee out the window before he was captured. "They placed pillows and stuff toys under the blankets to give the appearance they were sleeping." It took prison guards more than 12 hours to notice two young inmates had escaped through a hole in the ceiling after being held in COVID-19 isolation, a court has heard.

9 Movies Like 'True Detective' Season 1 for More Dark Crime Stories (Collider.com)

Couldn't get enough of the dark, twisted mystery of True Detective's first season? Check out these similar titles from Blue Velvet to Prisoners.

Lasombra is stripped from that safety, losing himself as he gets closer to the supernatural nightmare that is the Empty Man. Two dedicated men make it their mission to find the abducted, detective Loki (Jacob Gyllenhaal) and father to one of the girls, Keller (Hugh Jackman). To make life more difficult, he gets himself involved in the search for a neighbor’s missing daughter. When Loki realizes the father is up to something, it only leads to more danger. Unlike a certain pair of Louisiana lawmen, Jay is the perpetrator of a ritualistic killing with his three targets. Local detective Park Doo-man (Song Kang-ho), overwhelmed due to a lack of experience, botches the crime. The country’s lack of DNA analysis technology means the detectives are forced to wait for a possible result by shipping evidence to the United States. The killings are committed in the style of the Seven Deadly Sins. The Empty Man (2020) pushes an ex-cop into exploring disappearances that connect to a cult. [David Fincher](https://collider.com/david-fincher-alien-3-explained/)'s modern crime classic, [Seven](https://collider.com/seven-david-fincher-use-of-color-foreshadowing/), Detectives Somerset (Morgan Freeman) and Mills (Brad Pitt) are new partners who arrive at the scene of a grisly murder. A nice touch for this list is Frank’s involvement with a corrupt detective known as the Yellow Man. The state’s humidity makes sweat grow into large splotches on the backs of [detectives Rust Cohle (Matthew McConaughey) and Marty Hart (Woody Harrelson)](http://collider.com/best-tv-detectives-21st-century-ranked/) who wrestle with personal demons on and off the job.