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  1. Russia’s prison population falls as #convicts are sent to war

    #Russia's #prison population decreased by more than 180,000 #inmates over 5 years, driven by Moscow’s recruitment of prisoners to fight in #Ukraine

    Arkady Gostev, head of Russia’s Federal #Penitentiary Service, said Russia now holds 282,000 prisoners , down from 465,000 at the end of 2021, according to state media. The decrease amounts to nearly 40%.

    kyivindependent.com/russias-pr

    #RussianForces #mobilisation #RussianAggression

  2. 🚨 Breaking news: Ohio #inmates have outsmarted the #guards by assembling high-tech computers from scraps and storing them in the ceiling. Apparently, breaking out of prison is so last decade; now it's all about getting that sweet Windows screensaver access! 🖥️🙄 #PrisonTechRevolution
    bbc.com/news/technology-395763 #PrisonTech #Revolution #Outsmart #HighTech #Hacks #WindowsScreensaver #HackerNews #ngated

  3. San Quentin 1981-83

    In the minimum security block of the prison inmates were allowed to decorate their cells w/ items from home, but when a new warden took over the prison these cells were stripped bare. Later, some of Ruth Morgan's photos were used in court to help improve conditions at the prison

    #sanquentin #ruthmorgan #photography #photographer #prison #prisonphotography #photojournalism #photojournalist #photoseries #inmates #prisoners #bwphoto #maximumsecurity #prisonreform #prisonlife

  4. San Quentin 1981-83

    In the minimum security block of the prison inmates were allowed to decorate their cells w/ items from home, but when a new warden took over the prison these cells were stripped bare. Later, some of Ruth Morgan's photos were used in court to help improve conditions at the prison

    #sanquentin #ruthmorgan #photography #photographer #prison #prisonphotography #photojournalism #photojournalist #photoseries #inmates #prisoners #bwphoto #maximumsecurity #prisonreform #prisonlife

  5. San Quentin 1981-83

    In the minimum security block of the prison inmates were allowed to decorate their cells w/ items from home, but when a new warden took over the prison these cells were stripped bare. Later, some of Ruth Morgan's photos were used in court to help improve conditions at the prison

    #sanquentin #ruthmorgan #photography #photographer #prison #prisonphotography #photojournalism #photojournalist #photoseries #inmates #prisoners #bwphoto #maximumsecurity #prisonreform #prisonlife

  6. San Quentin 1981-83

    In the minimum security block of the prison inmates were allowed to decorate their cells w/ items from home, but when a new warden took over the prison these cells were stripped bare. Later, some of Ruth Morgan's photos were used in court to help improve conditions at the prison

    #sanquentin #ruthmorgan #photography #photographer #prison #prisonphotography #photojournalism #photojournalist #photoseries #inmates #prisoners #bwphoto #maximumsecurity #prisonreform #prisonlife

  7. San Quentin 1981-83

    In the minimum security block of the prison inmates were allowed to decorate their cells w/ items from home, but when a new warden took over the prison these cells were stripped bare. Later, some of Ruth Morgan's photos were used in court to help improve conditions at the prison

    #sanquentin #ruthmorgan #photography #photographer #prison #prisonphotography #photojournalism #photojournalist #photoseries #inmates #prisoners #bwphoto #maximumsecurity #prisonreform #prisonlife

  8. Ummmm... From #wikipedia:

    The #WagnerGroup (Russian: #ГруппаВагнера, romanized: Gruppa Vagnera), officially known as PMC Wagner (ЧВК «Вагнер»), is a #Russian state-funded private military company (#PMC) controlled until 2023 by Yevgeny Prigozhin, a former close ally of Russia's president Vladimir #Putin, and since then by Pavel Prigozhin. The Wagner Group has used infrastructure of the Russian Armed Forces. Evidence suggests that Wagner has been used as a proxy by the Russian government, allowing it to have plausible deniability for military operations abroad, and hiding the true casualties of Russia's foreign interventions.

    "The group emerged during the war in #Donbas, where it helped Russian separatist forces in #Ukraine from 2014 to 2015. Wagner played a significant role in the later full-scale Russian invasion of Ukraine, for which it recruited Russian prison #inmates for frontline combat. By the end of 2022, its strength in Ukraine had grown from 1,000 to between 20,000 and 50,000. It was reportedly Russia's main assault force in the Battle of Bakhmut. Wagner has also supported regimes friendly with Russia, including in the civil wars in #Syria, #Libya, the #CentralAfricanRepublic, and #Mali. In Africa, it has offered regimes security in exchange for the transfer of diamond and gold mining contracts to Russian companies. Wagner operatives have been accused of #WarCrimes including #murder, #torture, #rape and #robbery of #civilians, as well as #torturing and killing accused #Deserters.

    [...]

    "Early in 2020, #ErikPrince, founder of the #Blackwater private military company, sought to provide military services to the Wagner Group in its operations in Libya and #Mozambique, according to The Intercept. By March 2021, Wagner PMCs were reportedly also deployed in #Zimbabwe, #Angola, #Guinea, #GuineaBissau, and possibly the #DemocraticRepublicOfCongo."

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wagner_G
    #ErikPrinceColonialism #PutinsArmy #CorporateColonialism #Oligarchy

  9. Nearly 100 #prison staff sanctioned for ‘inappropriate’ #relationships

    opendemocracy.net/en/prison-st

    ‘Overcrowded #jails and inexperienced #guards’ behind increase in relationships between staff and #inmates, experts warn