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Punjab prison rules being changed to give relief to prisoners, relatives

The News International 26 Apr 2024
IG Prisons Punjab Mian Farooq Nazir seen in this image. — Punjab Prisons, Government of the Punjab Website/File ... Punjab Home Department has sent the summary to chief minister for amendment to Pakistan Prisons Rules, 1978.
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Harvey Weinstein timeline: The movie mogul's legal battles before NY conviction overturned

Usatoday 25 Apr 2024
The seminal case helped galvanize the #MeToo movement, gaining momentum as allegations of sexual assault and rape surfaced in a series of bombshell 2017 reports and causing a reckoning for Weinstein's power player peers in the entertainment industry.
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After Harvey Weinstein’s Conviction Was Overturned, His Reps Issue A Statement

Cinema Blend 25 Apr 2024
There's no guarantee he's getting out of prison anytime soon, and he's still kicked out of the film Academy and will likely never return to work in the industry.
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How Cyprus has become a trap for asylum seekers

The New Arab 25 Apr 2024
"This attack didn’t come out of nowhere ... I’m forbidden to work" ... Today, although conditions are better, the place still feels like a prison. Hard to reach by public transportation, the camp is isolated and surrounded by fields and an industrial zone.
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Editorial: Don't rush prison closures

Times Union 24 Apr 2024
That led to a boom in prison construction, with the facilities typically sited in rural upstate communities struggling with the decline of industry or economies based around natural resources.
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Ryan’s proposed redevelopment of Thomson Reuters site in Eagan moves forward

Pioneer Press 24 Apr 2024
The city’s Advisory Planning Commission voted 6-0 Tuesday night in favor of recommending a land use change for the parcel from major office to a mix of light industrial and residential use.
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Black people are demanding reparations. It's time to listen

The New Arab 24 Apr 2024
Black people make up disproportionately high numbers in American jails and are often exploited for cheap labour, benefiting companies profiting from the private prison industry.
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Russian deputy defence minister Timur Ivanov detained on bribe allegations, officials say

Hindustan Times 24 Apr 2024
(AP) ... Explore now! ... Russian news reports said that Ivanov, if convicted, could face up to 15 years in prison. Forbes magazine listed Ivanov, an expert in cybernetics and the nuclear industry, as one of the wealthiest men in Russia's security structures.
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UPDATE 2-Russian deputy defence minister detained on bribe allegations, officials say

Hindustan Times 24 Apr 2024
Explore now! ... Russian news reports said that Ivanov, if convicted, could face up to 15 years in prison. Forbes magazine listed Ivanov, an expert in cybernetics and the nuclear industry, as one of the wealthiest men in Russia's security structures ... ....
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The Daily Mail 24 Apr 2024
Russian news reports said Ivanov was likely the most senior Russian official to face such charges since Moscow launched its invasion of Ukraine in February 2022 - and if convicted, could face up to 15 years in prison.
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“Forever chemicals” reported in study spark concern for the incarcerated

Daily Bruin 23 Apr 2024
A paper co-written by a UCLA professor revealed high potential exposure rates of dangerous chemicals in United States prison water ... Shapiro said he began to consider studying prison water several years ...
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Legislative Audit: Job and Educational Programs at Montana Prisons are Underutilized and Poorly Administered

Flathead Beacon 23 Apr 2024
... the needs of the workforce, team up with the state Department of Labor and Industry, and enforce the education-related provisions of its contracts with the private prison and Dawson County facility.
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The real reason behind Erin Patterson

The Daily Mail 23 Apr 2024
Ms Patterson has been behind bars at the Dame Phyllis Frost Centre in Melbourne's western industrial suburbs since her arrest last November (pictured, a cell in the prison).
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The ‘Women’s Cut’—Maryland’s only women’s prison

The Real News Network 22 Apr 2024
And this being International Women’s Month, I wanted to get in this space primarily to educate our audience on the prison industrial complex ... You get caught with a knife, money, in a prison, category one, you going behind the door.
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Accused mushroom killer Erin Patterson to face court after five people died eating beef wellington...

The Daily Mail 22 Apr 2024
Patterson's former in-laws, Don and Gail Patterson, both 70, died after the lunch on July 29 ... Patterson is currently behind bars in Victoria's largest women's prison, the notorious Dame Phyllis Frost Centre in Melbourne's western industrial suburbs ... .
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