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Jalil Muntaqim was one of several black liberation radicals incarcerated for decades in the wake of political and racial turbulence of the 1960s and 70sA former Black Panther who has been in prison for almost half a century has finally won his decades-long battle for freedom after a New York parole board ordered his release.Jalil Muntaqim, AKA Anthony Bottom, has been in unbroken custody...

Trump’s ex-fixer will remain under quarantine for 14 days before he is released to serve the rest of his sentence in home confinement Coronavirus – live US updatesLive global updatesSee all our coronavirus coverageDonald Trump’s former lawyer and longtime fixer Michael Cohen will reportedly be released from federal prison to serve the remainder of his sentence in home confinement because of the coronavirus pandemic.Cohen...

Convicted rapist will be evaluated to determine which state prison facility meets his security, medical and other needsHarvey Weinstein was transferred to a state prison in New York on Wednesday as he begins to serve a 23-year sentence for rape and sexual assault in his landmark #MeToo case.The disgraced film mogul, who will turn 68 on Thursday, is locked up at the maximum security...

Tova Noel and Michael Thomas were meant to check Epstein every half-hour but they browsed the web and slept, court papers allegeTwo federal corrections officers were indicted on Tuesday for allegedly trying to hide their failure to check on inmates on the night the convicted sex offender and accused sex trafficker Jeffrey Epstein killed himself in his Manhattan cell – a mere 15ft from...