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Ex-Prisoners Face Headwinds as Job Seekers, Even as Openings Abound

An estimated 60 percent of those leaving prison are unemployed a year later. But after a push for “second-chance hiring,”…

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Mystery of Ex-Dictator’s Whereabouts Adds to Crisis in Sudan

After speculation that Omar Hassan al-Bashir, who had been serving a prison sentence, had been freed, the army said that…

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The Russian foreign minister hints of a possible prisoner swap for Gershkovich.

Russia’s foreign minister, Sergey V. Lavrov, hinted on Tuesday at the possibility of a prisoner swap involving two Americans detained…

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Espionage Charge Adds Hurdle to Freeing a Reporter Detained in Russia

The Biden administration recently secured the release of two Americans convicted of criminal charges in Russia, but even fabricated charges…

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For Ukrainian Convicts, a Strange Odyssey Through Russian Prisons

When Russian troops left Kherson, they took with them 2,500 Ukrainian convicts from local prisons. For some, it was the…

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Eastern Kentucky Needs Flood Relief, Not Another Federal Prison

Along the riverbanks of Eastern Kentucky, the redbud trees are just starting to bloom, their branches still lumbering under the…

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Nobel Prize Is No Defense Against Jail for a Winner in Belarus

Ales Bialiatski, last year’s Nobel Peace Prize laureate, has been sentenced by Belarus to 10 years in prison, on charges…

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Wagner, the Russian mercenary group, says it has stopped recruiting prisoners.

The founder of the Kremlin-affiliated Wagner mercenary group, known for its ruthless tactics and harsh discipline, said on Thursday that…

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Pentagon Lifts Trump-Era Ban on Release of Guantánamo Prisoners’ Art

The Trump administration called detainee art U.S. government property and halted most releases. Lawyers never mounted an intellectual property case.

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Conversations With Friends, in a Russian Jail Cell

A debut novel from Kira Yarmysh, a longtime critic of Vladimir Putin, offers an intimate look at political imprisonment.

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