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When a person in prison is seriously unwell and is unlikely to recover, they can apply for release on compassionate grounds. The Parole Board declined to refer Kannewischer’s application to a hearing as it required further detail about his diagnosis and prognosis, and a confirmed address to release him to, Miles said. Corrections had applied to multiple accommodation providers before submitting Kannewischer’s application. “Unfortunately, we were not able to confirm a suitable accommod...

Posted Laderrick Hopson Staff Report MOBILE, Alabama — A Bay Minette man was sentenced to life in prison in a Mobile County courtroom Wednesday, June 2 for the 2018 shooting at a Prichard gas station. Laderrick Hopson, of Bay Minette was convicted Tuesday, April 20 on murder charges in the death 42-year-old Rodney Martin, who was shot six times at the Energize gas station on St. Stephens Road in Prichards Whistler community on Feb. 8, 2018. Hopson was 24 at the time o...

A sheriff in Butler County, Ohio, on May 26 announced that his office is ending its relationship with ...

These were not historical accounts of 19th century institutional cruelty, or tales involving some mad faraway sect. They were appalling, shaming depictions of childbirth from women under the care, or control anyway, of New Zealand’s Department of Corrections. Let the record show that these accounts, published by Stuff on Sunday, conflict in vivid and explicit ways with the generalised assurances from the department about what its policy is. Let the record also show policies and practices...

Women prisoners are afraid to feed their newborns with handcuffs on. Why is this allowed to happen?

SUPPLIED Dangerous prisoner Uditha Punchihewa flees Hutt Hospital in a gown after escaping Corrections custody. (Video first published in 2019). In the aftermath a “full operational review” was carried out, which found the Corrections officer had not used an insert which helped cuffs fit people with smaller wrists, a spokesman said. “As a result of the operational review, additional training was provided to all relevant staff at Auckland Region Women’s Corrections Facility​ in the r...

Posted Laderrick Hopson By John Underwood / john@gulfcoastmedia.com MOBILE, Alabama — A Bay Minette man was found guilty of murder in a Mobile County courtroom Tuesday, April 20, for a 2018 shooting at a Prichard gas station. Laderrick Hopson, of Bay Minette was convicted on murder charges in the death 42-year-old Rodney Martin, who was shot six times at the Energize gas station on St. Stephens Road in Prichards Whistler community on Feb. 8, 2018. Hopson was 24 at the...

Usual travel procedures resume for deportees from Australia © Provided by Radio New Zealand Wiri Prison - Auckland Region Womens Corrections Facility With the opening of the trans-Tasman bubble, normal procedures will resume for those people deported from Australia. After a pause in deportations when Covid-19 hit, a dedicated managed isolation facility was set up in central Auckland for deportees. Managed isolation and quarantine (MIQ) head Brigadier Jim Bliss said the Ramada Hotel in Federa...

Convicted murderer Venod Skantha died soon after learning his appeal had been dismissed.

The father of murdered teenager Amber-Rose Rush says the death of her killer "is hard to accept". Officials confirmed convicted murderer Venod Skantha died at the Otago Corrections Facility on Wednesday - the same day his appeal was dismissed. His death is not being treated as suspicious, Corrections said. Speaking to Stuff, Amber-Roses father Shane said Skanthas death showed "a sign of guilt and remorse". "It is hard to accept that her killer wont have to pay the price for his crimes, but it i...